Old School
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December 5, 2016
University Musical Society organ
The Frieze Memorial Organ, which entertained visitors to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, sits inside University Memorial Hall in 1896.
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November 21, 2016
Sophomore Cabaret
A chorus for the Sophomore Cabaret pose with umbrellas in 1929. The annual female entertainment extravaganza was a campus tradition from the late 1920s through the mid-’50s.
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November 14, 2016
Inauguration day
The inauguration ceremony for Harlan H. Hatcher, eighth president of U-M, took place in November 1951. He served as president until Robben W. Fleming assumed the leadership position in 1968.
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November 7, 2016
Michigan Marching Band anniversary
The University of Michigan Marching Band in 1897, one year after its formation and when formal uniforms were “still a thing of the future.” The band celebrates its 120th anniversary this month.
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October 31, 2016
Autumn in the Diag
Students walk through the leafy Diag on a sunny autumn day in 1952.
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October 24, 2016
Dodransbicentennial
LSA, the University of Michigan’s first college, celebrates its 175th anniversary this year. Henry Simmons Frieze became the college’s first dean, but not until 1875.
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October 17, 2016
Quasquicentennial
The School of Nursing celebrates its 125th anniversary during Reunion Weekend Thursday-Sunday. Pictured is the Class of 1903, at which time the institution was known as the Training School for Nurses.
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October 10, 2016
Birth of the Peace Corps
Then-Sen. John F. Kennedy called his address to students on the steps of the Michigan Union in 1960 the longest short speech he ever gave, clocking in at about 3 minutes. In it he proposed what would later become the Peace Corps.
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October 4, 2016
First female faculty member
Dr. Eliza M. Mosher, an 1875 graduate of U-M’s medical department, became the university’s first female faculty member on Oct. 1, 1896, when she became dean of women and professor of hygiene.
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September 26, 2016
Reunion
The Medical School’s Class of 1921 poses for a photo in front of the Pretzel Bell Restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor in 1945.
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