September 21, 2015

Dressed for success

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Well-dressed students make their way around Central Campus in 1929. (Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library)

This month in history (90 years ago)

Clarence Cook Little was elected to the presidency of the university by the Board of Regents on Sept. 10, 1925. Freshman Week, as it was then called, was one of the more striking of Little’s innovations. The term was adopted to describe a program originally planned to cover an entire week, during which the freshmen would be oriented to the university and its facilities.

— From “The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey”

 

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  1. Rick Stevens
    on September 22, 2015 at 10:10 am

    Lovely and interesting photos.

    But why so small? Why can’t we click and see a larger version that actually allows you to see some of the rich detail?

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