September 15, 1997 Volume 87, Number 2 | Prev | Next | Index
Princeton University Office of Communications, Stanhope HallClass of 2001 begins college odyssey
Discovery: The 2001 Odyssey" was the theme of 1997-98 Opening Exercises, held September 7 in the University Chapel. A colorful throng filled the chapel -- faculty in medieval academic regalia, students in shorts and baseball caps, and parents in appropriately parental attire. Every pew was filled, the balcony was crowded, and some of the audience sat on the floor.Robinson biography puts baseball great in context
By Mary CaffreyIn 1951, four years after he broke major league baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson put his family on a rickety "colored" bus and headed for a second-rate, all-black hotel in Miami. The Brooklyn Dodgers were under new management, and moving the team headquarters to a posh hotel apparently mattered more than finding a place that would welcome the National League's Most Valuable Player of 1949, his black teammates and their wives.
University Volunteers
The University's motto -- "In the Nation's Service and in the Service of All Nations" -- reflects a longstanding commitment on the part of students, alumni, faculty and staff to community service. In addition to more than 2,000 students working some 55,000 hours each year as volunteers in the Princeton-Trenton area, and thousands of alumni working throughout the country on community service projects, the University has an estimated 1,000 graduate students, faculty and staff members whose other job is helping others. The Office of Community and State Affairs coordinates many faculty, staff and graduate student outreach projects, including the following.