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May 30, 1928: NU loses its final Big Ten baseball game of the season, making 12 straight losses. Where's Joe Girardi when you need him?
about 8 hours ago
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May 29, 1943: NU star athlete Russ Wendland, captain of baseball AND basketball teams, receives Big 10 Medal for Athletics & Scholarship.
12:05 PM May 29th
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May 28, 2012: Memorial Day. Pause to think of those from NU who have died in military service, Civil War to present
1:19 PM May 28th
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May 27, 1930: Addison Hibbard is appointed dean of NU's College of Liberal Arts (WCAS); he will serve until 1945.
1:45 PM May 27th
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May 26, 1961: IL Governor Otto Kerner signs a bill allowing NU to purchase land under Lake Michigan ($100/acre): the future lakefill campus!
3:45 PM May 26th
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May 25, 1937: Isolationist & retired Marine officer Smedly "Old Gimlet Eye" Butler advises NU students "Let's Mind Our Own Business."
2:36 PM May 25th
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May 24, 1872: Henry S. Noyes---NU Prez 1856-58, interim Prez 1860-67, NU's 1st math prof---dies at age 50.
12:25 PM May 24th
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May 23, 1940: With a phototube on Harris Hall's roof, NU researchers start investigating new ways to measure UV solar radiation intensity.
11:58 AM May 23rd
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May 22, 2005: NU's Women's Lacrosse team wins its 1st national championship, beating Virginia 13-10 & finishing the season undefeated.
1:40 PM May 22nd
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May 21, 1926: A fire in Annie May Swift Hall's auditorium causes structural damage to the stage area. However, no classes are cancelled
1:01 PM May 21st
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May 20, 1950: NU Prez Miller publicly criticizes US Prez Truman's socialized healthcare plan, claiming it would create wasteful bureaucracy.
2:03 PM May 20th
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May 19, 1937: NU's golf team wins the Big Ten Title.
2:00 PM May 19th
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May 18, 1932: Former Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas speaks at NU, warns students of fascist threat to world peace.
2:12 PM May 18th
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May 17, 1919: NU's Trustees select Lynn H. Hough as the next president. He only stayed a year--did he leave in a Huff?
12:43 PM May 16th
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May 15, 1917: The Daily publishes an appeal for students to enlist in NU's Ambulance Company #9 for service in France.
1:33 PM May 15th
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May 14, 1949: Dedication of Cresap Lab, added to NU's Swift Hall to hold new biological sciences program. Mark Cresap: NU trustee 1918-42.
12:49 PM May 14th
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May 13, 1884: Publication of the Pandora, NU's 1st yearbook. (It became the Syllabus in 1885.) See them all, 1884-present, at NU Archives!
1:00 PM May 13th
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May 12, 1933: An animal trainer is attacked by an elephant during the annual NU Circus parade. NU Circus?
1:05 PM May 12th
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May 11, 1932: NU president Walter Dill Scott declares the University untainted by Communist influence. No pinkos among the Purple!
1:00 PM May 11th
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May 10, 1911: Anonymous parody issue of Daily Northwestern scandalizes NU with rude articles about faculty, students.
1:16 PM May 10th
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- Name NU Archives
- Location Evanston, IL
- Web http://www.librar...
- Bio Where Northwestern University's history lives.
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