Yes, that’s right — mandolins were all the rage from about 1894 to 1924. Mandolin clubs popped up at high schools, colleges and cities all over the country. The club at RPI evolved out of the Banjo and Guitar Club in 1892 – it was called the Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Club. When mandolins outnumbered [...]
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back when mandolins were cool
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, RPI Trivia, tagged cool stuff, mandolins, music clubs, RPI Glee Club, RPI students, student clubs on June 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Moustache Club
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, RPI Trivia, tagged moustaches, RPI students, student clubs on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Moustache Club was a student club that appeared briefly in the 1870s. The officers consisted of president, assistant to the president, treasurer and inspector general. Here are some excerpts from the club’s constitution as detailed in the 1877 Transit: The purpose of this organization is for the mutual cultivation of the “fuzz”. The eligibility [...]
Mystery Image #5 – create a caption
Posted in RPI Trivia, unidentified photographs, tagged college history, costumes, mystery image, Rensselaer, RPI, RPI history, student clubs, student traditions on May 16, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This photo really intrigues me! In all of my RPI history travels, which includes extensive research for exhibits on student clubs and student traditions, I haven’t found an explanation for this image. I hope I stumble across something someday that will help me identify this curiously dressed group of men! I’m dying to know what [...]
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