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As historical objects, yearbooks are extremely valuable as material culture. Consider the yearbooks you might have at home and the scribbles, notes, and signatures that were written by fellow high school colleagues. These personal imprints give yearbooks even more historical meaning. Here, someone cut out part of an article from the Christmas 1920 Vox Collegensis. Our minds immediately wonder what was cut out and why? STCM 2002.118.16.

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