[1] Oxford's academic dress is probably the world's most colorful, with each of its many colleges having created a distinctive costume for each of its higher degrees. In addition, Oxford authorizes three different attires for its doctors -full dress, convocation dress, and "undress."

[2] In the Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, written in 1854 by C. Bede (Edward Bradley), the hero, an Oxford undergraduate, admitted, "I don't mind this 'ere 'Mortar-Board' as he pointed to his cap."

[3] The likeness of President Shapiro is missing from the Faculty Room since, by custom, the portrait of the incumbent president hangs in the Princeton Club in New York City.

[4] Colleagues of R. Manning Brown, Jr. '36 gave him a gold key to Princeton University in appreciation of his 15 years as chair of the Executive Committee. Colleagues of Richard R. Hough '39 gave him a bell from the Cleveland Tower carillon (at the Graduate College) in thanks for his 27 years as a trustee and member of the Executive Committee.