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B Y T H E N U M B E R S
... a Princeton student's typical routine ...
"Princeton University: The First 250 Years" by Don
Oberdorfer includes an excerpt from the journal of Philip
Vickers Fithian, a member of the class of 1772, that
demonstrates a Princeton student's typical routine in the
days prior to the Revolutionary War:
5 to 5:30 a.m. Dressing period. "The Bell rings at
five, after which there is an Intermission of half an hour,
that everyone may have time to dress, at the end of which it
rings again, and Prayers begin; And lest any should plead
that he did not hear the Bell, the Servant who rings goes to
every Door and beats till he wakens the Boys."
5:30 a.m. Morning Prayers. "After Morning Prayers,
we can, now in the winter, study an hour by candle Light
every Morning."
8 a.m. Breakfast. "From eight to nine is time of
our own, to play, or exercise."
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Recitation.
1 p.m. Dinner. "We dine all in the same Room, at
three tables. After dinner till three we have Liberty to go
out at Pleasure."
3 to 5 p.m. Study.
5 p.m. Evening Prayers.
7 p.m. Supper.
9 p.m. "At nine the Bell rings for Study; And a
Tutor goes through College, to see that every Student is in
his own Room; if he finds that any are absent, or more in
any Room than belongs there, he notes them down, and the day
following calls them to an Account. After nine any may go to
bed, but to go before is reproachful."
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September 16, 2002
Vol. 92, No. 2
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Contents
Page one
•Chemical engineer keeps her
head in the clouds for research
•'Bookscape' brightens
literary landscape in children's
library
•High school students get
extensive college experience
Inside
•Summer outreach programs
inform and inspire
•Students look up to
Princeton mentors
People
•Explorer of Big Bang
afterglow dies at age 67
•Spotlight,
briefs
Sections
•By the
numbers
•Nassau
Notes
•Calendar of
events
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