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This Week in Princeton University History for December 15-21
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, alumni are frustrated, a senior is honored by a modeling agency, and more. December 15, 1876—Self-described ‘older alumni” write of their frustrations with fundraising, The charge has been constantly made that the first object of the management has been to get money,…
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This Week in Princeton University History for December 1-7
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This Week in Princeton University History for November 24-30
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Dear Mr. Mudd: Did Tailgate Parties Originate at Princeton?
By April C. Armstrong *14 Dear Mr. Mudd, I’ve read that tailgating has origins in Princeton’s early football games, perhaps at the first intercollegiate football game against Rutgers in 1869. Is this true? Although we know many things about the first intercollegiate football game itself, we don’t actually know much about the 1869 event’s spectators.…
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This Week in Princeton University History for November 17-23
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, alumni reflect on their experience integrating Princeton, student writers receive praise, and more. November 17, 1969—Robert F. Engs ’65 and John B. Williams ’66 write in The Nation about being part of Princeton’s first decade of integration. A few who felt the…
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This Week in Princeton University History for November 10-16
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This Week in Princeton University History for November 3-9
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, undergraduates are distributing questionnaires for a computerized dating service, students give literal stump speeches, and more. November 3, 1942—Republican Congressman D. Lane Powers decries criticism from some of Princeton’s faculty, calling the professors “paid patriots.” “I know,” he says, that there are…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 27-November 2
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This Week in Princeton University History for October 20-26
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This Week in Princeton University History for October 13-19
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