By April C. Armstrong *14
In this week’s installment in our recurring series, a senior thesis makes the news, Princeton is praised for its inclusivity, and more.
May 14, 1929—The New York Herald reports that Princeton student Henry C. Remick has written “the most elaborate thesis ever presented by a Princeton senior.” It is two volumes and exceeds 100,000 words.
May 15, 1956—The Class of 1925 arrives in Tokyo for a special reunion.
May 17, 1989—Distressed by the University’s response to misconduct by a faculty member and the resultant resignations of four other faculty members in protest, 30 graduate students in the English department write of their concerns about the impact on their educations.
The department has moved quickly to find temporary replacement faculty. But the resignations, and the reasons for them, cast doubt on Princeton’s ability to continue to attract and keep faculty of the highest caliber.
May 18, 1849—Princeton is praised for its religious inclusion:
Jews as well as Christians will be found among the Alumni of Nassau Hall; Catholics and dissenters of all denominations. We doubt whether there is a College in the United States in which greater liberty and freedom from sectarian efforts of proselytizing has prevailed.
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