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1、PrincetonUniversityisalocatedin,,.Foundedin1746inastheCollegeofNewJersey,PrincetonisoneofthenineestablishedbeforetheaswellasthecharteredinstitutionofhighereducationintheAmericancolonies.Theuniversitymovedtoin1747,thentoPrincetonin1756andwasrenamedPrincetonUniversityin1896.Thepresent-dayinnearb
2、y,NewJersey,isanunrelatedinstitution.Princetonhadclosetiestothe,buthasneverbeenaffiliatedwithanydenominationandtodayimposesnoreligiousrequirementsonitsstudents.Princetonnowprovidesundergraduateandgraduateinstructioninthe,,,andengineering.Itdoesnothaveschoolsofmedicine,law,,norbusiness,butitdoe
3、sofferprofessionaldegreesthroughthe,the,andtheSchoolofArchitecture.Theinstitutehastieswiththe,,andtheof.Princetonhasbeenassociatedwith35,17winners,andthreeNationalHumanitiesMedalwinners.Onaper-studentbasis,Princetonhasthelargestuniversityendowmentintheworld.HistoryfoundedtheCollegeofNewJersey,
4、laterPrincetonUniversity,in1746inordertotrainministers.ThecollegewastheeducationalandreligiouscapitalofScots-IrishAmerica.In1756,thecollegemovedtoPrinceton,NewJersey.ItshomeinPrincetonwas,namedfortheroyalof.FollowingtheuntimelydeathsofPrinceton'sfirstfive,becamepresidentin1768andremainedinthat
5、officeuntilhisdeathin1794.Duringhispresidency,Witherspoonshiftedthecollege'sfocusfromtrainingministerstopreparinganewgenerationforleadershipinthenewAmericannation.Tothisend,hetightenedacademicstandardsandsolicitedinvestmentinthecollege.Witherspoon'spresidencyconstitutedalongperiodofstabilityfo
6、rthecollege,interruptedbytheandparticularlythe,duringwhichBritishsoldiersbrieflyoccupiedNassauHall;Americanforces,ledby,firedonthebuildingtoroutthemfromit.BeforetheconstructionofStanhopeHallin1803,NassauHallwasthecollege'ssolebuilding.ThecornerstoneofthebuildingwaslaidonSeptember17,1754.During
7、thesummerof1783,themetinNassauHall,makingPrincetonthecountry'scapitalforfourmonths.Overthecenturiesandthroughtworedesignsfollowingmajorfires,(1802and1855)NassauHall'sroleshiftedfromanall-purposebuilding,comprisingoffice,dormitory,librar
