. Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall. yield to collegespirit. The former is simply the regimentalpride which does not affect the espiit de corpsof the brigade. Not many colleges could dowhat Princeton did recently, when Junior cap-tains maintained strict discipline over Seniorsand Postgraduates on both of the Varsityteams. Yet here there was no difficulty what-ever ; the fitness of the men for their positionswas recognized, and that was all-sufficient. It must be confessed that Princeton is pecul-iarly fortunate in her opportunities for cultivat-ing this broad college spirit. Here m
. Princeton sketches : the story of Nassau Hall. yield to collegespirit. The former is simply the regimentalpride which does not affect the espiit de corpsof the brigade. Not many colleges could dowhat Princeton did recently, when Junior cap-tains maintained strict discipline over Seniorsand Postgraduates on both of the Varsityteams. Yet here there was no difficulty what-ever ; the fitness of the men for their positionswas recognized, and that was all-sufficient. It must be confessed that Princeton is pecul-iarly fortunate in her opportunities for cultivat-ing this broad college spirit. Here men arethrown together more than in any other institu-tion of the size. Yale once had a meagre fence,which she prized as the Florentines did theirPiazze. But even then we pitied her becauseshe did not have a campus. What wouldPrinceton do without her scrub athletics ? Orif one is neither a ball-player nor a lacrossefiend, he can join one of the recumbent groupson the Front Campus, and smoke and chat andlook up through the elms. Senior singing is. THE PRINCETON IDEA. I9I preserved religiously. The PHncetonian alwaysurges the Seniors to come out, aud the wholecollege gathers around the steps of Old Northin the long summer twilight and listens to thefamiliar songs. This is a sacred rite—it meansthat Princeton men are one. The Senior choruschants the hymn, and the listeners think of thetime when they, too, will sit on those stepsunder the shadow of an approaching two old halls have survived fromthe pre-Revolutionary period. Their recordsgo back to a decade before the Declaration ofIndependence, and among the charter membersthey can point to such names as James Madisonand William Paterson. All the American col-leges at that early date had halls of a similarnature, but they have gradually disappearedbefore the rising tide of Greek-Letter Fraterni-ties. The American Whig and Cliosophic soci-eties have had many applications for chartersfrom other institutions, bu
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