By April C. Armstrong *14
In this week’s installment in our recurring series, faculty allow students to leave campus due to national upheaval, an alum lights a building remotely, and more.
April 23, 1861—The faculty give consent for 56 students to leave Princeton “In consequence of the state of the country…”
April 24, 1913—In the White House, Woodrow Wilson (Class of 1879) presses a button, lighting up 80,000 lights in the Woolworth Building in New York. This marks the formal opening of the skyscraper—the tallest building in the world at 792 feet 1 inch.
April 26, 1900—The Home Journal takes Professor Paul Van Dyck to task for a lecture he recently gave in New York claiming that a woman going to work because she wanted to was “deplorable” and because she had to was “a blot on our civilization.” The Journal responds, “If woman at home is lovable, there is no reason why woman in active life need not be admirable.”
April 27, 1981—A note on a classroom door informs students that their professor has left the University abruptly. This follows allegations of him having made sexual advances toward undergraduates in their class.
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