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This Week in Princeton History for April 12-18
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, women’s tennis plays its first game, violence breaks out over fashion, and more. April 12, 1971—Women’s tennis plays its first game, defeating Penn 5-to-1. April 14, 1947—As the New Jersey telephone workers strike enters…
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This Week in Princeton History for March 4-10
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, competing protests take place on Nassau Street, dormitory phones get voicemail, and more. March 4, 1965—Competing groups of students, faculty, families, and other locals march in Palmer Square, one group to protest escalation of…
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This Week in Princeton History for December 24-30
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Princeton pays its first phone bill, an undergraduate writes to his cousin to urge him to join him at school, and more. December 24, 1895—The College of New Jersey pays its very first telephone…
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This Week in Princeton History for August 15-21
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, final exams ask about America’s future, a sophomore wins an unusual contest involving a bus, and more. August 15, 1945—Future Dean of the Princeton University Chapel Ernest Gordon is freed after 40 months as…
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