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Two Students That Never Lived FOUND on Facebook!
March 26, 2011

We just got an anonymous tip that two students who NEVER lived are now on Facebook!  (They left messages on the official PU Main and Alumni Facebook Pages!)

Ephraim di Kahble '38 and Joseph Oznot '68 have full on profiles!  We keep asking to be their Friend but, sadly, they're only taking real Tigers.  (Either that or they're not living to make Facebook updates.) 

Wanna know how the students got him admitted? 

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870918,00.html

Like that?  You'll LOVE his business partners after he left Princeton:

• William I. Peinot (for "Bill I Pay Not");
• Franz O. Kuchen (every international financial firm has to have at least one Swiss member);
• Ismella D. Rose (as in "I smella de rose");
• Jerome N. Suis-Personne (a Frenchman, short for "Je ne suis personne," or "I am nobody");
• Lawrence D. Humphrey (a good English name with no ulterior meaning); and
• Paul I. Niemand (German, short for "Paul ist Niemand," or "Paul is no one")

Need proof?  No problem:

http://www.mertonsociety.com/History/oznot3.html

Anyhoo, they sound like our kind of Friends on Facebook! 

Here's Oznot's Facebook link:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002273888676

Here's di Kahble's Facebook link:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100002207858886

Einstein Graduated From Princeton? Here You Go:
October 13, 2010

Einstein was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton University in 1921!

There's lots of cool people who have received honororay degrees from Princeton:  Spike Lee, Muhamed Ali, Bob Dylan .....

Don't believe me?

Those aren't even the best ones!

The Song I Shot the Sherriff Hit #1 Today .... Is There A Connect to Princeton? Well, You'll Just Have to See for Yourself!
September 14, 2010

(There's no connection with the song ..... even Firestone Library didn't have a collection hidden somewhere which is our normal excuse for 7 degrees .......... STILL we found SOMETHING to keep you in the know .....)

Back in the 1800's, Princeton had a sherriff named Ludlow ..... He was TOUGH on criminals! 

(And, ahead of his time when it came to crime prevention ....)

If you've taken our ghost tour, you know about what happened to Antoine Le Blanc's body in Princeton.  It was Sherriff Ludlow who authenticated the wallets made of out of his skin ....

EWWWWW!  ALL TRUE!

Ghost Tours Every Saturday Night!  

(They make awesome Birthday Parties too!)

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Princeton University Had a Mandatory Swimming Test Until 1990? (yep!)
June 04, 2010

It's TRUE!

From 1911 until 1990 there was a policy that all Princeton University students had to pass a swimming test prior to graduation! 

(Legend prevails that it was instituted in 1911 by a wealthy alumnus after his son drowned.   That's actually not true but it's a great story to tell!)

This Week's TRIVIA Question! WIN a $10 gift certificate to small world!
March 05, 2010

There's a big canon on Princeton University campus.

In 1840, it was returned to Princeton University campus by a student.

The grandson of this student would have shopped at what Princeton storefront?

(only Princeton Tour Company Fans can win!)

Two Students That Never Lived FOUND on Facebook!
March 26, 2011

Einstein Graduated From Princeton? Here You Go:
October 13, 2010

The Song I Shot the Sherriff Hit #1 Today .... Is There A Connect to Princeton? Well, You'll Just Have to See for Yourself!
September 14, 2010

1 comment - Last on 09/14/2010

Princeton University Had a Mandatory Swimming Test Until 1990? (yep!)
June 04, 2010

This Week's TRIVIA Question! WIN a $10 gift certificate to small world!
March 05, 2010