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Web Exclusives: Under the Ivy Archives, Volume 05:
a column about Princeton history by
Jane Chapman Martin ’89 paw@princeton.edu
To read the current Under
the Ivy column by Gregg Lange '70, click here.
| July 19, 2006: |
The heartbeat of PAW
Year after
year, Class Notes are the thread that binds alumni together |
| May 10, 2006: |
An outbreak
of ‘Hiss-teria’
Tigers roared when Whig-Clio invited Alger Hiss to speak |
| April 19, 2006: |
Great
halls of learning
Ralph Adams Cram championed the collegiate gothic style at
Princeton |
| April 5, 2006: |
‘The alma mater
he never left’
The complex relationship of Princeton and F. Scott Fitzgerald
’17 |
| March 8, 2006: |
‘The vital
power of a great affection’
Moses Taylor Pyne 1877 was one of Princeton’s most influential
supporters |
| March 22, 2006: |
Wearing
many hats
B. Franklin Bunn 1907 was a Princeton fixture – on and
off campus |
| February 15, 2006: |
A war of words
When Professor Woodrow Wilson took on Princeton’s president |
Jan. 25, 2006:
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‘We had
to have that clapper’
50 years later, a clapper-nabber sent a confession – and
a check |
| December 14, 2005: |
A multitasking
Tiger
Asa S. Bushnell ’21 left his mark on Princeton and amateur
athletics |
Nov. 16, 2005:
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‘Football
is only a game … Nuts’
There was no sugarcoating the 1937 Yale game’s final score |
| Nov. 2, 2005: |
Out in the country
A New Jersey farm has raised generations of Princetonians |
| October 19, 2005: |
A mighty wind
At 77, the University Chapel organ still produces ‘an
extraordinary sound’ |
| October 5, 2005: |
When Campus
Club was young
A benefactor, bonds, and a rented pool table helped launch a
new eating club |
| September 14 , 2005: |
Ride a white
horse
A class presidency that started as a joke and ended with a gallop |
| July 6, 2005: |
A
gallery of Princeton artists
Celebrating mystery, intensity, fantasy, and beauty |
| June 8, 2005: |
The
magician and the escape artist
Two early-’70s alumni knew how to amaze an audience |
| May 11, 2005: |
A ‘labyrinth
of dark stacks’
Some not-so-fond memories of Pyne Library |
| April 20, 2005: |
Princeton style,
circa 1955
Jackets, ties, V-necked sweaters – and Frank Lloyd Wright |
April 6, 2005:
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Three years
and out?
Proposals by the ‘Bressler Commission’ in 1971 sparked
debate |
March 23,
2005:
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Heading west,
on a single wing
Fritz Crisler had success at Princeton, and more at Michigan |
| March 9, 2005 |
The melting
pot
50 years ago, one University house offered a global mosaic |
| January 23, 2005: |
Arts and crafts
Working at a loom, eight hours a day |
| February 9, 2005: |
Written
in stone
Lessons learned from campus Latin inscriptions |
| January 26, 2005: |
A star is born |
| December 8, 2004: |
Triangle
Follies |
| November 17, 2004: |
Great
expectations |
| November 3, 2004: |
Everyman’s
education |
October 20, 2004:
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Glory Days |
| October 6, 2004: |
A Teacher’s
Roar
English professor J. Duncan Spaeth |
September
15, 2004:
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The rule of
fiction
Make it ring true, whether it is or not |
Under the Ivy Archives, Volume 04:
July 7, 2004:
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Another
war, another time
Reflections of World War II |
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June 9, 2004: |
Setting
sail
Words from Patton, the president, not the general |
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May
12, 2004: |
From
a sprig has sprung . . . well, Kate
PAW’s girl all grown up |
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April
21, 2004: |
Beer
jacket jaunt
For seniors, now and then, the coverall says it all |
| April 7, 2004: |
The
Baths of Firestone
Ancient spaces, current usage |
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March
24, 2004:
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President
Patton
A peek at this pious, unpretentious educator
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March
10, 2004: |
Take
the gloves off
We're erecting a building at Princeton |
| February
25, 2004: |
To
fallen friends
Memorials at PAW are forever |
| February
11, 2004: |
Pleasure
in the webs that bind
Finding one connection after another in Princeton's past |
| January 28,
2004: |
Here's
to Jadwin
She's a grand old dome |
| November 19,
2003: |
The
War Cry |
| November 19,
2003: |
Battles
of the Sexes
2003 and 1968 |
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November
5 , 2003: |
Princeton
in Reason and Rhymes |
October 22,
2003:
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A
winning team, in more than score
Sometimes it's not the coach, it's the trainer |
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October
8, 2003:
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Flickshakes
and bunk
Princetonese, circa 1941 |
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September
10, 2003:
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Weighed
Down by the Past
Looking at the words from decades ago
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Under the Ivy Archives, Volume 03:
July 2, 2003:
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Wetter
than wet
Reunions - Sweeter than sweet |
June
4, 2003:
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Honor
Among Tigers
Cheating, or not, at Princeton |
May 14, 2003:
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The
late, great Palmer Stadium
In its heyday, 18,000 would throng to track invitational |
| April
23, 2003: |
Rites
of spring
Over the decades, there's a loveliness in the sameness |
| April
9, 2003: |
Petticoat
Junction
When Princeton let women in WAY before it went coed |
| March 26, 2003: |
The
Character Question, Circa 1933 |
| March 12, 2003: |
In
1961, the change had begun
A woman is admitted to the Graduate School |
| February
26, 2003: |
It
all "ads" up
A taste of the times through PAW's old advertisements
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February 12,
2003:
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Looking
at 1952
When Adlai Stevenson '22 was up for president |
| January 29,
2003: |
Tiger,
tiger everywhere
And not paper enough to ink |
| December 18,
2002: |
Mastering
Bicker or Bickering over the Masters |
| December
4 , 2002: |
Sugar,
Sugar
How a junior's run for office turned into campus legend |
November 20,
2002:
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Plus
a change
Especially when it comes to Yale and, well, booze |
| November 6,
2002: |
Spirits
of the gridiron
From 1893 to 2002, from Wister to Splithoff |
October 23 ,
2002:
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Autumn's
in the air
Once upon a time, there were fireplaces in the rooms |
| October 9, 2002: |
Sure,
you can claim perfect attendance at reunions
Fictitious classmates enjoy records at Princeton |
| September 11
, 2002: |
Looking
at Veterans of Future Wars
Wags from the Class of 1936 fool nation
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