February 2008 Archives

Program cover from Princeton-Yale Baseball Game, 1901.

Princeton played its first intercollegiate game against Williams in 1864. According to A Princeton Companion, it was a Princetonian who first stole second base by sliding feet-first (William Gummere 1870); a Princetonian who first learned how to throw a curve ball and as a result threw the first no-hitter in the history of baseball (Joseph Mann 1876); and a Princetonian (William Schenck 1880) who first used a chest protector as catcher (stacked copies of The Daily Princetonian).

This year’s Princeton Baseball season kicks off with a doubleheader on March 1 at Delaware.

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President Shirley M. Tilghman addressing alumni during the annual Alumni Day luncheon.

During the luncheon on Saturday, February 23, 2008, the University awarded its highest alumni honors. This year’s Woodrow Wilson Award recipient was John Rogers ‘80, Chairman and CEO, Ariel Capital Management; and the James Madison Medalist was Lawrence P. Goldman *69, *76 (WWS), President and CEO, New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Awards for service in Annual Giving and the Alumni Council Princeton Schools Committee, and top honors for seniors and graduate students were also conferred.

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Washington’s Birthday Parade at Alumni Day, 1889.

The first Alumni Day event took place on Lincoln’s birthday in 1915 to give alumni a glimpse of the University while it was in session and provide an intellectual homecoming, apart from the annual Reunions celebrations.

From 1916 on, the event took place on Washington’s birthday and now continues to be held on the Saturday closest to February 22nd. This year’s Alumni Day will take place on Saturday, February 23.

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New moves for the 1947 lacrosse team? Larry Eccles ‘48 perches on the shoulder of teammate Percy Ransome ‘47.

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Number One. Princeton lacrosse players celebrate their defeat of Syracuse 10-9 in double overtime to win the 1992 NCAA Championship. With the University since 1988, head coach Bill Tierney has guided the Tigers to six NCAA championships and 13 Ivy League championships. In 2002 he was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

The 2007-08 season begins on February 24, when Princeton hosts Canisius College of Buffalo, NY.

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In the late 1880s a well-appointed dorm room featured floor-length curtains with velvet trim, flowered wallpaper with scrollwork borders, and a sleigh bed. It also included some things you’ll find in almost any student room today: a desk, a bookshelf, a comfortable chair, pictures on the walls, and some sports equipment.

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Princeton’s newest residential college Whitman combines tradition and innovation through the marriage of Collegiate Gothic architecture with state-of-the-art facilities within.

The 250,000-square-foot Whitman College welcomed its first group of residents this fall.

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To celebrate Princeton’s Sesquicentennial in 1896, Witherspoon Hall was decked out with bunting and banners in patriotic red, white, and blue, as well as tigerish orange and black.

Commissioned in 1875 and occupied in 1877, this dormitory was considered the most modern and elegant of its time, with amenities such as waterclosets on every floor, dumbwaiters and servants’ quarters.

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