Off to college soon and looking for a place where the students like having fun. Plenty of time to study later. Imagery from the “Maid of Athens” 1923 yearbook of what was then Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University) in Athens, Alabama in the United States.

Joining the sisters of Sigma Delta for dinner, a few of the girls being very fashion forward with the ribbons that you wore tied across the middle of your forehead. As opposed to a headband kind of thing. Very chic in the 1920s. At least one young lady has an Art Deco era feather fan. Athens College for Young Women, Athens, Alabama. Page 74 of the 1923 edition of the “Maid of Athens,” yearbook (annual) of the Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University), Athens, Alabama. Collections of Athens State University. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/maidofathens1923athe/page/74/mode/1up

Processing under an arch of ribbons with the sisters of Phi Sigma. Athens College for Young Women, Athens, Alabama. Page 75 of the 1923 edition of the “Maid of Athens,” yearbook (annual) of the Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University), Athens, Alabama. Collections of Athens State University. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/maidofathens1923athe/page/75/mode/1up

Singing in the Club or drumming in the Orchestra. Athens College for Young Women, Athens, Alabama. Page 95 of the 1923 edition of the “Maid of Athens,” yearbook (annual) of the Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University), Athens, Alabama. Collections of Athens State University. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/maidofathens1923athe/page/83/mode/1up

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