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This Week in Princeton History for September 23-29
In this week’s installment in our recurring series, a visitor describes the campus, George Washington makes a donation, and more.
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This Week in Princeton History for May 13-19
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment in our recurring series, a student dons a disguise to arrest a cowboy, James Carnahan preaches his last sermon at Princeton, and more. May 13, 1895—A Princeton student impersonating a New Jersey State Detective arrests a circus cowboy at the Wyoming Wild West Show in Plainfield…
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This Week in Princeton History for October 3-9
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a graduate makes aviation history, a campus group protests the Iraq War, and more. October 4, 1931—Hugh Herndon, Jr. ’27 and Clyde Pangborn make the world’s first transpacific flight.
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