Florida State College for Women Student Record Books, 1890-1927, 1913-1927

Florida State College for Women

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According to Robin Sellers' Femina Perfecta, in 1914 members of the even-year classes of Florida State College for Women (juniors and freshmen) wore their green and yellow class colors to chapel on the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving. A spontaneous pep rally ensued. On the following Wednesday, odd-year class members (seniors, sophomores, and sub-freshmen) carried canes wrapped with ribbons in their individual class colors of red, white, and purple. On Thanksgiving Day the odd-year classes d...

Florida State College

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In 1851, the Florida State Legislature authorized the all-male Seminary West of the Suwannee on the property of the Florida Institute in Tallahassee. The first classes were held in 1857 and in 1858 females were admitted in a seperate department called the Female Institute which operated until 1882 when the Seminary became coeducational. During the Civil War, in 1863, the institution's name was changed to the Florida Military and Collegiate Institute. Cadets from this ins...

State Seminary West of the Suwanee River

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