Princeton sketches - the story of Nassau Hall (1893) (14784253262)

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Title: Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall

Year: 1893 (1890s)

Authors: Wallace, George R

Subjects: Princeton University

Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's sons

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ossibly this chapter would not be completewithout some reference to the Cannon War with Rutgers. By some process, not exactlyunderstood, the Rutgers boys came to believethat the smaller of the two cannon left here afterthe battle of Princeton belonged to them. Ac-cordingly, in the spring vacation of 1875, whenthe campus was deserted, a large force fromNew Brunswick made a night raid upon Prince-ton, dislodged the object of attack by a vigorousonslaught of picks and shovels, and with greatvalor carried their trophy back to Rutgers. When the spring vacation was over, andonly a hole in the ground was found in placeof the cherished totem, great was the wrathamong the Nassaus. A campaign was organ-ized at once, and a long column set out forthe banks of the Raritan, breathing outthreatenings and slaughter. The cannon hadbeen too safely secreted, but a museum in con-nection with the college was taken, and someold muskets carried back by way of reprisal.At this point diplomacy intervened. The

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ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES McCOSH. 12$ ardor of the combatants was restrained, whilethe two Faculties appointed committees to lookinto the matter. Of course, an examination ofthe records could lead to only one decision.The relic was brought back and planted againwith appropriate ceremonies; long iron rodswere twisted around it and embedded deeplyin cement to prevent a repetition of the theft,and the temple of Janus was closed. At the commencement of 1888 Dr. McCoshsurrendered the keys which he had held fortwenty years. It was a deeply impressive sightto see that tall and rugged figure, that massivehead fringed with locks of white, that stronglyfeatured face furrowed with the lines ofthought and shining with the light of agracious soul, as the retiring President told thestory of Twenty Years of Princeton College,and transferred the responsibility of his belovedcollege to another. I take the step, he says, firmly anddecidedly. The shadows are lengthening, theday is declining. My age, seven

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