![]() Now, over 200 me n were enlisted in the War effort. The 1917-1918 academic year saw a substantial reduction in attendance at Rutgers, as 67 men had already left college to join troops overseas at the end of the previous year.Īt the start of the 1918 fall term, the total number of undergraduates had dropped from 513 to 286 undergraduate students. Back home in New Jersey, Rutgers was beginning to feel the changes brought on by the unresting war. On April 6th, 1917 the Unit ed States joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia, to fight on the battlefields in France. ![]() But this is not t he first time Rutgers has endured hardships that have altered the ways students lived and learned on campus.Ī little over a hundred years ago 1918 took Rutgers by storm.īy 1917 Europe was deep in the throes of World War I. ![]() With all campuses closed, students sent home from their dorms, classes migrated online, and the cancellation of commencement activities due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, 2020 is turning out to be a memorable year in Rutgers history. ![]()
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