1949 Drake University Vintage Article/Photos

This is an original illustrated magazine article that has been carefully extracted from an 1949 issue of Holiday Magazine. A profile of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Photos include:

ï Sororities and frats are an integral part of Drake life. On the XO porch, men "pin" their girls in a candlelight-and-song ceremony
ï Students loaf or cram for their next class, on the lawn in front of the new 125,000-book library
ï Gambling on campus is "grounds for dismissal," but these students are just having a friendly bridge game at the Kennel, a popular campus snack bar which is open and humming from dawn to dark
ï A pillow and tickle fight, or, a quiet evening at home for the girls in the Alpha Chi Omega house. Clarice Christian is attacked by three sorority sisters in her typical collegiate, souvenir-cluttered room.
ï Trailer Town was quickest solution to housing flood of ex-G.I.'s at Drake. The Silas Schirmers are stuffed in quarters meant only for two.
ï Students pay $25-$32.50 per month for rent. Camp's 182 units are mostly owned by the University. Fuel is free, but drinking water must be hauled.
ï Lawrence Howard, one of 75 Negroes at Drake, was Phi Betta Kappa and candidate for Rhodes Scholarship, has photo job in night club. He has eye on U.S. Senate.
ï Charmaine Peterson works fifteen hours a week behind counter of Dog Town (Des Moines) dime store. She's headed for nurse's training.
ï and more

Title: Drake University by Phil Stong

Subtitle: An "Old Grad" visits his alma mater and finds both college and students matured beyond recognition

Length (includes front & back): 9 pages

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 10½ x 13½

Condition: EX