Word: nassau
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Tiger eleven, however, has a slight advantage in the backfield, the figures being 170 to 167. Thus is may be considered that the advantages of the teams are about evenly divided, with the University's extra weight offset by the greater experience of the Nassau eleven. Princeton has the additional advantage of a clean slate of victories, but the University team has been improving rapidly of late. Harvard. Name. Position. Age. Weight. Height. Prep. School. G. L. Batchelder '19, end 19 185 6 Volkmann R. H. Bond '19, back 19 171 5.9 Everett High E. S. Brewer...
...next meeting, that the trustees may be better able to judge in which of these places to fix the college." In September, 1752, they voted that the college be fixed in Princeton and ground was broken there in 1754. Soon afterwards the cornerstone of the first building, Nassau Hall, was laid, and the building completed in 1757. It was 170 feet long and 54 feet wide, and had, as now, three stories and a cupola. Twice since its erection the interior of the building has been destroyed by fire but the honest workmanship of its first builders has enabled...
...John Witherspoon was elected president of the college. His extensive plans for the enlargement of the institution were largely defeated by the interference of the War of Independence, in which the town and college of Princeton played a large part. Nassau Hall sheltered both British and American soldiers, and among the proudest possessions of the university are the two cannon which were captured during the war and which are now on the campus. As a result of the war the smallest class which ever graduated received their degrees during this period...
...Nassau Langhotz Princeton Glee Club.11. Fair Harvard arr. by Gilman 1811 Harvard Glee Club.The personal of the Musical Clubs...
...altogether difficult to fathom the logic which gives Nassau an edge on Yale. As a matter of fact--basing judgment of course upon what has actually been shown--Yale has a much more varied offense than the Tigers, and a defence which is, I think, just as good. The Elis have done their share of fumbling, but they would have had to do more than their share to equal Princeton in this respect. Yale's punting has not to date compared with that of Princeton, and Princeton's drop-kicking has been superior. Yale employs her men to better advantage...