1896 MIT Southern Club menu at The Thorndike. Massachusetts Institute of Technology collectible memorabilia. Southern Students alumni

The Southern Club was an organization at MIT made up of men from the Southern States and had as its object the development of the social side of Institute life. Most students during the Institute's early years were New Englanders, with a smattering from other parts of the country and from overseas. Early documentation reveals the prevailing attitudes on campus against Southerners--white an black--and even against Northerners whose families originally hailed from the South. An article in the student newspaper The Tech (20 October 1887) refers to a region of southern Ohio as "the lazy belt," so named because of "certain characteristics of its inhabitants" who "in past time have wandered westward from the 'Old Dominion'".(MIT Black History)

ABOUT: Vintage Southern Club event menu held at The Thorndike on April 21, 1896. Includes Joseph Milton Howe and Francis Blake

Condition: VG- PLEASE SEE PICTURES.
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- Fine: Unused, like new, without any flaws.
- VG+ (Very Good +): May have been opened & read, but no defects to the book, jacket or pages. Shows some small signs of wear but no tears on binding or paper. ⭐️
- VG (Very Good): More obvious signs of use with no significant creasing or defects.
- VG- (Very Good): Worn. Defects are noted.
- Poor / Fair / Former Library Book: Worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, have loose binding.

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