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Military review on rainy day, The University of Iowa, 1917

View from the south, with Old Capitol in background and MacLean Hall to left.

Mud slinging

Soviets

Navy inauguration near Field House, The University of Iowa, April 16, 1942

New University President Eugene Gilmore speaking at his inauguration, The University of Iowa, October 4, 1934

Retiring University President Walter Jessup is foreground left of Gilmore.

Officials at inauguration of new University President Eugene Gilmore, The University of Iowa, 1934

Behind two men shaking hands are, from left, retiring President Walter Jessup and Gilmore.

Old Capitol and Induction ceremony behind MacLean Hall, The University of Iowa, 1925

Parade for Induction ceremonies, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Induction ceremonies marked the beginning of the academic year. A procession began at Old Capitol and was led by the University band and followed by students and faculty. The University President would speak, and the assembly would make a pledge to…

Procession on Washington St. for Inauguration Day, The University of Iowa, May 17, 1917

Formal inauguration of President Walter Jessup. Jessup, at right, leads procession with retiring Presdient Thomas Macbride to the left. Maclean Hall is in foreground and Schaeffer Hall in background.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Midwest Inter-Library Center in Chicago, The University of Iowa, October 5, 1951

University Libraries Director Ralph Ellsworth (center), University of Minnesota vice-president William T. Middlebrook (cutting ribbon) The Midwest Inter-Library Center is now known as Center for Research Libraries and began as a centre for deposit…

Scottish Highlanders at Flag of the Day ceremonies at New York World's Fair, New York, New York, 1940

Dating back to 1936, the Scottish Highlanders was a student group dedicated to practicing and performing the Scottish arts of piping, drumming and dancing.

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