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Glass Plate Negatives - Activities

These images provide a glimpse of some of the activities that were captured on film.

• Phi Upsilon Omicron Fraternity was a National Home Economics honorary professional organization, begun in 1909 at the University of Minnesota.
• Homecoming was first held at NDAC on October 22, 1921.
• Gold Star Band "The band has been known for years as the Cadet Band, but with the winning of the distinguished college rating last spring, the band has adopted the name "The Gold Star Band," and has used the gold star on all equipment." (1924 Agassiz)
• Gay Cat Days were the traditional annual feature of the closing days of the school year.
• The Coed Prom was open to all women on campus and was the one party of the year to which no men were admitted.
• The Engineer's Ball on April 13, 1928 was held at Festival Hall from 8:30 midnight
• The May Day celebration in 1930 was ushered in with the installation of eight women in Senior Staff (which became Mortar Board) and Blue Key. Both of these student honor socieities are still active at NDSU.

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Gay Cat Days - #2537b May 05, 1921 Gay Cat Days - #2538b May 05, 1921 Gay Cat Days - #2538b May 05, 1921 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Gay Cat Days - #2538b May 05, 1921 Gay Cat Days - #2538b May 05, 1921 Pharmacy Club, picnic - #2908b October 13, 1921 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Gay Cat Days - #2538b October 13, 1921 Homecoming, snake dance, vs. South Dakota State - #2951b October 22, 1921 Co-Ed Prom - #3203 April 22, 1922 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Co-Ed Prom - #3202 April 22, 1922 Gay Cat Days - #3300 May 19, 1922 Gay Cat Days - #3301 May 19, 1922 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Rifle Team, women, Festival Hall - #3312 May 24, 1922 Commencement, procession - #3399 June 12, 1922 Homecoming, snake dance, vs. University of North Dakota (UND) - #3893 November 04, 1922 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Dancing - #4290a May 11, 1923 Dancing - #4290b May 11, 1923 Gold Star Band - #4437 June 06, 1923 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Gold Star Band - #4438 June 06, 1923 Homecoming, parade, vs. South Dakota State - #4821b October 13, 1923 Homecoming, float - #5971 November 01, 1924 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, float - #5970b November 01, 1924 Homecoming, float - #5970a November 01, 1924 Homecoming, float - #5969 November 01, 1924 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, parade, vs. UND - #5968 November 01, 1924 Phi Upsilon Omicron, party decorations - #6313a May 09, 1925 Phi Upsilon Omicron, party decorations - #6313b May 09, 1925 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Rifle Team, women - #6939a February 22, 1926 Rifle Team, men - #6940a February 22, 1926 Engineer's Ball - #7031 March 26, 1926 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Commencement, line of march - #8241a May 13, 1927 Commencement, line of march - #8239a May 13, 1927 Homecoming, float - #6770a October 15, 1927 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, parade - #6774 October 15, 1927 Homecoming, parade - #6771b October 15, 1927 Homecoming, float - #7754 October 15, 1927 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, parade - #6772 October 15, 1927 Homecoming, parade - #6771a October 15, 1927 Homecoming, float - #6770c October 15, 1927 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, building bonfire - #6766a October 15, 1927 Homecoming, building bonfire - #6766b October 15, 1927 Homecoming, parade, vs. South Dakota State - #6768a October 15, 1927 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, parade - #6768b October 15, 1927 Homecoming, parade - #6769 October 15, 1927 Homecoming, float - #7756 October 15, 1927 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, float - #7757 October 15, 1927 Homecoming, float - #7759 October 15, 1927 Homecoming, float - #7760 October 15, 1927 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, float - #6770b October 15, 1927 Co-Ed Prom, Festival Hall - #8712 February 21, 1928 1 comments Co-Ed Prom, Festival Hall - #8710a February 21, 1928 1 comments [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Engineer's Ball, Festival Hall - #8800 April 13, 1928 Rifle Team, Men - #b372 May 06, 1930 May Day Festival - #b429 May 27, 1930 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

May Day Festival - #b430 May 27, 1930 May Day Festival - #b435 May 27, 1930 Homecoming, float - #b819a October 25, 1930 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Homecoming, parade - #b818d October 25, 1930 Homecoming, float - #b820 October 25, 1930 Homecoming, parade - #b818b October 25, 1930 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

Architect's Ball - #b982 February 13, 1931 Homecoming Queen - #b1383 October 14, 1931 [S] [M] [L] [S] [M] [L]

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univarchives@www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu Michael J. Robinson, Archivist, 701-231-1017 Published by the University Archives, NDSU Site Design, Dan Hamre, NDSU