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

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The College of New Jersey was louiulcd in 171(3 by a gioujj of Piesb) lei iaii clergynicii who (onciuiLcl that (he existing colleges — Harvard, ' ale, and ' W ' illiain and Mary — were inadetiiiale h)r the eihuaiiDna! neeils oi the Middle Colonies. 1 he lasl liandiu! ol Mudenis niei together in the May of ihc following year in the par- sonage of Jonathan Dickenson at Eli abc ih. Willi liie building of Nassau Hall in llb ' l the heritage of the College was permanently rooted, and by 189f), its siis- cjiietentcnnial year, the institution was so transformed — largely as a residt of the administration of James McCosh (1868 to 1888)— that Princeton University lornially came into being. A new transioniiaiioii now confronts ilie University as an expansion ol laciliiies, alreach under way, de- mands the concern of Princetonians across the nation. ' ith this growth, however, Princeton is ])ledge(l to maintain its high standaicl ol si liolai ship and teai hing excellence, imporiaiu now as in the past.