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It all started in 1915...
when sixty Catholic women organized the Catholic Girls’ Society at Whitewater Normal School, primarily a teaching college, founded in 1868. The Catholic Girls' Society met every other week on Tuesday nights to...
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In 1920 the group was renamed the Mercier club when membership was broadened to include Catholic men. The club was named after Archbishop Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier, of Belgium. ​Whitewater Normal School later became Whitewater Teachers College in 1927.
Catholic Girls' Society listed as a Whitewater Normal School Organization in the December 8, 1915 edition of The Royal Purple
Catholic Student Center
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Catholic Student Center - Whitewater (1970s)
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