by April C. Armstrong *14

In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a new library collection is dedicated, student voting rights are still in question, and more.

November 2, 1979—The Miriam Y. Holden Collection on the History of Women is dedicated in a small private ceremony in the Holden Room of Firestone Library. General reference librarian Jean Aroeste has said, “The most unusual point about the collection is its location at Princeton, which has such a short women’s history of its own.”

November 3, 1927—The right of students to vote in Princeton remains in limbo pending a statement from the University about whether dorm rooms remain in the control of those leasing them during the summer.

November 5, 1937—Louis Engel, managing editor of Business Week, writes to ask students for their help in tracking down a missing pet, a cat who went missing during a visit to town recently. “Despite the unquestioned wisdom of his choice of college, we—that is, my wife, and I’m writing you chiefly for her sake—would like to have him back. We think he’s a little young for Princeton, being just a trifle over a year old.”

November 7, 1954—An alarm is sent out over 13 states in an attempt to find a member of the Class of 1957 who disappeared from Princeton a week ago. The student is in danger of failing because he has cut at least 20 classes so far this semester, and told his mother over the summer that he would not return home if he failed at Princeton. He will later be found working at a ski lodge in Vermont.

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