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Tag: Elm Club

  • This Week in Princeton History for March 29-April 4

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a member of the Class of 1905 denounces racial exclusion, Elm Club opens, and more. March 29, 1940—Socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas, Class of 1905, takes Princeton’s racial exclusion to task in the Princeton…

  • This Week in Princeton History for March 30-April 5

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the library receives a new gift of F. Scott Fitzgerald correspondence, a campus publication rails against women’s suffrage, and more. March 31, 1967— Charles Scribner Jr. ’43 presents the Princeton University Library with Charles…