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http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.196-1979.pdf
In Phi Kappa Sigma's paragraph in the 1979 yearbook, they joke that is has been a hard year for the fraternity, because amongst other things, such as "the recent shortage of recreational drugs in the Richmond area" and the "the crash of the…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.19-1979.pdf
A multi-page story called "A Day in the Life" by an unnamed author in the 1979 yearbook depicts a version of daily life for students at UR. Written from a man's point of view, the story's language is embedded with misogyny and elements of rape…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.12-1979.pdf
Beginning in the 1950s, an annual "panty raid" tradition took place on campus when Richmond College students would cross over the bridge to the Westhampton side of campus. Westhampton women would throw panties to the men from their dorm windows. In…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.232-1978.pdf
In a description of the Richmond social scene, the article says "As the capital of the old confederacy, Richmond has a richness of heritage... The legacy of the War Between the States is an intrinsic part of Richmond. It is manifested in the southern…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.208-1974.png
This description in The Web 1974 documents the changing attitudes of students in regards to physical appearance. The text considers what "UR students of a 100 years ago" would have thought of "unisex haircuts, women wearing slacks to classes,…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.270-1973.pdf
In the Web yearbooks from this time, the fraternities would fill their paragraphs with inside jokes. One of them in the 1973 yearbook was, "Play 'Dixie', you turkeys." Two years earlier in 1973, the Richmond College S.G.A. Senate had voted to to…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.148-1961.JPG
The text on the 1961 Kappa Alpha spread explains that it was created at Washington and Lee University in 1865, and is the "only national fraternity which bases its principles upon the life of an actual person—Robert E. Lee." The fraternity "is…

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.5-1955.jpg
In an article describing orientation, the article mentions that incoming freshmen women are taught "tradition, rules, history and 'What is expected of a Westhampton Lady.'"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.108-1955.pdf
The first Jewish fraternity at the University of Richmond arrived in 1954-- the Upsilon Rho chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi.

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Web.150-1948.pdf
The Phi Kappa Sigma spread in 1948 explains that, "With a desire in everyone's mind for something different along the lines of social activity the [Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity] committee for such drafted plans for an 'Apache Party,' and on the night…
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