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This Week in Princeton History for December 4-10
In this week’s installment in our recurring series, a group of students stage a rowdy protest of an anti-feminist lecture on campus, the College president places a large order of sugar, and more.
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This Week in Princeton History for November 27-December 3
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment in our recurring series, Princeton’s colors are controversial, a farmer seeks help finding a poultry thief, and more. November 27, 1888—San Francisco’s Daily Evening Bulletin summarizes remarks made by David R. Sessions, Class of 1870, at a recent alumni dinner at the Occidental Hotel in San…
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This Week in Princeton History for November 20-26
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment in our recurring series, military pilots have high praise for Princeton, an alum writes about new dangers in Paris, and more. November 20, 1830—In a fictional tale in the New York Mirror, Emma C. Embury describes Princeton: “Every one [sic] has heard of Princeton, the abode…
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This Week in Princeton History for November 13-19
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a Philadelphia newspaper denounces New Jersey officials for not being more supportive of Princeton, a new roof is controversial, and more. November 13, 1802—An essay in the Philadelphia Repository denounces “The groveling, penurious and ungracious” “people of New Jersey”: Princeton College, which…
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This Week in Princeton History for November 6-12
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, students mourn the loss of four in their class, a Philadelpha newspaper responds to Princeton’s president, and more. November 7, 1958—The Women’s Auxiliary of the Philadelphia Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers has made a donation of $500 to the Princeton University’s electrical engineering department.…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 30-November 5
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, major renovations bring indoor plumbing to all dorm residents, a self-identified “group of queers” refuses to be silenced, and more. November 1, 1902—Town & Country reports that Princeton has made significant renovations to modernize, after a summer during which over 300 employees were focused on the dorms.…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 23-29
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, new streets have familiar names, student voting is a subject of controversy, and more. October 23, 1895—Streets that surround the new lots east of the athletic fields have been given “well known Princeton names.”
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This Week in Princeton History for October 16-22
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, student volunteers attend orientation before engaging in dangerous civil rights work, a senior complains about unwarranted accusations of being a communist, and more. October 18, 1964—Seven Princeton student volunteers attend orientation at the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations in Jackson, Mississippi. Philip L. Fetzer ’65…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 9-15
In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a future Princeton University president’s education is interrupted by war, Southern students weigh in on segregation, and more. October 9, 1845—According to the Boston Recorder, “Several horses have died recently at Princeton, N.J., in consequence of eating ‘musty oats.’” October 10, 1941—Graduate student Robert F. Goheen ’40…
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This Week in Princeton University History for October 2-8
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, the colonial governor suggests a fundraising trip, popular new software requires further evaluation before being made available on campus, and more. October 2, 1751—New Jersey Governor Jonathan Belcher writes to Aaron Burr to suggest he go on a fundraising tour of Europe…
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