By April C. Armstrong *14

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, Princetonians keep working during summer, a student explains campus attitudes toward gays, and more.

July 6, 1860—Local police warn that Commencement and the Independence Day holiday coming so close together has given some opportunity for criminality, so “the rummies have been very busy in making way with bad rum.”

July 8, 1964—Although most Princeton students “can afford to loaf” this summer, the majority of them are still working.

July 9, 1881—Locals observe, “A quieter place than Princeton, during these summer days, it would be difficult to find.”

July 10, 1983—The New York Times reports on the Gay Alliance of Princeton, quoting member Patrick Patterson ’85: “There isn’t a problem of hostility on campus,” he says. “Students are apathetic about being gay. It’s just one more thing on the list of things not to be if you are going to be successful in your career and social life.”

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