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…
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.
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…