By April C. Armstrong *14
In this week’s installment in our recurring series, a professor’s creative use of technology draws press attention, computer dating is a new way students can find relationships, and more.
May 7, 1982—Princeton’s Minority Affairs Subcommittee releases a controversial report on campus race relations.
May 8, 1948—The Saturday Evening Post reports on Prof. Kenneth W. Hechler’s use of the telephone to bring visiting lecturers to his classes. Hechler pays the phone bills. “Senator Aiken cost him most—$9.42. Norman Thomas cost $5.40 for his discussion of third parties.”
May 9, 1966—An ad for Central Control, Inc. encourages students to send $3 for a questionnaire to begin the process of computerized matchmaking, a relatively new option for those looking for romance. Hundreds of thousands of their counterparts, the ad claims, “have found computer dating to be exciting and highly acceptable.”
May 11, 1857—College president John Maclean hosts the senior class for a farewell dinner.
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