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According to "A Princeton Companion" HTTP://mondrian.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion

• The tiger emerged as a symbol of Princeton, ironically, not long after Woodrow Wilson's class, at its graduation in 1879, gave the University a pair of lions to guard the main entrance to Nassau Hall.

• The growing use of the tiger -- rather than the lion -- as Princeton's totem has been ascribed by Princetonians of that period to two things: the college cheer, which contained a "tiger" as a rallying word; and the growing use of orange and black as the college colors.

• In 1893, a three-year-old eating club called The Inn changed its name to Tiger Inn.

• In 1911, with the tiger firmly established as the Princeton symbol, the class of 1879 substituted A.P. Proctor's bronze tigers for the lions that had flanked the front steps of Nassau Hall.

• There are many tigers to be found in the architecture around campus, all of them presumably male. In 1969, the year coeducation was introduced, Bruce Moore's bronze tigers for the Adams Mall between Whig and Clio were created male and female.
 

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March 25, 2002
Vol. 91, No. 20
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Contents

In the news
• Graduate students share their expertise in local classrooms
• Tilghman visit to Chicago school fires excitement about science

Inside
• Tilghman wins international For Women in Science Award
• Princeton College burnt!
• Students aim to improve Sept. 11 understanding
• Wheeler honored at conference

Research
• $1 million NSF award funds application of genome data
• Three receive Sloan fellowships for research
• Project creates 'global conversation' on religion

People
• Alumni reach out to not-for-profit organizations
• Spotlight
• Briefs

Sections
• By the numbers: Tiger
• Nassau Notes
• Calendar of events 

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