by April C. Armstrong *14

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, new illustrations of the campus are available, Memorial Day is commemorated, and more.

May 25, 1897—Original drawings by W. R. Leigh that will appear as illustrations in James W. Alexander’s article, “Undergraduate Life at Princeton: Old and New” in the June 1897 Scribner’s Magazine are on display in the Art Museum.

May 26, 1856—The faculty convene for “ordinary business; viz., the reading of Excuses & passing judgement upon them.”

May 30, 1929—Students from the R.O.T.C. join the American Legion and its Ladies’ Auxiliary, a troop of Boy Scouts, and veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I for a Memorial Day Parade through town, including two local cemeteries.

May 31, 1961—A group of 18 graduates of Princeton University who call themselves the “Poor Princeton Society” sends a letter to 5,000 alumni criticizing the architecture of new and planned buildings on campus. Half the group are architects.

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