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Tag: Opening Exercises

  • History of Opening Exercises

    Dear Mr. Mudd, What is the history of Princeton’s Opening Exercises, and how long have they been held at the Chapel? 1986 Opening Exercises, Office of Communications Records, Box 172 Pursuant to your question on when Opening Exercises began and how long the ceremony has been held in the Chapel, the earliest documented “opening exercise”…