New-York tribune., 1896-10-18

GUESTS TO PARTICIPATE.
,r,,d scenes Of academic pomp with cere-
,v and festival beftting the occasion Prince
-, College will celebrate in the coming week
-, 1snti anniversary of its founding and it's
.rc,naiion from the restricting and nracti-
III. obsolete title OF THE College OF New
,.,.sv' into the fuller growth and development
..n,esen.ed by tho title Princeton University"
=. this celebration the Old Nassau and The
GO Nassau win meet in historic juncture, and
49,. ;r.nIraton OF the event will give to Prince
49, stimulus and an impetus that will send
..- forward into another lustrurl, which u.s. APP
.-.nt,y destined 10 be crowned with far
r,o.,er distinction than the century and a half
., closed Fourth in the list of colleges with
...,sct 10 birth Princeton has overcome the
.d;can of iunioriiy until. in achievement. in
leaning and in progress. she stands to-day
.rone the frst-a peer OF her elder sisters
steward and Yale, and. like them typical of all
40, s fair and OF good report in the higher
.aucation which has become one OF tfe later
vIories Of this country
=, was fre m the smallest anu rudeSt begin
.,s. that the lusty Princeton or 1916 sprang.
d. remote ancestor was that famous Log Col
49, on the banks ot the Delaware which hved
aourished and died in the early part oi the
.,vbteenth century. to appear IN stronger re-
,...rnat,on as the College Of New-Jersey' win
-. sanction Of the Province OF New-JerseE ana
che support of a band Of patriotic earnest IN
,.u,pent and pious men. who aimed 10 es'a aonsh
= college where those Of every religious de-
,om,nation may have free and equal hoer'v ana
advantage Of education an! oi'eiei'
N religion Notwithstanding
=, Neu.Jersey never departed. nor will the as
.umntion OF a larger title Involve any aoahuoh-
..n, ~ a principle which is as deeply inter
woven IN the fibre of Princeton az the "! "hic"
h.. crent into a permanent home among the
stones OF Nassau Hall
ApERIop OF WANDERINGS.
MANY years passed by before the ht'le coileee
aver which Jonathan Dickinson scholar' mn
,...r nhvsician and controversialist presided
.s,,Ied into the abiding place with which II Will
!. ,o-orsr associated II had It's birth IN me
charter which Dickinson received on oc'opei -
,-1e from John. Hamilton. President of HIS
u.ies,v,s Council and Commander-in-chlef oi
~. province of New-Jersey and the celebration
n, the week is in commemoraiion OF that da'e'
home was provided for II in the little village
q. E,.zabethtown. and in May. lI+', the first
s+rden.s Of Princeton were gathered under the
bo.p;table roof Of President Dickinson. In a
few months he died. and the trustees, in look
inc for a successor selected the Rev. Aaron
Burr. father OF that Aaron Burr whose name
figures prominently in American history Inc
per Mr. Burr lived and preached in Newark
and inasmuch as ne could not so 10 the college
the college went 10 him. and found it's second
home in Newark
For eight years Il dwelt there. holding its
commencement exercises al the courthouse. and
thriving as best il could in town which In
those days had somehow earned the reputation
Of being sad place
There were various reasons which prompted
the trustees to remove the college from New
ark II place Of temptation for the youth
and these worthy gentlemen desired some spot
more sequestered from the various temptations
attending promiscuous converse with the
world. this theatre Of folly and dissipation.
And so with eyes ganclng eagerly over the
State for place Of academic quiet. the trustees
were divided between New-B Brunswick on the
Raritan and Prince Town. on the Kings High
way, between New-York and Philadelphia The
worldly factor Of goodly material inducement
threw the scale in favor Of Prince Town. Her
citizens realized the importance Of having
collegiate institution among them and they I'M
mediately secured for the trustees 200 acres or
woodland ten Of cleared land il"o
proc. money. But these were not the only in
ducements that led the trustees 10 accept the
offer Of the good people Of Prince Town in
their welcome OF the infant College of New-Je'-
~y. The beautiful situation OF the town a
The wooded slope. looking toward the pre- y
farms spread out on all sides, and the distant
.-t.Yx inn
On the busy avenue Of stage communication be-
tween the two great cities OF the Colonies: i's
removal from "the theatre Of folly and dissipa-
uon," and it's accessibility from all parts OF the
colonies-these advantages easily convinced the
trustees that they would make no mistane IN
ssecting Princeton as the future and perma-
nsnt home of the college Time has justhed
the wisdom Of that choice and the graduates
snd friends Of Princeton who gather on fhe
historic campus next week Will ratify the 1ar-
seeing thoughtfulness Of the Princeton fathers
Of 1752
THE FOUNDING OF OLD NASSAU.
On July %. 1874, Joseph Morrow, it ia mar
nted FIRST set a man TO dig the college cellar
within short time the foundation OF Nassau
HAL was laid. and within two years the build
ins was completed, and then the college was
uanspanted from Newark 10 "the promised
land at Prince Town. The peripatetc period
trinceton's history was over. The college
erected its hearthstone. and under the kindliest
o. auspices started afresh on its career.
Nassau Hall is a structure with past. NO
sther college building In the country can rival
In historic Importance, In dramatic Interest
ana In sentimental value. 1t was. at the time
was completed altogether the finest college
ouildng in the country. 1t is to-day stately IN
usnty. beautiful In its architectural INES. soma
q the college itself and lovely with most OF
memories which generations OF Princeton men
nave cherished 1t took it's name from 'ha'
sreat deiverer of Britain and ancestor OF fro'-
"tant liberty. King William III. Prince OF
"ange aud Nassau" For all these years us