In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the campus newspaper gets its start, a senior carries the Olympic torch, and more.
June 13, 1908—The first-ever session of Princeton Summer Camp begins with 17 boys from Philadelphia. In later years, the camp will become the Princeton-Blairstown Center.
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June 14, 1876—Students issue the first copies of the Princetonian. In 1892, it will begin publishing as the Daily Princetonian.
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June 17, 1947—Six days of bicentennial celebrations of Princeton University’s founding end with a convocation speech by sitting U.S. President Harry Truman. The convocation includes the largest academic procession in Princeton’s history.
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June 18, 1996—Scott Anderson ’96 carries the Olympic flame from Princeton to Lawrenceville on its journey to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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