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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 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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The CIA’s Quest for Mind Control : Piecing Together Project MK-Ultra and its Princeton Connections, Part II (MK-Ultra at Princeton University)
MK-Ultra was a human experimentation program illegally conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Its intent was to determine the usefulness of various substances for interrogations. Running from 1953-1973, the program employed secret dosing of unsuspecting persons with psychoactive drugs, especially LSD. MK-Ultra activities took place in a variety of settings where ordinary citizens became…
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