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Tag: George Goldie

  • This Week in Princeton History for July 24-30

    This Week in Princeton History for July 24-30

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series, a professor’s nickname raises eyebrows in Boston, a campus visitor is surprised to see someone throwing a telegraph pole around, and more. July 25, 1867—The Boston Post reports, “The Princeton students call Prof. Aiken, late of Dartmouth, ‘Prof. Yank.’ They need two or three more Jerome medals…

  • This Week in Princeton History for December 26-January 1

    In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the Christmas holiday is extended to 9:45AM, a graduate eulogizes George Washington, and more. December 26, 1944—The President of Princeton University generously allows for an extension of the Christmas holiday, dismissing students from classes…