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    • Captured Flag of the Class of 1908 

      Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1905)
      Presumably members of the Class of 1909 are pictured with the Class of 1908 flag and holding a sign that reads "President of Sophomores Captured." The freshman-sophomore rivalry was a tradition during the first weeks of ...
    • Captured Flags of the Class of 1906 

      Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1902)
      Four men sit with two '06 flags. In the background the chalkboard reads "Freshman Flags of -06 put up at 3 A.M. Oct. 1 T[aken D]own [unknown time] A.M." The remaining text on the chalkboard is covered but it most likely ...
    • Century Forum, 1918 

      Slocum Brothers (Kalamazoo College, 1918)
      Members of Kalamazoo College's Century Forum during the 1917-18 academic year. This photo appears in the 1918 yearbook, The Ka-Col. On the back of the photograph, three names are listed, Paul Staake, Harvey Jacobs and ...
    • Fresh Arrival 

      Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1900)
      A pair of photos showing ten students c. 1900 goofing around. Both images show a sign reading "Fresh Arrival" and the backs are labelled with "Lienau 1900." Oscar P. Lienau was a student in the Preparatory Department ...
    • Kalamazoo College 1936 Freshman Initiation 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1936)
      A group of male Kalamazoo College students during Freshman Initiation, 1936. The students are all in their pajamas and some have musical instruments. On the back of the photograph are the signatures of Henry B. Royce, "The ...
    • Kalamazoo College Christmas Carol Service, 1931 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1931-12-11)
      A procession of women Kalamazoo College students during Trowbridge Hall's Christmas Carol Service, 1931. The service was a long-standing tradition on campus that had begun in Trowbridge Hall in 1925 or earlier, and eventually ...
    • Kalamazoo College Freshman Hazing, 1909 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1909)
      Kalamazoo College's Class of 1909 with their captured freshmen. The captured students are wearing cone hats and face paint and are tied up, and some appear to have large numbers made out of newspaper pasted to their clothes ...
    • Kalamazoo College Freshmen, 1963 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1963)
      "Their fathers and mothers were classmates, too! Pictured in the bookstore, adorned in the green freshman 'pots,' are four of the 326 new students on the campus this fall. These young people are, left to right, Tom Webster, ...
    • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1910)
      A picture postcard of the Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club, the female version of the college Glee Club, sometime around 1910. The Gaynor Club was begun in the fall of 1907 by Miss Bertha Hussey, who was then the preceptress ...
    • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club, 1931 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1931)
      The Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club, 1931-1932 school year. Mrs. Sylvia Alford Belden was the director, and during the year the "Messiah"was the group's largest offering, in collaboration with other musical groups throughout ...
    • Kalamazoo College Glee Club, 1910 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1910)
      Kalamazoo College men's Glee Club, 1910. The photograph is a postcard-print which was cut from a personal scrapbook, and the last names of the members are as follows, first row (left to right): Buchanan, Petit, Small. ...
    • Kalamazoo College Index Editorial Staff 

      Ford, F. P. (Kalamazoo College, 1895)
      The editorial staff of Kalamazoo College's student newspaper, "The Index." From left to right: C. W. Oakley, Frank Blanchard, F. B. Sinclair, Isabella Bennett, M. A. Greybiel (standing), S. J. Hall (Business Manager), and ...
    • Kalamazoo College Kappa Pi Pageant, 1926 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1926-05)
      Kalamazoo College's Kappa Pi society pageant, May 15 or 16, 1926. In place of the Vaudeville show that the Kappas usually offered each year, a more serious production (referred to in the College newspaper as a dream masque) ...
    • Kalamazoo College Kappa Pi Society, 1914 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1914)
      The members of Kalamazoo College's Kappa Pi literary society, 1914. The women's literary society was founded in 1906 as a spin-off from the existing society for women, the Eurodelphians, because of increased enrollment. ...
    • Kalamazoo College Philolexian Society 

      Slocum Brothers (Kalamazoo College, 1918)
      The members of Kalamazoo College's Philolexian Lyceum literary society, in 1918. The Philos were founded in 1855. Most members in this photograph are not identified, but the yearbook for 1918 includes this photograph along ...
    • May Fete Court, 1929 

      Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1929)
      The 1929 May Fete court stands on the steps of Bowen Hall. They are Ruth Hudson (K'27), Polly Larsen McQueen '30, Queen Marian Thompson Grimes '30, Margaret G. Schuschardt '31, and Margaret Fellows '32. Miss Thompson was ...
    • Picnic for New Students 

      Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1949)
      This photo published in the 1950 Boiling Pot yearbook (p. 89) shows a picnic held by the Christian Association for new students on September 19, 1949.
    • Students in Trowbridge Lounge 

      Morgan, Ward C. (Kalamazoo College, 1939-11-04)
      A group of unidentified students in Trowbridge, possibly during a college dance. The male student standing at center is probably Kiyo Okami, Class of 1940. Sometimes formal dances were held in the lounge of the women's ...
    • Vietnam Peace Rally 

      Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1968)
      Students standing in front of Stetson Chapel with peace armbands, holding a sign that says "VIGIL FOR PEACE IN VIET-NAM EVERYONE WELCOME." The photo appears in the 1968 issue of "The Boiling Pot," the Kalamazoo College yearbook.