Documenting the History of Women in Higher Education-
Title
Forensic Burning
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Institution
Wellesley College
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Description
Events pertaining to "Forensic Burning", perhaps the "Ghost Walk". Juniors were required to take a full year debate course, known as Forensics, which they loathed. Starting in the 1890s, they burned the paper that resulted from the course. Juniors are successful if the Sophomores don't observe the burning of the paper.
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Collection
Wellesley College Archives Image Gallery
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Date
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Location
Wellesley (Mass.)
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Format
Photographs
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Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 3 x 2 in.
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Copyright and Use
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Item Identifier WCA_Photos_2017_NEH_00013
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Cite this Item
"Forensic Burning". Wellesley College. c. 1913-1917. College Women. Web. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.collegewomen.org/node/14519
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