Radboud University
From 8 May, we will celebrate Radboud University's 100th anniversary. Until then, we will take a trip down memory lane with 100 quotes: one quote from each year. Dive into the archives of the university to find out what happened during the past 100 years of Radboud University. Will you join the exploration?
What was it like to study or work at Radboud University? Who were the important, or perhaps forgotten, names in the history of the university? And which events changed their lives?
The #Radboud100 quotes tell you these stories. About then and now, about the beautiful and less pretty moments in history, and about the similarities and the differences. About 100 years of Radboud University.
“A student is not a human being like any other. He is a privileged human being, privileged by his parents, and privileged by society. And anyone thus placed above others must be fully aware of this fact, and understand why he has been placed in such a privileged position, as well as what this asks of him.”
“Singing, violin, cello, piano, and whatever else there may be. So that one can, as a change from Métropolo, where one can always go to hear atrocious music exquisitely performed, sometimes come to the student association to hear exquisite music performed, well…, more or less atrociously.”
“Our Academic ‘high days’, with their stately splendour of sober togas and berets, and the ever-renewed attraction of the granite Beadle, are garnering ever more attention.”
“May a feeling of trust also grow between you and me, and may this feeling form an important first step towards fruitful labour.”
“No criticism of professors, other lecturers, authorities, or the moderator. A solemn promise to not write or publish any articles aimed to discredit the established student association Carolus Magnus, unless expressly approved by the Rector Magnificus.”
“Whoever else obtains their doctorate degree here, now or in future, our first honorary doctor will always be Canisius, to whom we can trace the establishment of this University.”
“As soon as a shipment arrives, whatever is immediately needed is set aside, while the rest is temporarily moved to the storage rooms (…) These rooms are now filled with veritable pyramids of books.”
“Another related phenomenon is the high percentage of female students who have enrolled (20%) (…) In this context, I would like to express a wish for happiness and a wish: a wish for the happiness of the young Catholic ladies (including the sisters) who have proved willing to make serious use of the opportunity for development granted to them by the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen.”
"We need brilliant people for our increasingly blossoming and thriving Catholic life, both economical and religious."