Prof. John Grier Hibben, of the class of 1882, professor of philosophy in the university, was the fourteenth president of Princeton, Jan. 1912 to June 1932. His administration was marked by extended administrative reorganization, by very large additions to the endowment and by extensive expansion along material and scholastic lines. Faculty autonomy was made complete : a joint committee of trustees and faculty considers all matters of educational policy and administration; the faculty has voice in forming its committees and initiates appointments, promotions and increases of salary; the rights of the individual in cases of dismissal are safeguarded; faculty retiring allowances and insur ance have been arranged. In the World War over 5,000 Princeton men saw service, 150 of them losing their lives; university labora tories were occupied by government bureaux of research.
The Honourable Edward Dickinson Duffield of the class of 1892 and a Trustee of the University served as acting president until the election of Harold Willis Dodds, Professor of Politics, as fif teenth president in June, 1933.
In 1913 the erection of the residential graduate college ren dered permanent what had been an experimental feature of the Princeton graduate school. The school of architecture was opened
in 1920. The school of engineering was in 1921 reorganized. Con tinuing the Princeton tradition for scientific research, the sum of $3,000,000 was secured in 1927, one-third being a grant from the General Education Board. The school of public affairs, de signed to give its students a broad background for an under standing of and active participation in local, state, national and international affairs, was founded in 1930. Among the 29 build ings erected since 1912 are the psychological, engineering and chemical laboratories, a hall of mathematics, headquarters for the school of architecture, a new infirmary, a new chapel, the university dining halls, a university theatre, and ten dormitories. Plans have been developed for a new library building.
In 1936 the endowment was $27,068,388.58, operating income $2,820,241.64 (of which $1,164,586 was income from investments and $1,180,442 from student fees) and disbursements 911.89. The library contained 740,000 volumes exclusive of pamphlets, etc. ; the teaching staff numbered 334 and the student enrolment was 2.586, of which 2,302 were under-graduates, and 284 graduate students.