The
University’s popular belief in the
inheritance of the English tradition was confirmed
in Princeton’s designated “quadrangles”,
modeled after Oxford and Cambridge. The reproduction
of Oxford in stone and mortar further emphasized
Princeton's academic legitimacy and status” with
the oldest centers of learning in England.
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Another
important aspect which strengthened Princeton’s
association with England was the composition
of its student body. By
the early 1900s, Princeton had broken away
from its Presbyterian roots and there was a
plurality of Episcopalian students at the university
due to an increasingly affluent student body.
Ralph
Cram was the designer of Princeton's Gothic
Chapel, a project that cost the university
$2,500,000. The structure is one of the largest
college chapels in the world.
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The
History of Gothic Architecture:
Cambridge
and Princeton
About Ralph Cram
A Time of Transition:
Bryn
Mawr
Mary E.
Woolley
Frederick
Olmsted Jr.
The Envisioned Plan:
Program for
Campus Development
Designs
for the Library and Chapel
Shurtleff
and Cram Present Their Ideas
The Implemented Plan:
Meetings
and Discussions
Collens'
Library Designs(Exterior)
Collens'
Library Designs (Interior)
Bertha
Blakely's Influence
Abbey Memorial
Chapel
Charles Collens
Dedication Speech and closing comments
Trivial Pursuit
Question
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