UMD Special Collections and University Archives:
Mortar Board
UMD Special Collections and University Archives:
Beginnings
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Formation of the Women's Senior Honor Society
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First Initiates, Spring 1925
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Honorees, 1926
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Petition to Mortar Board
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Honor Society members sign petition, 1934
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Official documentation from Mortar Board, 1934
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Mortar Board installation ceremony
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First class of Mortar Board graduates, 1935
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Excerpted from the initiation ceremony
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Mortar Board and May Day
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Selection of new initiates at May Day
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Tapping ceremony at the conclusion of May Day festivities
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Procession of members at May Day
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New members being tapped
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Initiation instructions for May Day
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May Queens and Mortar Board members
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Honorees, 1950s-1960s
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Mortar Board initiates, 1961
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Mortar Board graduates, 1963
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Legacy of Mortar Board
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Commitment to service
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Commitment to scholarship
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Mortar Board graduates and incoming seniors
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Commitment to friendship (and fun)
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Conclusion