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Law Fraternity Banquet

Date: 02 26 1947
Description: Three newly initiated members of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, Ryan chapter, shown with two guests at the initiation banquet. Left to right: John ...
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Senior Girl Scout Conference

Date: 03 12 1951
Description: Four youth make plans for the banquet and dance to be held at the Memorial Union as part of the Senior Girl Scout Conference of Southern Wisconsin and Nort...
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Theta Sigma Phi

Date: 03 11 1952
Description: Bess Furman, left, of the New York Times bureau in Washington, D.C. guest speaker at the University of Wisconsin Theta Sigma Phi annual Matrix banquet is t...
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University of Wisconsin Alpha Phi Style Show

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: Shown as they rehearsed for a benefit style show at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alpha Phi house are four of the models. From left to right, are: Ba...
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: A couple enacting a bride and groom during the style show at the Tri Delta "Pansy Breakfast". Portraying the bride is Marilyn Navin, Tri Delta, and the gro...
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Delta Gamma Models

Date: 03 13 1954
Description: Three Delta Gamma sorority members model formal long dresses in preparation for the alumnae group's annual bridge party and style show. From left, they are...
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Matrix Banquet

Date: 03 20 1956
Description: Attending the annual Matrix Banquet are Helen Worden Erskine (left), guest speaker, and Jane Johannsen, president of the U.W. Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, t...
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We Saw You . . . Aiding Atwood Avenue Center

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: Member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Wisconsin took some of their free time to paint and repair at the Atwood Avenue Community Center. C...
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Justice of Peace Robert Mixson

Date: 04 13 1959
Description: Portrait of Robert Mixson, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student, at his swearing-in ceremony as a Justice of the Peace. A fraternity prank resulte...
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Welfare Home Moves

Date: 12 12 1964
Description: Four U.W. Greeks unloading a bed frame from a truck. The Department of Public Welfare Group Home (for women) moved from 404 W. Washington Avenue to 305 N. ...
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"Peek at the Greeks" Party and Style Show

Date: 08 06 1965
Description: Three of the collegiate models who will display fall fashions at the "Peek at the Greeks" party and program August 25 at the Memorial Union, University of ...
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Sigma Chi Fraternity House Demolition

Date: 04 23 1964
Description: Demolition of the Sigma Chi Fraternity House on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The house was torn down to make way for the new Alumni House an...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Rally

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Prom queen candidate Jean Riley of Green Bay (a.k.a. "Calamity Jean") appearing with two "bashful cowhands," who are singing on her behalf at the rally in ...
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Models for Gamma Phi Beta Tea

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Three Gamma Phi Beta undergraduates who will serve as models at the annual spring fashion tea. The co-eds, dressed in formal dresses, are left to right: Ja...
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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 25 1959
Description: Working with two West High students in a chemical research laboratory of the U. W. Medical School, is Dr. Anna Maria Williams, center. At left, Mary Sedgwi...
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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 25 1959
Description: Demonstrating a research procedure to high school female students at a U.W. chemistry research laboratory is Dr. Carolyn Abrahams, left. Barbara Swanson, ...

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