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...Fairbanks, of the Mansfield College, Oxford, England; W. W. Farnam '66; Walter Camp '80; Professor A. B. Hart, of Harvard University; Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin '61, President of the American Bar Association; Hon. Frederick T. Dubois '72, U. S. Senator from Idaho; Bowdre Plumizv, President of Whig Hall, Princeton; Professor A. M. Wheeler...
When William of Orange came to England, he undertook to carry on his administration by having members of both the great political parties in his councils. The result was not satisfactory. Then he called about him the members of the Whig party because, whatever their short-comings, they were at least united on the point of sustaining him in the wars against France. This move proved entirely successful. However it was many years before the full scope and meaning of the system of government by parties were understood in England. Sir Robert Walpole when he became prime minister, gave...
...Edwin Arnold on his visit to Princeton, Wednesday, was initiated as an honorary member of the American Whig Society, as was Matthew Arnold when he visited the college...
...Both the Whig and Cliosophic societies laid the corner stones of new halls at Princeton this week...
...great snow ball fight occurred last Thursday between the freshmen and sophomores. As the students came out of Whig and Clio halls at 5.30 the sophomores lined up and opened fire on the freshmen. The freshmen charged, but were repulsed, and finally driven off the campus. They rallied later, and the fight was stopped only by darkness...