History

Several seniors who used Pequod, the University’s on-campus printing center, to print their theses claimed they encountered issues during the thesis binding process.

Undergraduate Program Administrator for the Department of History Etta Recke, one of four departments that required thesis submission on April 3, said at least half a dozen students found many errors in the final printed versions of their theses. Recke said she saw roughly three or four times more errors from Pequod than she had seen in previous years.

On this day in 1951, a banner headline on the front page of The Daily Princetonian read, “Kazmaier Wins Heisman Trophy by Largest Vote in Award’s History.” Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the selection of Dick Kazmaier ’52 as the 1951 Heisman Memorial Trophy recipient.

History professor David Cannadine ’74 is garnerning attention for arguing in his upcoming book, “The Right Kind of History,” that history should be made a compulsory subject in the British school system up through the GCSE level or until students reach age 16.

One week after the deadline for members of the Class of 2013 pursuing A.B. degrees to select concentrations, departments are reporting steady — and in some cases dramatic — growth and declines in numbers. Though the numbers are still being finalized and are likely to change, several departments reported notably different numbers from what was expected.

Please, bear these rules in mind, and remember that a junior professor who meets these criteria will write a much more effective letter than a famous person who doesn’t. You’ll get the recommendations you deserve, and I’ll be able to spend a little less time rounding up the usual suspect adjectives — and a little more doing justice to the people for whom I should be writing.