Campus Dance, circa 1954
 

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“Campus Dance, circa 1954,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/7697.


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Title

Campus Dance, circa 1954

Description

Dances, formal and informal, usually peppered the academic year at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). On February 5, 1955, for example, an informal dance was held at the Women's Gymnasium, built 1924, by the Music Department. It included a newly organized band, under the direction of Mr. Spencer of the Music Department. In April there was another dance, the annual Junior-Senior, held at the Men's Gymnasium, built 1934, with the theme of "April Showers." These were in addition to the annual Homecoming, Christmas, and May Day festivities, that usually included dances. This image shows an overhead view of a handful of couples dancing on the basketball court in a mostly-empty gymnasium. An open door to the left shows the image to be taken during the daytime. This image appears in the 1954 Rhododendron (p. 24).

Subject

Students
Student Activities
Student Life
May Day
Appalachian State University

Source

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Campus Scenes, Class of 1954 Seniors, C14.1.4.2

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1954--1955

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Corporate Names

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Place Names

Gymnasium (Men's) (1934). Gymnasium (Women's) (1924)

Series

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life

File name

0399_2003_080_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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