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TIME AND TRADITIONS: 1910s


1910 Namesake glaciers

National Geographic Society explorers in Alaska name glaciers after 21 educational institutions, including Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer.

1911 Taft visits

President William Howard Taft speaks from the front steps of Main Hall.

1912 Do's and don'ts

The Lawrence College Student Handbook admonishes the students to: "Get your green cap as soon as possible. Every Freshman must wear one until Nov. 1. [If Lawrence won the Homecoming Game, freshmen sometimes were allowed to take off their beanies after the game. If they lost, they wore them until Nov. 1]; Do not sit on the Senior bench. It wasn't put there for you; Don't be too anxious to scrap with the Sophomores. That will come soon enough."

1913 Yuletide music

A choir comprising Lawrence students and Appleton community members sings Handel's "Messiah" in concert during the holiday season. The tradition continues on a biennial basis today.

1914 Phi Beta Kappa

"Phi Beta Kappa," Gamma chapter,
is established at Lawrence.



Conservatory of Music, Peabody Hall, 1917

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Milwaukee-Downer in the 1910s

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