Flashbacks
Eight southern states including Georgia implemented a poll tax of $1 or more in the late 1890s to keep poor people from voting. The Colonnade reported that they might have been instated with support from white supremacy groups.
Vol. 14 No. 13
Jan. 20, 1940
Dormitories competed to see which could sell the most tickets to the Roosevelt Ball, held Feb. 14, 1940. The winners were able to “parade their dates” during the Ball’s Grand March.
Vol. 14, No. 13
Jan. 20, 1940
The Victory Book Drive collected books from students on campus to deliver to all branches of the armed forces. Donations from the following genres were encouraged: fiction with an emphasis on adventure, well-written up-to-date novels, mystery stories, historical novels, recent technical books, especially about aviation and radio, current affairs and governments.
Vol. 16, No. 13,
Jan. 17, 1942
Issues of The Colonnade from 1925 to 1975 are now available on microfilm in the library.
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