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Book/Printed Material Constitution of the Va. Polytechnic Institute German Club Constitution of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute German Club

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Title

  • Constitution of the Va. Polytechnic Institute German Club

Other Title

  • Constitution of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute German Club

Summary

  • This revised constitution lists the objectives of a club organized to hold dances that consisted solely of the German, a popular parlor game wherein the participants performed a series of party games to music. The constitution lists the duties of the officers and standing committees, which included committees for refreshments, invitations, receptions, and music. Part of the constitution noted that "no member of the Club shall drink any intoxicating liquor within twenty-four hours immediately preceding [the event]."

Names

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute. German Club

Created / Published

  • [Blacksburg] : The Institute, [1917].

Headings

  • -  German (Dance)--Virginia--Societies, etc
  • -  Dance Ordinances and Regulations

Notes

  • -  Caption title.

Medium

  • 11 p. ; 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1757 .V6

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98157763

Online Format

  • image

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Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute. German Club. Constitution of the Va. Polytechnic Institute German Club. [Blacksburg: The Institute, 1917] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/98157763/.

APA citation style:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute. German Club. (1917) Constitution of the Va. Polytechnic Institute German Club. [Blacksburg: The Institute] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98157763/.

MLA citation style:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute. German Club. Constitution of the Va. Polytechnic Institute German Club. [Blacksburg: The Institute, 1917] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98157763/>.