Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Initiation Paddle
Object Number
2009-60-1
Description
Long rectangular paddle with short rounded handle. Front painted brown. Carved on this side "Implement of Freshman/Initiation/L.H.S. 1923/Presented to Betty Coe/by Willard Case M of C" (possibly Master of Ceremony) Back side painted black. "X" in one spot with an arrow pointed to X and words "Mark of Contact" Side left unpainted.
Comment
Paddle was found in his mother's attic in Litchfield. His mother lived next to Coe family at one time but has no memory of how she obtained the paddle.
Category
Date Made
1923
Dimensions
38 1/4" long x 4 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" high
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)