Should John Witherspoon’s Statue Remain at Princeton?

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW98591617 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW98591617 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn= "{"ObjectId":"c8340634-a178-4821-9a30-8e4f99cb3585|46","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}"> Princeton University is considering a petition,</span></span> <span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW98591617 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW98591617 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">signed by nearly 300 members of the campus community,</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW98591617 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW98591617 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun">to remove a statue of John Witherspoon, one of the university’s most important presidents and one of the most important, albeit less-known, of America’s founders.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW98591617 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>