{"id":25208,"date":"2022-11-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=25208"},"modified":"2022-09-27T18:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:06:48","slug":"warhawk-almanac-beginning-of-the-royal-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/25208","title":{"rendered":"Warhawk Almanac: Beginning of the Royal Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first edition of the Royal Purple was released in early November 1901 at the Whitewater Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater). The paper was originally started as a monthly literary newspaper and was sold for seventy-five cents a copy.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Royal Purple, 1901, in 1901 Royal Purple (Whitewater: University of Wisconsin Whitewater, November, 1901), 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The first edition of the Royal Purple covers different events happening on campus in November and December of 1901. The \u201cAureolan Notes\u201d updates the Whitewater community on the Aureola Society on their member numbers. The Aureola Society was started three years before, in 1898, as a literary society. The organization still exists today but was renamed Alpha Sigma Sorority in 1931. There are also several different short stories within the first edition including \u201cIn Old Virginia and \u201cSpreading Summer.\u201d The first edition also includes information about other campus organization meetings, sports updates, and advertisements for local businesses.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Organizations, 1968, in 1968 Minnieska (Whitewater: University of Wisconsin Whitewater, 1968), 194<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since 1901, the Royal Purple has had some changes over the years. The paper changed from quarterly to a weekly newspaper in 1913. The December 14, 1967 edition of the newspaper featured color in its front page for the first time in the paper\u2019s history.[3]<\/a> Today, articles for the Royal Purple are published every Monday on their website. Paper copies are also distributed quarterly around the campus and the city of Whitewater. The Royal Purple office is currently located in McCutchan hall and now has been a campus organization for over a hundred and twenty years.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anderson Library Archives and Area Research, Anderson Library, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Anderson Library Archives and Area Research, Anderson Library, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ogranizations<\/em>, 1968, in 1968 Minnieska (Whitewater: University of Wisconsin Whitewater, 1968), 194<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Purple<\/em>, 2001, in 1901 Royal Purple (Whitewater: University of Wisconsin Whitewater, 1901), 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> \u201cAbout\u201d Royal Purple, <\/em>retrieved from https:\/\/royalpurplenews.com\/about\/office\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> Royal Purple <\/em>(Whitewater, WI.) November 1901.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> Penny Meuhl, eds., Minnieska <\/em>(Whitewater, WI: UW-Whitewater, 1968) 59:194.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> \u201cAbout\u201d Royal Purple, <\/em>retrieved from https:\/\/royalpurplenews.com\/about\/office\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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