The Handbook of Princeton (Classic Reprint)

Everyone who knows Princeton feels that it has an atmosphere and a spirit of its own, and I suppose that the ideal introduction to a book of this sort would contain an analysis of that distinctive charm and character. But, long as I have felt that charm and acknowledged affectionate allegiance to Princeton, I should de spair of giving its character adequate interpretation. The spirit of a place, however distinctly felt, is too subtle a thing to be caught in words. It can be perceived only in its effects, realized only in the life which it produces. It is easy enough to state the ideals upon which the life of Princeton is based they are mani fest to all who stand inside her walls; the subtle thing which escapes analysis lies in the processes by which those ideals are sought in action.

At the heart of the in?uences which have made the place there undoubtedly lies the love of sound and liberal learning, a very manly reverence and enthusiasm for those things which prepare the spirits of men for the tasks and fortunes of life, making them quicker than their fellows to catch the outlooks of their journey and perceive the essential values of what falls in their way. The average undergraduate carries himself with a careless freedom which has very little in it of the pose of the thoughtful student. His love is for sport and good comradeship and the things that give zest to the common life of the campus. You would not think him, in passing, a man who cared for books or learning.

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