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Hoof ‘n’ Horn, Duke’s musical theater group, will be celebrating their 80th anniversary (wowza!) this weekend.
Here are some favorites from our great collection of Hoof ‘n’ Horn performance posters.
1. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, 1972
2. Little Shop of Horrors, 2003
3. Anything Goes, 1986
4. Grease, 1993
5. A Chorus Line, 2000
6. Cabaret, 1991
7. West Side Story, 1982
8. Cole, 1987
9. Hair, 1995
Happy anniversary, Hoof ‘n’ Horn, and here’s to another 80 years!
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We spent a few minutes combing through a curious scrapbook in the papers of Braxton Craven (considered Duke’s second president, he led the institution from 1842 to 1863 and then from 1866 to 1882).
It contains sentimental and moralizing love stories clipped from newspapers and magazines. Many of the stories are accompanied by handwritten summaries of their key lessons–and here are some of the best ones for your edification. (You’re welcome.)
Lest you think that this guy doesn’t look susceptible to this sort of story, let me remind you that one of his claims to fame is as the author of “Naomi Wise: Or, The Wrongs of a Beautiful Girl,” the story of a Randolph County, NC murder that became the basis for the oldest known American murder ballad.
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Opening the 1960 Chanticleer has always been a bit of a page fright….
(Browse the 1960 Chanticleer online!)
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OK, you COULD go w/ this look for the Duke Homecoming game, but we recommend an ensemble that’s a little more comfy.
Front cover of Baylor vs. Duke football game program, October 11, 1958.
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A sketch of a studying student, ca. 1930-1933. (Yes, it’s summer and no one wants to think about studying, but it’s too cute not to share!)
From the Kay Brownlee scrapbook.
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Drawings of sea life from the field notebooks of Arthur Sperry Pearse, zoology professor and the first director of Duke’s Marine Lab.
His papers contain a whole box full of field notebooks. So much science!
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In honor of today’s newest Duke graduates, some lovely examples of invitations to Trinity College’s Commencement Party from the mid-to-late 1800s.
Congratulations to the Class of 2017!
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