By April C. Armstrong *14
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a new dormitory won’t fully address a housing shortage, a junior elopes, and more.
December 23, 1876—Although the construction of Witherspoon Hall is predicted to help with the housing shortage, an estimated 185 students will still have to find rooms off campus even after it is finished.
Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series (AC111), Box MP17, Image No. 406
December 24, 1929—A Daily Princetonian reporter is one of the last people to be received in the Executive Offices of the White House prior to a devastating fire in the West Wing.
December 25, 1943—Through arrangements made by the Campus Center, students who wear the uniforms of the Army, Navy, and the Marines have Christmas dinner in local homes. Wherever possible, the hosts for each dinner are from the same part of the country as the students who attend.
December 28, 1905—Arthur Herbert Osborn, Class of 1907, secretly marries Helen Maloney, the daughter of a Philadelphia millionaire, setting off a chain of events that will make international headlines in years to come.
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