. Princeton sketches. The story of Nassau hall . in 1782 but one memberof the hall in college. In the spring of thatyear, however, the society was revived, and metin the colleo^e library until their room was re-paired. On the 4th of July, 1783, at the celebrationof the national Jubilee, the halls for the firsttime elected an orator to represent them beforea public audience. The orators of the day spokebefore Congress, which was then sitting atPrinceton, and afterwards dined with its Presi-dent, and other invited guests, at Morven, theold Stockton homestead. From this time do^Vnuntil 1840, the
. Princeton sketches. The story of Nassau hall . in 1782 but one memberof the hall in college. In the spring of thatyear, however, the society was revived, and metin the colleo^e library until their room was re-paired. On the 4th of July, 1783, at the celebrationof the national Jubilee, the halls for the firsttime elected an orator to represent them beforea public audience. The orators of the day spokebefore Congress, which was then sitting atPrinceton, and afterwards dined with its Presi-dent, and other invited guests, at Morven, theold Stockton homestead. From this time do^Vnuntil 1840, the halls united in selecting a manto read the Declaration of Independence on eachreturning Liberty Day. The custom of aj^point-ing four orators from each hall to represent iton the evening before commencement, originatedsome time between 1783 and 1792. Until 1865,these orators were elected by vote of their ]-e-spective halls. Old graduates tell of the notablecanvasses and elaborate intrigues by whichoratorical aspirants sought to gain the coveted. THE HALLS. 65 honor. To remedy the evils growing out of thismethod, in 1804 it was decided to choose theorators in a contest before Judges elected fromthe graduate members of hall. Tliis plan con-tinues to give complete satisfaction. Shortlyafter this change, a further stimulus was givenby offering four medals to be contested for bythe speakers, and the Maclean Prize of $100 tobe awarded for the best written oration. In1870 Mr. Charles R. Lynde presented to thecollege the sum of $5,000, the interest of whichis divided into three prizes, to be competed forannually by three senior debaters chosen fromeach hall. There are, of course, a number ofother prizes offered by the college for excellencein writing, speaking, poetry, and debate; butalthough hall emulation extends to the contestsfor them, the prizes themselves are offered tothe college at large. Each hall has also anelaborate ? prize system, by which it seeks tostimulate its own member
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