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Article "Westhampton Student Government Secures New Light Rule: Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores to be Allowed to Keep Lights Burning Until Midnight"
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Title
Article "Westhampton Student Government Secures New Light Rule: Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores to be Allowed to Keep Lights Burning Until Midnight"
Subject
Description
An article about housing ordinances at Westhampton College, including that the students would be allowed to keep their lights on until midnight. At the bottom of the article are two "jokes," used often to fill space in the Collegian. The second joke is written using dialect writing to portray black people, and concludes with use of the word "nigger."
Source
"Westhampton Student Gov't Secures New Light Ruling: Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores to Be Allowed to Keep Lights Burning Until Midnight." The Richmond Collegian XVII, no. 11, (December 12, 1930): 1,5. http://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19301212.2.9&srpos=17&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1930-12-12
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
RichmondCollegianXVII.11.1-19301212.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Citation
“Article "Westhampton Student Government Secures New Light Rule: Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores to be Allowed to Keep Lights Burning Until Midnight",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed December 14, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/208.