by April C. Armstrong *14

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a cyclist sets a record, flags fly at half-staff, and more.

June 24, 1949—George French ’50 completes a transcontinental bike ride from Asbury Park, New Jersey, to Santa Monica, California, in 23 days, 20 hours, 48 minutes, and 28.6 seconds, beating the unofficial record time for the journey.

June 25, 1908—In accordance with a gubernatorial proclamation, flags are to be flown at half-staff as a symbol of mourning for local resident and former U.S. President Grover Cleveland, who has passed away.

June 27, 1867—Sophomore Theodore Stuart, Class of 1869, is dismissed (i.e., expelled) for attempting to distribute the Rake while masked the evening prior to Commencement.

June 28, 1815—Timothy Dwight IV, president of Yale, writes that he believes the residents of Princeton and students at the College of New Jersey are mutually corrupting.

Such a town is inhabited of course by plain people, who are apt to look up to students, and on whom students are apt to look down. As soon as such people become dependent on students for a part of their subsistence, they begin, of course, to accord with their wishes, and soon after, to countenance and aid their vicious pursuits. The Students then corrupt the inhabitants, and the inhabitants corrupt the Students. … If I am not deceived, the College at Princeton has suffered severely from this source.

His remarks will later be published in Northampton’s Hampshire Gazette.

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