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Finding Aid of the Milwaukee Journal Stations Records > Subject Guide
Milwaukee-Downer College
1950 | 1951
| 1952 | 1954 | 1960 | 1963 | 1964
Month/Day/Year: November 22, 1950
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Downer College holds its annual Founder's Day
ceremonies. Footage of the freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior
classes proceeding to the chapel. College President Lucia Briggs
follows the students.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #2.
Month/Day/Year: March 7, 1951
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Downer College celebrated its 100th
birthday. President Lucia Briggs met with the main speaker Dr. Joseph
Johnson President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Governor Walter Kohler, Mayor Zeidler, and Ralph Hoyt were also
present.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #4.
Month/Day/Year: May 16, 1951
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Freshmen at Downer College searched for the
buried hat - an annual tradition. The sophomore class supervised and
made the hunt harder for the freshmen. Gretchen Von Germeten finally
found the hat. See script for other names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #5.
Month/Day/Year: June 13, 1951
Segment Number: 11
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Students from Downer College compete against
each other in the school's annual regatta on the Milwaukee River.
Spectators cheer from the bank of the river. The winning class
celebrates and the coxswain gets thrown into the river.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is
no script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#17.
Month/Day/Year: July 4, 1951
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of Downer College's commencement
ceremony. 95 students, the largest class in school history,
graduated. It was also the last graduation for retiring President
Lucia Briggs. See script for other names.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #17.
- Month/Day/Year: November 21, 1951
- Segment Number: 10
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Milwaukee Downer College field hockey
team took on the boys from the Milwaukee Country Day football team.
The boys wore wild outfits while the girls dressed in jeans and
sweatshirts. An inter-school dance was held later that evening.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #21.
- Month/Day/Year: June 11, 1952
- Segment Number: 5
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The junior class defeats the senior class in
the annual Downer College regatta. After the victory, junior coxswain
Ann Frischel is tossed into the water.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.
- Month/Day/Year: June 2, 1954
- Segment Number: 3
- Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the Milwaukee Downer College Regatta. The junior class beats the freshmen. They celebrate by
throwing their coxswain, Ann De Swarte, into the river.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#16.
- Month/Day/Year: December 22, 1960
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one in a
three part series. Students from Milwaukee Downer College are
followed as they go caroling on Lantern Night.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: December 23, 1960
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a
three part series. The Milwaukee Downer College carolers sing
"Angels We Have Heard on High."
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: December 26, 1960
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three of a
three part series. Students from Milwaukee Downer College are
followed as they go caroling on Lantern Night.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: October 22, 1963
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Downer College students
share their reactions to the announcement that the
college will be merging with Lawrence University in Appleton.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: December 25, 1963
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three of a
series. Students from Milwaukee Downer College go caroling through
campus for the last time.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: June 8, 1964
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of a four
part series. Milwaukee Downer College holds its last commencement
ceremony. President John B. Johnson distributes diplomas to
students. Attorney Thomas Tolan, Jr. is the commencement
speaker.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: June 9, 1964
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a four
part series. Milwaukee Downer College held its last regatta before merging
with Lawrence University. The regatta was first held in 1902.
The junior class, led by Barbara Allen and Lee Dodds,
won.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: June 10, 1964
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three of a
four part series. Milwaukee Downer College held its last graduation
ceremony. The quiet and solitude of the campus was remembered.
The commencement speaker was Milwaukee attorney Thomas Tolan, Jr.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
- Month/Day/Year: June 11, 1964
- Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part four of a
four part series. 113-year-old Milwaukee Downer College held its last
commencement ceremony. There were 47 women who graduated as the last
class. The senior class serenaded its class advisor - Anne Lay.
- Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a script.
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