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After the name change from State Teacher’s College to Madison College in 1938, the school pennants reflected the new branding in bold colors. Continuing the tradition of displaying pennants in dorm rooms, pennants remained a consistent adornment for…

By 1969 when this cotton beanie was handed to freshman Sandra Sanford, it was a far less formal occasion and met with little enthusiasm. Rules and expectations for wearing the beanie, very specific up until the mid-sixties, relaxed and the tradition…

JMU students, Daryl Harrison, Lisa Mangiafico, and Stephany Bradley on their last night of their London Study Abroad Trip ('86).

This scrapbook page shows members of SGA taking part in a trip to Richmond, Virginia in order to lobby the state government.

This is a letter of appoinment for Elizabeth Carroll, who was designated as Head Monitor for Jackson Hall by the Student Council.

This correspondence features an expert from a letter written by President Miller to Raymond Dingledine discussing the procedure determining the approved list of men able to date female Madison College students.

This letter shows the resignation of Lawrence O. Heath from his position with SGA and ends with a call for beer to be served in D-Hall.

This letter contains the decision of the Student Government Association to expel Roberta for staying out all night with a man.

Male and female students in the JMU Black Choir walk and sing together. The choir, and other African American organizations on campus, worked together to create a support system of sorts for minority students adjusting to life on campus.

Exuberant students surround a keg in this image from 1979, a year after kegs were first allowed in dormitories. In 2013, kegs are no longer allowed after keg privileges were taken away in the late 1980s. Reports from administration indicate that…