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Princetonā€™s ā€œBeer Suitsā€ date back to 1912 when a group of tipsy seniors grew tired of celebratory beers staining their outfits. To mark their graduating status and protect their attire, they sported overalls and a workmanā€™s jacket with a special design on the back. A tradition was born. Each year, the jacket logo changes. A senior designs it to represent their graduating class and it becomes their classā€™ unofficial emblem. After WWII, the full ā€˜beer suitsā€™ were cut down to ā€˜beer jacketsā€™ so that the uniform of military seniors could still be seen.

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Tiger takeover tomorrow! Hello everyone! My name is Victor S. Reynoso (he/him/his) and Iā€™m a member of the great #Princeton2026! Originally, Iā€™m from MayagĆ¼ez, Puerto Rico. At the age of 17, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served until I was 21 years old. During my last year in the USMC, I was accepted to #PrincetonU as a first-year. Now, Iā€™m a rising junior studying Sociology, with minors in Latino Studies and Entrepreneurship. This year, I joined the Latino Advocacy Group on campus, and I also wrote a scholarly blog for the Princeton Mudd Special Collections Library.

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Hi everyone! My name is Thomas Emens (he/him) and Iā€™m a rising senior in the @princetonpolitics department. I am the president of @princetontransfers and a transfer ambassador with the Office of Admission. Iā€™m from Jamesburg, New Jersey and transferred from Middlesex College to Princeton in 2022. Iā€™ve also been involved with various groups on campus including the @princeton_usg academics committee and @whigclio. In addition to my studies, I am the city council president and past acting mayor of Jamesburg. I was elected to the council during my first semester at Princeton.

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Two weeks ago our sophomores celebrated Declaration Day in their #Princeton2026 sweaters, much different than the symbolic class fashion of 100 years ago! Starting in the 1870s and continuing throughout the early 1900s, rising juniors gallivanted down Nassau Street and through campus in a tradition called The High Hat Parade. Donning top hats and canes, these accessories celebrated their step into upperclassmen-hood. Swipe for photos of the parade throughout the years: 1. (Title Slide) 1904 2. 1904 3. 1906 4. 1915 5. 1919 6. 1920 7. 1925 8.