“ After the War of the Revolution the royal charter was confirmed and renewed by the Legislature of New Jersey. In May, 1747, the College of New Jersey was officially opened at Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth) , and the same year was moved to Newark. Soon after it was again moved to Princeton, where in 1754 the first college building, Nassau Hall (so named in memory of King William III. of the house of Nassau) , was erected.
The college suffered severely during the Revolutionary War, the main building being used as a barrack by both American and British troops (see Princeton) . ”

“ Secret societies are prohibited at Princeton, but there are two strong literary societies, the Cliosophic and American Whig, founded before the Revolution, and having valuable independent libraries. There are also two undergraduate religious societies, the Philadelphian (founded in 1825) and St. ”