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Edgewood College De Ricci Hall Open House

Date: 03 24 1961
Description: Standing in the vestibule of Edgewood College's new classroom and administration building called De Ricci Hall is the five-member committee who are plannin...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The last five spellers left in the Iowa county championship spelling bee all look a bit worried as they wait for the final rounds of the bee, held in the D...
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Brother-Sister General Motors Scholarship Winners

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Madison Central High School senior Arlene Parmentier (right) holding a scholarship she won from General Motors. Her brother, Robert (left), is also a Gener...
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West High Girl's Club Style Show Models

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Mary Frances Kelly, 1105 Emerald Street (foreground), and Georgia Nelson, 314 Merrill Crest (background), model for the West High Girls' Club "Around the F...
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Edgewood High School Queen and Her Court

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: Group portrait of queen Ann Topp and her court. Shown left to right are: Ann Topp, Catherine Straub, Ginny Buechner, Patricia Sweeney, and Jean Goggin. The...
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Madison Vocational and Adult School Retiree

Date: 05 17 1961
Description: Winifred Layden attending the farewell dinner for her retirement from the Madison Vocational and Adult School home economics department.
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Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...
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Rotary International Fellowship Program

Date: 07 14 1961
Description: Rotary District 625's scholarship committee chairman Basil I. Peterson greets Japanese student Tomoko Arai at the Madison Municipal Airport. She will be st...
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American Field Service Exchange Students

Date: 08 05 1961
Description: A group of American Field Service exchange students posing outdoors.
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Dane County Junior Fair 4-H Style Show

Date: 07 22 1961
Description: Carla Frye, Verona, models her Dane County Junior Fair 4-H style show dress for her dormitory "sisters" Sue Jalings, Oregon, seated left; Joyce Dvorak, Dee...
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Students Attend National Student Association Congress in Madison

Date: 08 16 1961
Description: Nearly 1,000 student representatives from most of the colleges and universities in the United States attend the 14th annual National Students Association (...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: Nancy Harrington, wife of the president, greeting friends at the informal reception for the newly inaugurated University of Wisconsin President Fred H. Har...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Gift to Central Wisconsin Colony

Date: 10 11 1963
Description: Members of the Madison City council of Epsilon Sigma Alpha presenting a television set to the Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. Left to right: ...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Hula Lesson with Children at Madison Public Library

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Joan Nagamatsu, 2110 University Avenue, a native of Hawaii, illustrating hula movements to a group of young children at the Madison Public Library, 206 Nor...
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East High Students Win Encyclopedia

Date: 11 09 1964
Description: Four East High School students looking over a set of World Book encyclopedias they won by submitting questions to the Wisconsin State Journal's Uncle Ray c...
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West High Homecoming Queen and Court

Date: 10 10 1964
Description: The West High School Homecoming Queen and her Court prepare to appear at the school's homecoming game versus Kenosha Bradford High School. Shown (L-R) are:...
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Edgewood High School Homecoming Court of Honor

Date: 10 27 1964
Description: Pictured are the ten members of the Edgewood High School Homecoming court of honor. From left to right, the young people are Julie McGivern, Jerome Fahey, ...
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Home Made Style Show at Van Hise Junior High School

Date: 12 15 1964
Description: Students from the 9th grade home economics class at Van Hise Junior High School model for their parents and classmates at a homemade style show at the scho...

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