JSTC Freshmen Garbed in Outlandish Costumes by Upperclassmen Walk Campus with "Rat" on Foreheads

Creation Date

1943

Decade

1940

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- Students

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Description

Sorority pledges at Jacksonville State Teachers College are shown dressed in unusual outfits with the word "rat" painted on their foreheads. The "big sisters" of their greek organization required the outfits as part of a test before accepting the "rats" into the sorority.

Date Digitized

August 2017

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 3, Item 411.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1940/PSP1940students_00411.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 575 dpi. The file name is PSP1940students_00411.tif; file size is 32.8 MB. Original image is 5 by 7 on glossy photographic paper