In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Langston Hughes recites poetry, a third of the women in the Graduate School drop out, and more.
March 19, 1877—At a temperance meeting on campus, nine students sign a pledge to abstain from alcohol.
March 22, 1928—Langston Hughes recites poetry in Alexander Hall.
March 23, 1987—Dragoljub Cetkovic, a former Princeton University graduate student, confesses to poisoning a tea bag at a local grocery store.
March 25, 1963—The Daily Princetonian reports that a third of the female students in the Graduate School are dropping out.
Clipping from the Daily Princetonian. For more on the early history of women in the Graduate School, see our previous post on this topic.
For last week’s installment in this series, click here.
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