Freshman Rules Posters
1906-1941
Student Activities
(UA 7/4/4)
Size: 1 box, (62 x 52 x 4 cm.)
History:
The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts was founded in Hanover, NH in 1866 and affiliated with Dartmouth College. New Hampshire College moved to Durham, NH in 1893 and became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Each fall the sophomore class would create the "Freshman Rules" for the new students that year. The rules usually pertained to where the freshman could walk and what they could wear. The rules would not apply if the Freshmen were successful in taking down every poster by 7:00 pm. This was known as the Poster Fight. It was stopped in 1932 by President Edward Lewis due to excessive injuries.
Scope and Content:
This series contains the posters of the freshman rules made by sophomore classes for both men and women.
| 1906 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1910, 2 copies, one encapsulated |
| 1909 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1913, photocopy |
| 1915 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1919 |
| 1915 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1919, encapsulated |
| 1917 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1921 |
| 1918 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1922 |
| 1921 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1925, typed copy |
| 1922 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1926, photocopy |
| 1923 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1927, encapsulated |
| 1926 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1930, encapsulated |
| 1928 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1932, encapsulated |
| 1932 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1936 |
| 1934 | Freshmen Rules for Women, Class of 1938, 2 copies |
| 1916 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1920, encapsulated |
| 1920 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1924 |
| 1922 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1926, 3 copies |
| 1930 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1934 |
| 1934 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1938 |
| 1937 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1941 |
| 1938 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1942 |
| 1940 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1944 |
| 1941 | Freshmen Rules for Men, Class of 1945 |