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This Week in Princeton History for December 11-17
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, an atomic bomb survivor speaks on campus, a numismatist gives a lecture to women in town about an archaeological dig, and more. December 11, 1995—Hiroshima bombing survivor Michiko Yamaoka tells an audience in a…
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Solitary Internment: Kentaro Ikeda ’44
This post is part of a series on education and war related to our current exhibition, “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” on display through June 2018. Please stop by to learn more. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the Secretary of War…
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This Week in Princeton History for December 4-10
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, dorm residents “grope their way in the darkness,” an epidemic halts the swim team, and more. December 5, 1878—The Princetonian complains about the lack of lighting in Reunion Hall: “Another term is almost gone,…
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“We Envision a World Where the Night Belongs to No One”: Intersectionality and Take Back the Night
By Mario Garcia ’18 “I’m white, I’m male, I’m middle class,” he said. “This isn’t supposed to happen to me.” On the evening of April 26, 1989, hundreds of students listened to their peer’s testimony as a part of Princeton University’s third annual Take Back the Night march. As one of many speakers throughout the…
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This Week in Princeton History for November 27-December 3
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, undergraduates protest the presence of African Americans in chapel, a computer virus is spreading all over campus, and more. November 28, 1868—Students at the College of New Jersey (Princeton) begin circulating a petition to…
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This Week in Princeton History for November 20-26
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a woman’s presence in class draws comment, new penalties for late library books are imposed, and more. November 20, 1930—Princeton University has set a record for most student disappearances, with more missing persons than…
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“A Tribute to Brian Taylor ’84”
By Justin Feil In honor of the first men’s basketball home game tonight, we pay homage to one of the Tiger court’s greatest. It was big news when Brian Taylor ‘84 (originally Class of 1973) chose to play basketball for Princeton University. It was bigger news when he became the first Princeton player, and one…
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This Week in Princeton History for November 13-19
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the first football season concludes, the Graduate Student Union holds its first meeting, and more. November 13, 1869—The first college football season ever finishes with a game at Princeton, who defeats Rutgers 8 to…
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2017-2018 Exhibition: Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn
This post is part of a series on education and war related to our current exhibition, “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” on display through June 2018. Please stop by to learn more. By Sara Logue Since its founding, Princeton University has been shaped by every major war, whether it took place on…
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