Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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bv hoch the varsity and the freshman track teams which ended up their seasons with perfect records, the climax coming at the Heptagonal Games when Princeton ' s varsity nosed out Cornell 59 ! 4 to 53 1 -£- Pete Bradlev ran a 1:52.7 half-mile and returned to make a remarkable rally in the late stages of the mile run to finish a close second to Northrop of Harvard. June, 1938 Back from classes carrving placards and endeavored to incite a Strike Against Painted Lips. In spite of this, dancing was enjoved bv all in the several clubs, and the presentation of Beaux Strata- gem McCarter Theatre, with the helpful assistance of a number of girls from Finch, went over with .1 bang. The base- ball team perfor- med well before the eyes of their female guests by annexing their second win of the week behind Lefty Farber ' s pitching and the dangerous slug- ging of Bill Fallon. The athletes did not fare so well in the Compton Cup Regatta, however, finish- ing third to strong forces from Harvard and Syracuse. Norman Thomas returned after an absence of only two weeks to appear at a protest meeting against the suppression of civil liberties in Jersey City bv Mayor Frank I am the Law Hague. Liberal Oswald Garrison Yillard also spoke. The month of May will be memorable to the mem- bers of the Princetonian board for it was then that the largest edition in the history of the newspaper was published — a 12-page issue of which 20,000 copies were printed and distributed to all of the Princeton alumni in order to acquaint them with the progress of the Undergraduate Drive to raise $100,000 for the President ' s Program. Another speaker of note to appear on the Princeton campus in the month was Earl Browder, well-known Communist, who discussed the Zero Hour in Europe. The month drew to a close with several victories Picknickers on Prospect Amid the annual hectic conglomeration of final examinations, room selections, and the formulation of vacation plans, the first month of summer and the last of the current academic vear was ushered in. Along athletic lines, the Tiger baseball team, after an unpromising start in its League schedule, finished in better stvle, capturing a doubleheader from Penn and splitting the Yale series to take third place in the circuit standings. The trackmen, winners of the Heptagonal Games, were handicapped in the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet at Randall ' s Island by the ab- sence of several stellar perform- ers and finished in seventh posi- tion. During Julv, however, a combined Prince- ton-Cornell ag- gregation defeat- ed an Oxford- Cambridge con- tingent in Lon- don. Teams wearing the Orange and Black in lacrosse, ten- nis, and golf were notably successful. Within the confines of the Universitv, Tiger Inn gained the Intramural Athletic Association All-Sports Award, followed bv Cap and Gown and bv Key and Seal. The peace of the last few davs of examinations was somewhat dis turbed bv the initial celebrations of 278

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Official Jewelers to Upper Class Club S v v v JENNINGS HOOD Jeweler Medalist Stationer SOUTHEAST CORNER CHESTNUT AND 13TH STREETS PHILADELPHIA The company possesses tine steel dies for the charms and pins of the various upperclass clubs and student publications. Selections and prices submitted upon request. m I wospae )2 s Rings left to right on top TOWER CANNON DIAL ' CHARTER Attached to charm bracelet: IVY ' PRINCETON TIGER ' GLEE CLUB ' Detached: ARBOR INN ' CAP AND GOWN Charms in third row: COURT ' CANNON ' CAMPUS ' DIAL LODGE ' QUADRANGLE ' ELM ' TOWER ' TIGER INN Charms in fourth row: CHARTER ' CLOISTER ' COLONIAL ' COTTAGE ' KEY SEAL, Charm and Pin ' TOWER ' TERRACE 277

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