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100 1 _aWilliams, Jesse Lynch,
_d1871-1929
245 1 0 _aPrinceton Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-08-28
505 0 _aThe winning of the cane -- The madness of Poler Stacy -- The hazing of Valliant -- Hero worship -- The responsibility of Lawrence -- Fixing that freshman -- The scrub quarter-back -- When girls come to Princeton -- The little tutor -- College men -- The man that led the class.
508 _aProduced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Princeton Stories" by Jesse Lynch Williams is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The narratives center around the experiences and antics of college life at Princeton University, focusing on the camaraderie, traditions, and challenges faced by the students. Through a humorous lens, Williams explores themes of class spirit, youthful exuberance, and social interactions within the collegiate setting. At the start of the collection, the story "The Winning of the Cane" sets the stage for the competitive and spirited atmosphere of campus life. It describes the excitement surrounding a traditional event known as the Cane Spree, where freshmen and sophomores engage in a physical contest to win a symbolic cane for their class. The narrative introduces characters such as Hill, the oversized but innocent freshman, who finds himself thrust into the competition amid the tension and expectations of his peers. As the story unfolds, Hill's unassuming nature becomes significant as he rises to challenge the more experienced sophomores, highlighting the themes of identity, acceptance, and the pressures of university culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCollege stories, American
653 _aPrinceton University -- Fiction
653 _aPrinceton (N.J.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43587
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