Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.).  Class of 1916.

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Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Class of 1916.
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.)--Societies, etc.
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.)--Students

Jamie Nelson, 2012

Augustana College Special Collections
Thomas Tredway Library
639 38th Street
Rock Island, Illinois 61201
309-794-7643
specialcollections@augustana.edu

The Class of 1916 was founded in 1912 by members of the freshman class of the Collegiate Department.  Membership was open to any student “properly enrolled in the said class and not affiliated with any other class.”  The only committee created in the Constitution and Bylaws was for “Entertainment,” with the provision that other committees could be created if needed.  Conrad Bergendoff, fifth president of Augustana College, signed the freshman class roll in 1912 but graduated with the class of 1915. There is no evidence of the organization’s activities in any of the yearbooks during their time at Augustana.

The Class of 1916 notebook dates from 1912 to 1916 and measures .5 linear inches.  It contains evidence of the inner workings of the organization, including its constitution, minutes, and membership. As the collection consists of one bound notebook, it is represented in a single series. Most of the content is written in the first 70 pages, though the handwritten senior class roll is on pages 147-148.

The materials are bound in the notebook and are in chronological order.