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White bow with 1954 written in blue text.
Title:
Group Label: bow
Description:
Stringent dress codes characterized student life from the 1920s to the 1950s. This bow from 1954 was a staple of outfits for first-year students in the Woman's College. Freshmen boys were required to wear "dinks" until Duke beat UNC at football. These garments accompanied a host of freshmen-oriented traditions, where upperclassmen could quiz freshmen on Duke history or harangue them into singing the fight song or reciting cheers.
Date:
1954
Rights:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED Some Rights Reserved
Citation:
Bow: Artifact and Relics Collection, Box 3, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.