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The Distribution of Land in Seventeenth-Century Woodbridge, New Jersey
No full textThe article describes the land distribution in Woodbridge, New Jersey at its inception
Student Use of the Library
No full textNot only is the Library used constantly all day long, but the use is by an unusually large number of the student body. Duringthe session of 1936-37, 98.5% of the senior class, and 92%of the entire student body, withdrew books for home use. Thenext year, 1937-38, 98% of the senior class and 92.6% of thewhole student body took books out of the Library. If the 7.4%of the student body not using the Library were investigated,it would probably be found that each had access to other collections of books more conveniently located, as the agricultural students may use the library on the College Farm campus entirely, and the ceramic students perhaps use only the books that are located in their building
A Parliamentary Satire of 1675
No full textFrom a collection of miscellaneous seventeenth century English verse in manuscripts acquired by the Library, French discovered "A Charge to the Grand Inquest of England," an unsigned poem of about 140 lines of rhymed couplets attacking the English Parliament, or more specifically the House of Commons. The poem is partially transcribed and commented on by French
