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Tag: Newfoundland

  • This Week in Princeton History for July 1-7

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Harriet van Ingen joins its geologists on a trip to Newfoundland, a fire means Commencement will have to find a new home, and more. July 1, 1927—Princeton’s new “car rule,” which prohibits students from…

  • This Week in Princeton History for June 24-30

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the sophomores conduct their annual end-of-year book burning ritual, women are enrolled in a course for the first time, and more. June 25, 1980—Ernest Gordon, Dean of the Chapel since 1955, retires.