Following the Robertson Foundation's lead, the Carnegie Foundation announced Tuesday that it is suing the University for control of the lake bearing its name.
The Foundation, run by descendants of Andrew Carnegie, claims that the University violated its mandate by allowing women to row on its man-made waters.
The donation that paid for the creation of the lake, given in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie, stipulated that the lake would, "allow strapping Princeton men to hone their strokes while developing fraternal bonds."
Peter J. Jones '57, the Foundation's lawyer pointed to the passage as an indication that the Carnegie's orginal vision is no longer being honored by the increasingly feminist University.
"Back in the good ole' days, Princeton was all about making boys into men," Jones said. "Carnegie never envisioned the day that giant muscular women would sully these waters."
President Shirley Tilghman pledged to fight the suit, saying that Jones and the Carnegie Foundation are "a bunch of mean old men."
"I'll let whoever I damn please row on that lake," she muttered. "When Janet [Rapelye] and I are done here, the men will be lucky to get anywhere near that lake." This article is part of The Daily Princetonian's 2005 Joke Issue.
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