by April C. Armstrong *14

In this week’s installment in our recurring series, students from Tulane University make a temporary home on campus, physical education becomes mandatory, and more.

September 10, 2005—24 students from Tulane University, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, move in and attend Princeton orientation. Princeton is one of few institutions without limitations on accepting only in-state residents where classes have not already begun.

September 12, 1931—The New York Bloomer Girls, a women’s baseball team, will play against the Princeton Athletic Club on Brokaw Field today.

September 13, 1961—Ralph B. Schoenman ’57, whom the Prince has dubbed “first and last, a rebel,” is arrested at a protest in London alongside philosopher Bertrand Russell. As part of the Committee of 100, Schoenman is engaged in systematic non-violent civil disobedience to protest nuclear weapons.

September 14, 1871—At Opening Exercises, president James McCosh announces that physical education is now mandatory, and absences from the Gymnasium classes will be tracked and reported to College authorities.

It is found that those students who most needed exercise, are in the habit of neglecting it almost entirely. This remark will apply to some who stand best in their classes—who are among the hardest students. It has been thought advisable to compel this class, for their own good, to participate regularly in the exercises which they, perhaps, need more than others.

Exceptions will be made if students are ill or disabled.

For the previous installment in this series, click here.

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