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...article in the Daily Princetonian, President Hibben, in urging the support for the course, said: "The course as outlined by the War Department is designed to give a very thorough grounding in all of the principles of artillery, both in theory and in practice. Through such a course one will be able to qualify as a Reserve Officer and be in a position to offer his services to the government in case of any emergency, without the delay of long months of preparation, Its particular aim is to increase alertness, accuracy, and resourcefulness of thought, the art of working...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: START PRINCETON ARTILLERY | 3/29/1919 | See Source »

President Hibben's Alumni Day address was animated by that spirit of progress and energy which alone makes a university an asset. Too often a university impresses the world as being so absorbed in the past that it is unable to keep abreast of the present. It would indeed be a sorry sight to see an age bearing along the university instead of the university leading the age on to nobler ends. Such a sight Princeton will never permit if her president's program is adopted. The modification of admission requirements will open her doors to many more students, while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAGE THE HARVARD CLUBS. | 2/25/1919 | See Source »

President Hibben of Princeton University in his annual report to the Board of Trustees, advocates making Princeton a "National University." Under the head of "Princeton National University' he proposes important changes to submerge the "tendencies toward sectionalism and separation in education," which he feels are too prevalent in American colleges. Although about 80 percent of Princeton's students come from states other than New Jersey, President Hibben believes the enrolment should be more representative of the entire nation. To this end he plans countrywide competitive scholarships which will also provide for the increased traveling expenses for those coming from distant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAVORS "NATIONAL UNIVERSITY" | 1/20/1919 | See Source »

...President Hibben's opinion that. "In a National University the students should be much concerned with the nation's problems, the nation's needs, conversant with the history of the past with the possibilities and the dangers of the future as well, grounded in the knowledge of those forces which tend to conserve and those forces which tend to destroy its source of power. A National University is not only a protest but a safeguard against educational sectionalism and separation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAVORS "NATIONAL UNIVERSITY" | 1/20/1919 | See Source »

Last week marked the anniversary of the Honor System at Princeton. The scheme was instituted there 25 years ago whereby the students were placed on their honor during examinations, and it has been adhered to ever since. President Hibben of the university has written a report on the success of the system. An extract follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNIVERSARY OF HONOR SYSTEM COMMEMORATED | 2/6/1918 | See Source »

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