In response to: How Princetonians Saved ‘The Great Gatsby’
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July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
1n 1953 or ’54, I took Professor Thorpe’s course on American lit. Gatsby was not assigned or discussed, and I didn’t read it until last year. Ho-hum! I’m more interested in Dick Kazmaier, Ernest Hemingway, and President Shirley Tilghman.