Public Opinion Institute Surveying Social Economic and Political Issues
The piece outlines the American Institute of Public Opinion founded by Gallup and its growth from a 1930s experiment to a major organization based in Princeton. It notes weekly surveys by 600 field reporters, with analysis in Princeton and distribution to over 60 newspapers nationwide.
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Princeton
American Institute of Public Opinion
George Gallup
Drake
Northwestern
Young and Rubicam
Gallup
Institute of Public Opinion
Plans Completed For Fifth Annual Alumni Dance June 25
Final plans are set for the 5th Annual Alumni Dance of Princeton High School alumni to be held at the Lawrenceville Country Club on Saturday June 25. Miss Alice Braveman is general chairman. A printing error mis-stated the subscription as 1.50 per person. it should read 1.50 per couple. Benjamin Kahn’s entertainment committee has booked Obie Smith’s orchestra, noted for Princeton House Parties. Chaperones listed include Mr and Mrs Russell Carter and others from Princeton and Lawrenceville.
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Princeton High School
Lawrenceville Country Club
Alice Braveman
Benjamin Kahn
Obie” Smith
Princeton
Kahn
Russell Carter
Harold Eldridge
Lawrence Ferrara
Leonard Krause
Martin Carroll
Joseph Fleming
William
V. Carroll
Lawrenceville
Princeton High School Final Honor Roll 1937 38
The final marking period honor roll lists top grades by class. Grade 12 shows three on High Honor Roll and twenty on Honor Roll led by Kenneth Webster Ellen Coan Valeria Loveless among others. Grade 11 names include William Caldes Robert Hoffman Steven Mikle Lester Mount and more. Grade 10 lists six students on High Honor Roll including Harrison Shull Lillian Chamberlain Mildred Everett Katherine Coombs Elena Mackay Marie Piazzi.
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Princeton High School
Kenneth Webster
Ellen Coan
Valeria Loveless
Julius Foster
Charles Dooney
Edward Bamman
Clifford Owles
Paul Melvin Taube
Jack van Overen
Marcella Coria
Jacquelyn Elton
Cathryn Gibson
Janet Greene
Hanna Hansen
Eizabeth Barnes
Evelyn Birkel
Barbara Carroll
Catherine Cochran
Sybil Dey
Bernice Dyer
Gertrude Eisenberger
Lydia Moss
Martha Phox
Dorothea Potts
Edith Reynolds
Virginia Rose
Ruth Stout
Judith Thom
Anne Updegraff
Eva Updike
Dorothy Vreeland
Helen Wasilewska
William Caldes
Robert Hoffman
Steven Mikle
Lester Mount
Henry Jordan
Raymond Smith
Wayne Webster
Floyd Wilson
Doris Bigelow
Antoinette Caruso
Ann Clayton
Laura Chamberlain
Ruth Daust
Elizabeth deMeglio
Marie Feehan
Lilian Foerster
Frances Galion
Elsie Griggs
Mary Kiefer
Jean McLaughlin
Antoinette Orsi
Sophie Raduzycki
Jennie Tevere
Barbara Weigel
Harrison Shull
Lillian Chamberlain
Mildred Everett
Katherine Coombs
Elena Mackay
Marie Piazzi
Princeton Community Swimming Program Announces Summer Sessions
The Princeton Community Swimming Program offers learning and lifesaving instruction for youths aged six to eighteen at the University Pool from 10 30 AM to 2 30 PM, Monday through Friday. Adults may join 8 00 to 9 00 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays or 8 00 to 9 00 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays. season fee is 2 50 for adults and 1 00 for children. Director Harrison Myers Jr with Miss Alice Schenck leads the program opening July 6 for six weeks for children and five weeks for adults. Enroll at YMCA headquarters 6814 Nassau Street this coming week.
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Princeton
University
Harrison Myers, Jr
Alice Schenck
Nassau Street
Lions Discuss Junction Bridge Plan Near Princeton Junction
A Lions Club dinner at Nassau Tavern focused on securing the Junction Bridge on Hightstown Road Route 31, a known danger spot, and on backing state Route 81 takeover. Attendees included Ralph Kimble and I Russell Riker, with support from Princeton, Hightstown, Cranbury, and Frenchtown figures and local officials.
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Princeton Junction
Hightstown Road
Lions Club
Nassau Tavern
Ralph Kimble
Robert Perina
N. J
Adrian von Ravenstein
Frenchtown
Hightstown
Cranbury
I. Russell Riker
Guy A. Bensinger
George E. Phillips
Conrad E. Decker
Richard Whitney
Melville Dickenson
Princeton
Bert L. Gulick, Jr
B. F. Bunn
Harry Harris
Mercer County
Matthew Kyle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton University
Wilbour Saunders
Peddie
A. Harry
Fourth of July Drum and Bugle Event At Palmers Stadium
Joseph Krieger of the American Legion Post No 76 announces four junior drum and bugle corps acceptances for the July 4 competition at Palmers Stadium from 7 to 9 pm. Bordentown Cadets Grand Street Boys New York Bristol Cadets Hightstown Corps expected to join others. Fireworks by Ioro Brothers follow with admission 25 cents for adults, free parking, children free.
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Joseph Krieger
Drum
American Legion Post No. 76
Pamer Stadium
Bordentown Cadets
Grand Street Boys
New York City
Bristol Cadets
Hightstown Corps
Ioro Brothers
Edward E Felker Takes Over The Princeton News
Edward E. Felker assumes complete ownership and management of The Princeton News as Editor and Publisher shaping the paper's leadership and direction.
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THE
Princeton News
Edward E. Felker
Public Hearing on Housing Authority at Borough Council Meeting
Sperling reports on Princeton housing problem linking overcrowding to broader economic stress and lack of rehabilitation policy. He warns against mass migration of affected residents to avoid local tax burdens and notes a Housing Committee formed to study the issue and a detailed area study undertaken.
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Housing Committee
Princeton Boys to Attend Y M C A Conference
Fifteen Mercer County Y M C A boys leave Trenton for a 1500 mile auto trip to the Second National Hi Y Congress at Berea Kentucky. Over a thousand high school delegates from across the nation meet at Berea College for five days of youth leadership sessions led by Alvan Allen Dr Harry S Hill and Elmer Cotrell. Delegation includes Princeton's Robert Hall Fred Silvester Jack Stryker and others from Hamilton Township Yardville Madison and more. Route includes two itineraries via Uniontown Charleston West Virginia to Berea and return south through the region.
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Mercer County
Trenton
Berea
Kentucky
Berea College
Alvan Allen
Harry S. Hill
Hightstown
Elmer Cottrell
Pro Con Debate On Borough Housing Authority Ordinance
A Princeton Borough public hearing examined a proposed ordinance to create a Housing Authority after Township declined a joint authority. The event drew a large audience including a Housing Committee with members such as Professor Labatut and Mayor Erdman. The council postponed final action to July 5 8 00 p m at Borough Hall. Proponents cited social needs and costs while opponents raised concerns about plan specifics and realty impacts.
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Princeton
Erdman
Labatut
Stanley Bergen
J. Douglas Brown
Ira Dickerson
Charles R. Erdman, Jr
Howard Eldridge
H. E. Hutchinson
John McCarthy
Winfield Riefler
Thomas C. Roberts
A. G. Shenstone
Charles R. Sperling
Borough Hall
Joseph B. Raycroft
Lloyd Grover
Louis Gerber
Professor Brown
Red Cross Purchasing Committee reports year of charitable sewing
Mrs. Douglas Buffum, chairman of the Princeton Red Cross Purchasing Committee, reports that from July 1937 to June 1938 the Sewing Groups produced 344 garments for the Social Service Bureau. Purchases totaled 648 garments plus 5 pairs of children’s shoes, 2 children’s sneakers, and 2 pairs of children's rubbers.
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Red Cross Purchasing Committee
Douglas Buffum
Princeton Red Cross
Red Cross Sewing Groups
Social Service Bureau
Red Cross
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Public Opinion Institute
W.P.A
Sperling
Uniontown
Charleston
W. Va
Gerber
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