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Throwback Thursday: Engineering Songs Edition

September 3rd, 2020

Each week we’ll be posting a photograph from University Archives that shows a scene from KU’s past. We’ve also scanned more than 34,800 images from KU’s University Archives and made them available online; be sure to check them out!

The cover of the KU publication "Engineering Songs," 1915
A page of yells in the KU publication "Engineering Songs," 1915
A verse in the KU publication "Engineering Songs," 1915
Engineering Songs, published by the KU School of Engineering, 1915. University Archives. Call Number: RG 21/0 Artificial Records 1915/1916. Click images to enlarge.

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