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What was Princeton Commencement like in 1766?
Friday, 19 September 2014
by Oren Fliegelman
Ever wondered what a Princeton Commencement ceremony was like in the 1700s? Well, on the off chance you did, we’ve got an answer for you. This article was published in the New-Hampshire Gazette — Dartmouth wouldn’t be founded for another three years — on October 24, 1766. It had been written exactly a month earlier, on
- Published in History
Week in Review (May 30 – June 6): Campus Diaspora Edition
Monday, 07 June 2010
by Will Saborio
Since it’s summer and we know you’re busy at your super-important [insert bank here]/[insert NGO here]/[insert research institution here] internship or backpacking across Europe or voraciously watching back episodes of Gossip Girl, we here at The Ink round up the week’s news so you don’t have to. Today we’ve got some graduations stuff, some art
- Published in Week in Review
Movin’ on Out: A sign-off from UPC
Saturday, 22 May 2010
by Will Saborio
If you’re wondering where that vague scent of trash is coming from, or why there are so many large people carrying heavy things around campus, you might want to snap out of your post-exam stupor and pack your stuff up: it’s move-out day. Everyone’s leaving! (Unless you have Reunions housing, in which case Angela Hodgeman
- Published in Goings On, Open Letter
Tagged under:
Angela Hodgeman, commencement, Dead Week, Housing, move out, Princeton, reunions, self-referential blogging
We just don’t do commencement like we used to
Saturday, 15 May 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
We know that there’s still a week of finals, but since the year is almost over, we thought we’d share a silent video of Princeton commencement ca. 1928. Some of it you’ll recognize — like the hand motions to Old Nassau or the P-rade. But apparently there are some traditions we’ve lost in the past
- Published in History, The INKternet