by April C. Armstrong *14
In this week’s installment in our recurring series, special train service to Philadelphia is being offered, students debate new tariffs, and more.
June 10, 1876—Trains to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia leave Princeton each morning at 7:00AM.
June 11, 1931—A distraught junior asks why the University will not provide hot water to students staying on campus over the summer. “Do the University authorities begrudge us cleanliness?”
June 12, 1900—Students debate the new policy under the Foraker Act that subjects goods traveling between Puerto Rico and the mainland United States to a 15% tariff. Samuel B. Scott argues “that it is never good policy to be unconstitutional,” and is supported by John B. Kelly, who asserts that the constitution should apply to Puerto Rico just as it does to Alaska and Hawaii. As “an integral part of the union,” it would be “unjust” to impose a tariff on Puerto Rico. Other students argue that Puerto Rico is not part of the union and instead is merely a “conquest.”
June 14, 1853—On behalf of the Princeton Cliosophic Society, Librarian of Congress George Watterson presents the Washington National Monument Society with a commemorative stone to be placed in the Washington Monument.
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