1943: 10 staff members and 20 assistants

1935: 12 members

1925: 18 members

1915: 10 members

1905: 14 members

"For those students of music who are interested in voice, the Glee Club offers an unusual opportunity for training and expression in this field. The club makes its contribution to the cultural life of the college."

1943: 27 members: 1^st and 2^nd tenors, baritones and basses

1935: 35 members (60 applicants), club made trips to neighboring towns and gave performances

1925: 21 members, under direction of a woman Mrs. Blasengame

1905: 10 members, includes 13 instrumental members

"It is the purpose of the Orchestra to provide entertainment and to promote social activities on campus."

1943: 6 members including one girl: 1 trombone, 2 trumpets, 1 guitar, 1 drums, 1 piano, 3 saxophones

1935: Called the “Jacketeers”, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 1 drums, 4 saxophones, 1 bass horn, 1 banjo, 1 piano

1925: Called the “collegians”, wore funny outfits, 1 cornet, 1 trombone, 1 piano, 1 traps (drums), 1 saxophone “leader”

“Union of the faculty and students to promote religious welfare on the campus. Membership in this organization is open to all students”

1943: 12 members

1935: 11 members

1925: 12 members

1915: 9 members

1905: 9 members

Founded 1834

“Consists of those who profess a lasting interest in the work of the society. Aim is development and betterment of its members in the fields of literary and forensic endeavor”

1943: 21 members

1935: 14 members

1925: 65 members

1915: 55 members

1905: 45 members

Founded 1833

"Purpose is the development and improvement of its members in the fields of literary and forensic endeavor”

1943: 11 members

1935: 28 members

1925: 43 members

1915: 56 members

1905: 48 members

“A ribbon society composed of fraternity men, whose purpose it is to create good will among frats”

1943: 11 members

1935: 9 members

1925: 12 members

Founded in 1908

“A ribbon society composed of men from four fraternities whose purpose is to create good will among the fraternities”

Inside scoop from oral history: Ed Dinwiddie explained the members blackened their eyes before yearbook photos were taken with the soot of a burnt cork, taken from a bottle, which they first had to finish (site Emma?)

1943: 4 members (all from different fraternities)

1935: 12 members

1925: 12 members

1915: 9 members

1915 yearbook

35 members

12 of them were “specific lovers” such as, cutest lover, rejected lover, the flirt, tempting lover, the rest were labeled “More or less amiable”

1915 yearbook

13 members

“An aggregation of typical “Hill-billies” easily recognized because of their distinguished provincial idiosyncrasies"

Pictured 1933

Members included presidents' and professors' wives, staff and librarians

These women met every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. from October to April to listen to papers written by the club's members

Motto: "New Occasions Teach New Duties"

Flower: Iris

Colors: Purple and gold

Founded in 1898 and lasted for three years

Motto: "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow!"

Officers: Lord High Chief Epicure, Lord High Eat-What's-in-Sight, and Lord High Can Opener

The students gathered for late-night suppers in order to "let the shrill notes of grinding text-books die away in the more melodious song of clinking glasses"

Active in 1910

Students were known to sleep all day and study all night

"Owlets" retired by 2:15 am

"Barn Owls" retired by 4:20 am

"Screech Owls" lasted even after the last railroad car

Lamps on the table indicate these students were literally "burning the midnight oil"