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This Week in Princeton History for February 10-16
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a local farmer is making use of the waste from the outhouses, badminton debuts on campus, and more. February 10, 1881—A report to the Board of Trustees notes that a local farmer is emptying…
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This Week in Princeton History for April 15-21
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, classes resume while war rages on, Harvard raises money for Princeton, and more. April 16, 1778—The Board of Trustees votes to attempt to resume classes, despite the war that interrupted them in the first…
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This Week in Princeton History for May 21-27
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a rally pushes for the expulsion of repeat sexual harassers, the New Jersey State Board of Health investigates a typhoid outbreak, and more. May 22, 1931—The Daily Princetonian laments the suicide of influential cartoonist…
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The Temples of Cloacina
Today, behind Nassau Hall just beyond Cannon Green, visitors to the Princeton University campus will see stairs between two large tiger sculptures installed in 1969. This sharp incline had different scenery prior to the twentieth century, however. Students sometimes called it “South Campus,” “The Temples of Cloacina,” or “Cloaca Maxima.” Less euphemistically or poetically, it served…
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