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

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY PRESIDENT S ROOM To The Class of 1958: I am highly honored by the Editors ' decision to dedicate this volume of the Bric-a-Brac to me on this year of my retirement as president of the University. My years with Princeton have been such happy and full ones that I find it hard to believe that the time has come to say Hail and Farewell. My feelings in these final weeks in Nassau Hall were effectively summed up some two centuries ago by a distinguished alumnus of the College of New Jersey as he was trying to persuade the eminent John Witherspoon to become president of the then struggling College. He stressed, in writing to Dr. Witherspoon, the pleasure which must arise from leading youth through the several stages of litera- ture and afterwards seeing them acting their parts with dignity in life. This pleasure of the presidency, he said, would make him the happiest man in America while he presided over the College. I endorse without qualification this 18th Century analysis of the presidency of Princeton. As long as I shall live I will be strength- ened by the memories, beginning with our first day in Prospect and continuing throughout each day thereafter, of countless and repeated acts of kindness and warm-hearted friendship at the best old place of all. Mrs. Dodds joins me in the hope that the years ahead will be as fruitful and pleasant as they have been for us. This is our dearest wish for each and every member of the Princeton Family. Faithfully yours, A Wv May 1, 1957

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FOREWORD X earbooks differ widely in their attempts to record the fleeting moments that represent college life. Some meticulously divide the school year into seasons, some force heterogeneous events to conform to an all-embracing theme, while others, like the Bric-a-Brac endeavor to syn- thesize the vast complex of college pursuits, presenting activities in a logically readable manner. The year 1956-57 has contained significant milestones. Nassau Hall ' s bicentennial, the retirement of our distin- guished President Harold Dodds, the appointment of a young classics professor to the University ' s highest post — these and other events have marked this memorable year. We are on the threshold of a new era, where progress and expansion are vital and present issues. In the Bric-a-Brac s attempt to capsule the intellectual, social, or athletic phenomena of such a year lies a great and ever-present danger — the easy-to-make inference that college life falls into well-defined compartments, whose boundaries are set by conventional divider pages. In reality the truth lies far from this literal interpretation. Through the unique process of socialization, Princeton scientists, athletes, engineers, and scholars drink a full draught from the beer mug of life, giving to the term liberal education a most meaningful connotation. CONTENTS DEDICATION Page 6 NASSAU HALL Page 14 UNIVERSITY Page 16 ORGANIZATIONS Page 51 ATHLETICS Page 111 SOCIAL