March 2, 1998 | Volume 87, Number
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A season When the Princeton men's basketball team
faced its rival from the University of Pennsylvania at
Jadwin Gymnasium on February 17, the student section hit
capacity an hour before the game, and attendance topped
7,200. When Princeton played Harvard at Jadwin three days
later, the decibel level rose so high that referees called a
technical foul on the crowd, giving Harvard a free shot at
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McGraw gift endows teaching, learning center Publisher Harold McGraw Jr., Class of
1940, has made a $5 million gift to endow a center for
promoting innovative teaching and effective learning
throughout the University. |
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Princeton puts
papyri A "descriptive inventory" of more than
1,000 ancient Egyptian papyri in the Library's Department of
Rare Books and Special Collections is on the Internet as a
result of a project funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities. |
Classicist,
engineer Classicist Andrew Szegedy-Maszak of
Wesleyan University and mechanical and aerospace engineer
Zellman Warhaft of Cornell University will hold 250th
Anniversary Visiting Professorships for Distinguished
Teaching for the academic year 1998-99. |
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On the road again The house formerly located at 17 Ivy Lane
has been resting for several months on Western Way. On
February 20 it began the move to its new site at 127
FitzRandolph Rd. but halted for the weekend on the property
of 139 FitzRandolph. Weather permitting, the house is
expected to reach its final destination within a week,
according to Steve Virostko, project manager in Physical
Planning. |
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Pictures from |
Princeton Editor: Sally
Freedman |
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