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Nassau Notes
Join the fun
Community Day will be held at Princeton Stadium on September 25. Activities begin at 3:00 pm with a track meet and continue at 4:00 pm inside the stadium. At 7:00 pm the Princeton Tigers will take on the Lehigh Engineers in the University's first-ever night football game. Admission to the track meet is free for everyone; admission to the stadium is $5 for community members, free for University staff. Other Princeton home games include contests against the Fordham Rams on October 2, Lafayette Leopards on October 16, Columbia Lions on October 30 and Yale Bulldogs on November 13. For information about subscriptions or tickets call 258-3538.
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Howard Gardner will give the James A. Moffett '29 Lecture
in Ethics at 4:30 pm on September 23 in 2 Robertson
Hall. The talk is entitled "Good Work." Author of 18 books
and several hundred articles, Gardner is best known for his
theory of multiple intelligences, a critique of the notion
that there exists only a single human intelligence that can
be assessed by standard psychometric instruments. His latest
book is entitled Extraordinary Minds.
He is John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs
Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University's
Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as
adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard, adjunct
professor of neurology at the Boston University School of
Medicine and codirector of Project Zero.
A reception follows the lecture in the
lower lobby of Robertson Hall. (Photo by Jerry Bauer)
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U-Store reading
Edmund Keeley, Charles Barnwell Stout Professor of English, Emeritus will appear at the University Store at 6:30 pm on September 23 for a reading and booksigning of his latest book Inventing Paradise: The Greek Journey 1937-47. The book is a compilation of personal memoir, literary criticism and interpretation exploring the poetry, friendships and politics that marked Henry Miller's and Lawrence Durrell's time in Greece during those years. (photo by Mary Cross)
Block party marks 30th anniversary
A block party from 2:00 to 5:00 pm on September 26
at the Clay Street Learning Center will kick off the 30th
anniversary of Community House. Town and gown are invited to
enjoy food, music, games and other activities. The center is
located on the corner of Clay and Witherspoon streets.
Through Community House programs, more
than 200 undergraduates work on projects that provide
educational, recreational and cultural enrichment to youth
and adults. Partners include the YWCA, Princeton Nursery
School, Corner House, Princeton High School, John
Witherspoon Middle School and Clay Street Learning Center.
Building on the motto "Each One Teach One," the 30th
anniversary theme is "Still Reaching, Still Teaching -- The
Legacy Continues." Now located in the Third World Center,
Community House was founded in 1969 by seven
undergraduates.
Anyone interested in displaying arts and
crafts or sharing their talents or stories about Community
House on September 26 should call 258-6136 or access
www.princeton.edu/~house.
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Noon organ concerts
Joan Lippincott, principal University organist, will begin the eighth season of weekly afternoon organ concerts on September 22. The half-hour recitals take place at the Chapel every Wednesday at 12:30 pm.
Chinese ceramics
This Ch'ing dynasty vase is part of an exhibit entitled "From Ritual Simplicity to Imperial Splendor: Chinese Ceramics From the Collection of Nelson Chang, Class of 1974" on display in the Art Museum through October 3. Dating to 1730, the vase is decorated with designs of the eight buddhist emblems and scrolling lotuses with longevity-character medallions.
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"Head of a Woman" by Pablo Picasso, which stands in front
of the Art Museum, is part of the John B. Putnam Jr.
Memorial Collection of sculpture on campus. The museum
offers public tours on Saturdays at 2:00 pm, gallery talks
on Fridays at 12:30 pm (repeated on Sundays at 3:00 pm) and
talks for children on Saturdays at 11:00 am.
Keep fit
Aerobics classes are among the fall offerings in physical education and recreation. Registration will take place in Dillon Gym on September 21 and 22 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and September 22 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. For information call 258-3533. (photo by Robert P. Matthews)
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Jake Ruddiman '00 will perform in Theater Intime's
production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard at 8:00 pm on September 23 through
October 2.
Residency debut
The
Brentano String Quartet will make its first appearance as
quartet-in-residence at 8:00 pm on September 25 in
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The free concert is
sponsored by the Department of Music and the Friends of
Music. (Photo by Christian Steiner)
Drama series
Laila Robins and James Morrison appear in Fool for Love by Sam Shepard at McCarter Theatre through October 3.