Posted 6:51 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2013
“We’ve Hung the Lantern” is a new book that will answer these questions and more about UW-L history dating back to 1909.
New book about campus history, buildings planned
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This photo from 1949 homecoming is one of the 225 images expected to appear in the new book, “We’ve Hung the Lantern.”[/caption]
As an alum, you’ve probably spent a lot of time on campus. But do you know why the lantern is a campus symbol? Or, how many names the institution has had?
“We’ve Hung the Lantern” is a new book that will answer these questions and more about UW-L history dating back to 1909.
Professor Emeritus Les Crocker, who taught art from 1969-2001, is compiling the visual history of campus. It’s should be released by fall and will cover 1909-1964.
The book promises to be a visual history of the campus, students and faculty. There are nearly 225 images in the book’s 160-180 pages. Crocker expects to follow up with a second edition covering 1965 to the present.