Princeton trivia: We hate other colleges but we like the constitution
I'm bored while writing a paper so...
here are 3 random (and under the radar!) facts about our bright orange university:
ONE: As many of you already know, Princeton was originally named the College of New Jersey and only changed its name to Princeton in 1896. More interestingly, in 1996 Trenton State College decided to change its name to the College of New Jersey (aka TCNJ) and Princeton sued it for stealing the university's former name that it hadn't used in (a coincidence?) exactly a hundred years. Knowing our school, not a shocker, right?
TWO: Princeton had more delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 than any other American college. So even though the convention was in Philly, the Constitution is really ours. Plus, we sent James Madison so he counts double. If you look really close at the bottom left corner of the Constitution you can see in invisible ink "Princeton '71".
THREE: Alexander Hamilton, father of our country's financial system and graduate of Columbia, originally wanted to study at Princeton but was rejected. As can be seen here, Columbia still hasn't gotten over this. For those history nerds out there, wikicu.com (yes, they created their own wikipedia page) has a strange take on their great alumnus's death:
Princeton subsequently graduated Aaron Burr, who was so upset at the inferior quality of his education that he killed Hamilton in a jealous fit of rage. This was one of many reasons that the Philolexian Society declared war on Princeton in 1987.