PART ONE
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he 1902-03 Horological Band included both students and faculty. The Institute Chorus and Orchestra were organized in 1898.
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t the Commencement Convocation banquet in June 1906. Left to right: Oliver J. Bailey, president of the Board of Trustees, Mrs. Bradley, Dr. Burgess, and Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, trustee. Mrs. Bradley attended many events on campus. "She liked to see people at work," said Dr. Burgess at her memorial service. "She loved to visit the classes in sewing, cooking or shop... There is ample evidence that the Institute in its ten years' history has adequately fulfilled her plans and wishes, for in all this time no criticism or suggestion of change has
come from her."
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orology students benefited from the natural light of generous windows. (Powers-Thulin Industrial Photographs, c. 1914, from the collection of Charles Frey.)
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radley Hall in 1918.
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he library in 1931. It had moved to larger quarters in the south "turtleback wing" of Bradley Hall in 1924. The wings were constructed partially underground; the windows began at ground level.
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radley earned a national reputation for its programs in home economics and manual arts. Louise Barrington '39 was the model for this photo by G. L. Venard.
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he "Famous Five" basketball teams of 1937-38 and 1938-39 brought national attention to Bradley by earning invitations to the National (Invitational) Tournament in New York. The "five" were actually six: Les Getz graduated a year earlier than his teammates. Left to right: Ken Olson '39, Carl Schunk '39, Dar Hutchins '39, Charles Orsborn '39, Ted Panish '39, and Les Getz '38.
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omecoming registration tables in the Wigwam, October 24, 1941. Left to right: Lilly S. Radley '03, Franklin M. Butler '16, Edwin D. Nurss '29, Hugh P. Harshbarger '32, and Betty Morton '41. Bradleyıs first graduate, Corinne Unland Anderson '98, returned to campus that day for the first time in more than 40 years.
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onstance Hall was a women's residence for 30 years, until it became the home of the School of Music in 1963. It was built by the women's clubs of Peoria and dedicated to the memory of Jenny M. Constance, head of the English department, who was murdered in Evanston in 1928. (Photo by Walden S. Fabry, c. 1943.)