1997-2017: Thirtieth thru Fiftieth Reunions "Clear the Track! '67's Back!"
Courtesy Princeton Class of 1967. Princetoniana Museum use only.
We’ve been wearing that same ensemble ever since. The theme’s durability has given us time to augment it with lots of optional accessories. We’ve also been able to add more choo-choo art.
My rather sketchy locomotive logo for the 25th has been sharpened up a lot in subsequent years. Galen Aoki and I also devised ways to work the numerals of each successive major reunion into the smoke cloud. Then when I drew a caboose logo showing the back of a ’67 tiger, John Davis suggested adding the parallel slogan " ’67’s Back!" – a rhyming pun derived (again) from the lyrics to “Going Back to Nassau Hall”. The suggestion to reverse the smoke cloud over the caboose came from the guys who print logos on beer cups at perennial Reunions beer distributor Ritchie & Page Inc.
Nowadays we pair up these two logos on many Class items—from beer cups, to P-rade signs, to wine labels, to sheet music for the Class Song, to the covers of the 50th Reunion Class Book. Since 2007 we’ve also exhibited another iconic bit of ’67 choo-choo art, the PJ&B Railroad “keystone”. Modeled directly on the logo of the old Pennsylvania RR, it has frequently displayed our two-part slogan on ’67 apparel items, P-rade signs, and the PAW Class Notes.
As the 50th approached, the Reunion Committee pondered whether it was time to change blazers. Though quite happy with the whole choo-choo thing, in 2016 I did pitch a couple of different outfits with jackets notionally capable of being worn elsewhere than at Reunions. Still, the Committee frugally chose to retain the PJ&B ensemble.
We’ve been wearing that same ensemble ever since. The theme’s durability has given us time to augment it with lots of optional accessories. We’ve also been able to add more choo-choo art.
My rather sketchy locomotive logo for the 25th has been sharpened up a lot in subsequent years. Galen Aoki and I also devised ways to work the numerals of each successive major reunion into the smoke cloud. Then when I drew a caboose logo showing the back of a ’67 tiger, John Davis suggested adding the parallel slogan " ’67’s Back!" – a rhyming pun derived (again) from the lyrics to “Going Back to Nassau Hall”. The suggestion to reverse the smoke cloud over the caboose came from the guys who print logos on beer cups at perennial Reunions beer distributor Ritchie & Page Inc.
Nowadays we pair up these two logos on many Class items—from beer cups, to P-rade signs, to wine labels, to sheet music for the Class Song, to the covers of the 50th Reunion Class Book. Since 2007 we’ve also exhibited another iconic bit of ’67 choo-choo art, the PJ&B Railroad “keystone”. Modeled directly on the logo of the old Pennsylvania RR, it has frequently displayed our two-part slogan on ’67 apparel items, P-rade signs, and the PAW Class Notes.
As the 50th approached, the Reunion Committee pondered whether it was time to change blazers. Though quite happy with the whole choo-choo thing, in 2016 I did pitch a couple of different outfits with jackets notionally capable of being worn elsewhere than at Reunions. Still, the Committee frugally chose to retain the PJ&B ensemble.