Education: Princeton Prince

At Princeton University, as elsewhere, it is customary for freshmen when registering to indicate the name of the person responsible for their debts. Two autumns ago a Princeton freshman put down "The King of Siam." At once he was sent to see Dean Christian Gauss. But Dean Gauss knew that this small, coffee-colored freshman was right. He was H. R. H. Prince Prasob Mom Chow Sukhavasti, nephew of Siam's Queen Rambai Barni. A sturdy little fellow who had captained the boxing team at Chestnut Hill Academy near Philadelphia—and been handed an interscholastic...

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