Students in both classes said they didn't mindthe interruption, and an explosion of laughterfollowed each intrusion. In fact, studentsapplauded the tension breaker in what are two ofthe more difficult classes at the College.
"It was stress relief," said Chem 17 studentJeff A. Ferrell '97. "It's a pretty tense classmost of the time."
"It definitely woke up the entire class," saidAmy E. Harmon '97, another Chem 17 student.
Even Mallinkrodt Professor of Chemistry GeorgeM. Whitesides '60, who was teaching Chem 17, didnot resent the interruption to his chalk boardcalculations.
"The class was a great hubbub," saidWhitesides. "I found it pretty amusing."
Several students said Whitesides jokedafterwards that the streaking demonstrated thereal reason his son attended Princeton: the sociallife, not the academics.
Despite the brief excitement, the appearance ofthe streakers was no more than a pause in theroutine for Chem 5 and Chem 17 students.
Said Davis: "I went right back to the Millikanoil-drop experiment.