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

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Cameras and conversation quite naturally follow the Mercury 8, neivest member of the Ford-Lincoln family. For the Mercury, wholly new in every respect, fulfilled the desire of many motorists for a car which, while substantially larger than the Ford V-8, would bring the same outstanding value to a new price field. THE NEW M IS if €J iJ V A PRODUCT OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY As the camera tells an exciting story of the Mercury ' s outward beauty, so the tape-measure highlights the Mercury ' s interior spaciousness. Front-seat compartments in sedan body types are 54 inches wide. Rear-seat compartments measure 56 inches from side to side. In both front and rear compartments, there is ample fore-and-aft room to stretch out and relax. • Interiors are richly upholstered and appointed; seats are soft and deep. Remarkable quiet has been achieved by scientific soundproofing. • The Mercury ' s new 95-horse- power V-type engine couples brilliant performance with gratifying economy. Brakes are hydraulic. • See and drive this new car. FEATURES OF THE MERCURY 8 116-inch wheelbase; 16 feet, four inches over-all length • Exceptional width and room for passengers • 95-horsepower V-type 8-cylinder engine • Hydraulic brakes • Modern, flowing streamlines • Luxurious appointments and upholstery • Deep, soft seats • Thorough scientific soundproofing • Balanced weight dis- tribution and center-poise design • Large luggage compartments. FORD-BUILT MEANS TOP VALUE FORD MOTOR COMPANY NOW OFFERS FORD, MERCURY ' , LI N CO LN - Z EPH YR AND LINCOLN MOTOR CARS 279

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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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Guest lecturer graduates returning for a fleeting happy moment at their alma mater. By Alumni Day the town was virtually given o ver to the reumoners; and every garage, firehouse, and freshman boarding house was a class headquarters. The streets and by-roads were crossed with large orange and black numeral ban- ners and filled with the van-colored costumes of the different classes. The war-nourished Class of 1918 jaunted noisily about in a motor-driven locomotive and French forty-and-eight to lend added color to the spectacle. It was also 1918 which triumphed in the Down-Hill Regatta, annual feature of the morning of Alumni Day. The time-honored P-raJe was led by the silver anniversary celebrants of 1913 and included William H. Vail ' 65, the second oldest living alumnus. Uni- versity Field was no scene of gaiety, however, as the Xassau nine succumbed to the Elis, 5 to 2. The traditional rite of choosing the captain for the fol- lowing season was, nevertheless, engaged in, with Brud Harper receiving the honor. Later, the spot- light w as on Palmer Stadium. The fifth invitation Track Meet was featured by the record-breaking triumph of Texan Wayne Rideout in the 3 l -mile event and the victories of Archie Williams in the 440, Charlie Beetham in the 880, Glenn Cunningham in the all-important mile, Ray Sears in the 2-mile, and Earle Meadows in the pole vault. The foreign entrant, Belgian Josef Mostert, and the Princeton- ians, Captain Pete Bradley, Captain-elect Phil Goold, and Freshman Captain Paul Douglas per- formed gallantly but were unable to equal the rec- ords of their victorious competitors. After the Academic Procession had filed into the Chapel Sunday morning, President Dodds delivered the Baccalaureate Address, condemning the evils of leisure and praising the rewards of hard work. Other events of the day were the laving of the class memo- rial wreaths in Nassau Hall and the reception at Prospect for the members of the Class of 1SS8 and the Old Guard. Class Dav was officially inaugurated when Presi- dent Dodds presented the keys of the college to the President of the Class of 1938, Dan Covle. The class poem was read by J. W. Carlile; the class oration was delivered bv T. R. McMillen and the Ivy Oration by R. S. Mueller. At the cannon exercises the class history was read bv LeG. A. Gould, Jr., while D. D. Covle delivered the Class President ' s address, in which he criticized the penetration of the eating club into other than social fields and the weight given to comprehensive examinations and advo- cated the extension of the Honor System to the writ- ing of laboratory reports and departmental papers. In a Gvmnasium depicting a South Sea island the members of the class and their guests enjoyed their Senior Promenade to the music of Red Norvo and the vocalism of Mildred Bailey, the Mr. and Mrs. of Swing. Among the well-known recipients of honorary degrees on Commencement Day were Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Governor A. Harry Moore. Among those receiving hard-earned bachelors ' de- grees were 476 members of the Class of 1938 who were now to make their way in the wide, wide world. Fd sh 280