Whig-Clio through the years

Slide show assembled by Madeleine Bruml ’11.

Photos courtesy Princeton University Archives unless otherwise credited.

From Nurseries of Letters and Republicanism by J. Jefferson Looney *87

From Nurseries of Letters and Republicanism by J. Jefferson Looney *87

The Lynde Debaters in an 1887 photo.

Members of the Cliosophic Society gather for a group photo on the steps of Clio Hall in 1889.

From Nurseries of Letters and Republicanism by J. Jefferson Looney *87

“New” Whig Hall, under construction in the early 1890s.

A Whig-Clio forum in February 1947.

The game room of Whig-Clio, circa 1950.

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.

Adlai Stevenson ’22 with Whig-Clio members before addressing the senior class dinner in 1954.

Students listen intently as a debater makes a point.

Sen. John F. Kennedy speaks at a Whig-Clio colloquium on the Eisenhower administration May 11, 1954.

Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona delivers an address in 1959.