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This Week in Princeton History for May 28-June 3
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, an Ethiopian emperor tours the campus, the Nassau Lit notes that the institution has no school colors, and more. May 28, 1870—A committee of 20 Presbyterians is in Princeton to lay the cornerstone of Reunion…
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This Week in Princeton History for December 4-10
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, dorm residents “grope their way in the darkness,” an epidemic halts the swim team, and more. December 5, 1878—The Princetonian complains about the lack of lighting in Reunion Hall: “Another term is almost gone,…