Group Label: bow

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.

Rights:

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED

Date:

1954

Citation:

Bow: Artifact and Relics Collection, Box 3, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Alternative Text:

White bow with 1954 written in blue text.

Keywords:

freshman life; object

Display Date:

1954

White bow with 1954 written in blue text.

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