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The Burton Tower that never was
In 1925 students hoped to honor U-M President Marion LeRoy Burton with a tower designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. But the Great Depression intervened.
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'Remember your mother!'
In 1921, a finger-wagging guide for Jazz Age freshmen admonished them to follow a strict social code. Much of the advice now seems strange and funny, though some of it applies equally well today.
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Car craze
Speeding and “moral decay” provoked a stern crackdown on student drivers in the 1920s.