Dublin Core
Title
Young Republicans, 1967, p. 9.
Subject
The Activities of the Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia Young Republicans Club
Creator
MWC of UVA: Young Republicans (1967)
Source
Special Collections, Simpson Library, The University of Mary Washington.
Publisher
History 428: Adventures in Digital History, 2014
Date
1968-02
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Scrapbook
Identifier
MWC of UVA: Young Republicans 1967-1968
Coverage
1967-1968
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Transcription
Item 1: Margaret Lawrence / Membership Chairman
Item 2: President Bari Holden and / new member
Item 3: Membership Drive / For the first time, MWC YRs / set up an organized membership drive / with quota incentives. Several YRs / returned to school two days early / during freshman orientation and / distributed the first newsletter and / membership pamphlets “why I won’t / join Young Republicans.” This met / with a great deal of enthusiasm and / interest and we signed up over one / hundred YRs before any other campus / organization even began recruiting. / This was followed by appointing / Dormitory representatives for each Dorm on campus. These dorm / representatives then canvased each / room for new members, so that by the 1st of December everyone on campus had been asked to join. Dorm quotas were / set up to give each dorm a goal to / aim for. The dorm with the highest percentage of YRs won the prize of / a plaque to hang in the dormitory inscribed with the dorm, year, and / percentage of members. This plaque / will be awarded every year, with / an inscription, to hang in the / winning dormitory.
Image 1: FEB 1968
Image 2: FEB 1968
Item 2: President Bari Holden and / new member
Item 3: Membership Drive / For the first time, MWC YRs / set up an organized membership drive / with quota incentives. Several YRs / returned to school two days early / during freshman orientation and / distributed the first newsletter and / membership pamphlets “why I won’t / join Young Republicans.” This met / with a great deal of enthusiasm and / interest and we signed up over one / hundred YRs before any other campus / organization even began recruiting. / This was followed by appointing / Dormitory representatives for each Dorm on campus. These dorm / representatives then canvased each / room for new members, so that by the 1st of December everyone on campus had been asked to join. Dorm quotas were / set up to give each dorm a goal to / aim for. The dorm with the highest percentage of YRs won the prize of / a plaque to hang in the dormitory inscribed with the dorm, year, and / percentage of members. This plaque / will be awarded every year, with / an inscription, to hang in the / winning dormitory.
Image 1: FEB 1968
Image 2: FEB 1968