In honor of our International Women's Day Issue, Street Editors take a look at 50 years' of women's history at Princeton through past publications by the 'Daily Princetonian.'
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This Week in History: Engineers and the E-Quad of the Past and Present
Jillian AscherThis week in history, the ‘Prince’ looks back on the “cultural mecca” for those with an engineering mind: the E-Quad and the students that inhabit the space. Walking out of Fitzrandolph gates with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, a 1999 article explores how these students’ experiences differed from A.B. liberal arts and from each other.
This Week in History: Debating the role of interdisciplinary humanities in a Princeton education
Yi (Chris) XinIn February 1937, a series of letters to The Daily Princetonian’s editor responded to a student proposal of a “What-Every-Young-Graduate-Should-Know” or “quintessence-of-culture” course for undergraduates. The proposed program, redolent of the present-day HUM Sequence, raised questions about the role of the liberal arts and the fundamental mission of college education.
In February 1937, a series of letters to The Daily Princetonian’s editor responded to a student proposal of a “What-Every-Young-Graduate-Should-Know” or “quintessence-of-culture” course for undergraduates. The proposed program, redolent of the present-day HUM Sequence, raised questions about the role of the liberal arts and the fundamental mission of college education.
This Week in History: Court your crush, don’t crush the postman
Lola HorowitzThis Week in History, we remember when postmen stumbled into The Daily Princetonian Newsroom on Valentine’s Day in 1928, succumbing to the weight of all the love letters sent by Princeton men. Today, Princetonians send their affections in more unconventional ways, using student initiatives to celebrate the day.
This Week in History, we remember when postmen stumbled into The Daily Princetonian Newsroom on Valentine’s Day in 1928, succumbing to the weight of all the love letters sent by Princeton men. Today, Princetonians send their affections in more unconventional ways, using student initiatives to celebrate the day.