Adelphic Society Second Floor - Room 39.

Title

Adelphic Society Second Floor - Room 39.

Description

The image depicts a meeting of the Adelphic Society, another of the Lyceum Societies created during the reorganization in 1881. The motto of this society was “Vita sine litteris mors est” which roughly translates to “Life without literature is death.” The purpose of the Adelphic Society was to combine culture with recreation. As such, the Adelphics meeting room was, in 1891, furnished with a piano as well as other necessities to be used for entertainment purposes (musicals and plays).

Publisher

Gibson Studio

Subject

Black-and-white photography, Women, Men, College students, Student activities

Location

Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, MI