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For the week of September 15-21:
Woodrow Wilson makes a move into politics, a new Pablo Picasso sculpture is under construction, and more.
September 15, 1910—The New Jersey Democratic Convention nominates Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson as its candidate for governor.
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September 17, 1787—The U.S. Constitution, largely written by James Madison of the Princeton Class of 1771, is signed in Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall.
September 18, 1971—Pablo Picasso’s “Head of a Woman” is under construction at the art museum.
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September 20, 1964—University President Robert F. Goheen formally announces the abolishment of the “Chapel Rule,” which had made chapel attendance mandatory for freshmen, during the University’s opening exercises.
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