Slide show assembled by Madeleine Bruml ’11.
Photos courtesy Princeton University Archives unless otherwise credited.
The Lynde Debaters in an 1887 photo.
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Members of the Cliosophic Society gather for a group photo on the steps of Clio Hall in 1889.
“New” Whig Hall, under construction in the early 1890s.
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A Whig-Clio forum in February 1947.
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The game room of Whig-Clio, circa 1950.
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At the speakers table of Whig-Clio’s annual banquet in 1950 are, from left, University President Harold Dodds *14, Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, Whig-Clio president Donald E. Stokes ’51 *52, Sen. H. Alexander Smith 1901 of New Jersey, and professor Wilber S. Howell, faculty adviser.
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Adlai Stevenson ’22 with Whig-Clio members before addressing the senior class dinner in 1954.
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Students listen intently as a debater makes a point.
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Sen. John F. Kennedy speaks at a Whig-Clio colloquium on the Eisenhower administration May 11, 1954.
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Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona delivers an address in 1959.
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