{"id":62641,"date":"2026-10-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=62641"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:08:22","slug":"from-the-archives-this-week-in-emu-history-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2026\/from-the-archives-this-week-in-emu-history-4\/","title":{"rendered":"From the archives: This week in EMU history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s trip through the archives reveals the \u201cBlanket Blitz\u201d of 2001, cafeteria cutbacks in 1976, a poorly attended prayer meeting in 1951, and the autumnal splendor of campus in 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p15601qs\/id\/9363\/rec\/36\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115633\/Vintage-Newspaper-Memory-Clipping-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115633\/Vintage-Newspaper-Memory-Clipping-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115633\/Vintage-Newspaper-Memory-Clipping-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115633\/Vintage-Newspaper-Memory-Clipping-767x512.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115633\/Vintage-Newspaper-Memory-Clipping.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p15601qs\/id\/9363\/rec\/36\">shout-out<\/a> in <em>The Weather Vane<\/em> references a monthlong blanket drive during the fall of 2001 in which EMU collected 1,360 handmade and store-bought blankets for \u201crefugees fleeing the fighting in Afghanistan and facing a cold winter\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p16154coll2\/id\/7850\/rec\/7\"><em>Crossroads<\/em>, 2001<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p15601qs\/id\/4688\/rec\/20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115731\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping_-50-Years-Ago-2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115731\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping_-50-Years-Ago-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115731\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping_-50-Years-Ago-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115731\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping_-50-Years-Ago-2-767x512.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115731\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping_-50-Years-Ago-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p15601qs\/id\/4688\/rec\/20\">article about overexpenditures<\/a> reports a $33,000 deficit in cafeteria operations. \u201cThere have been some changes made in favor of the cafeteria\u2019s income,\u201d the article notes, including cutting back on ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p15601qs\/id\/2265\/rec\/49\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115758\/Vintage-75-Years-Ago-Newspaper-Clipping-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115758\/Vintage-75-Years-Ago-Newspaper-Clipping-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115758\/Vintage-75-Years-Ago-Newspaper-Clipping-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115758\/Vintage-75-Years-Ago-Newspaper-Clipping-1-767x512.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115758\/Vintage-75-Years-Ago-Newspaper-Clipping-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p15601qs\/id\/2265\/rec\/49\">op-ed<\/a> about a sparsely attended Mission Prayer Meeting references a couple identified as \u201cMr. and Mrs. Kim,\u201d who spoke on campus during the Korean War and \u201cattributed the rapid growth and increasing strength of the Christian Churches in Korea to the vitality of their prayer meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf one half of the students who were in the dining hall for breakfast last Sunday morning would have attended Mission Prayer Meeting, we would have had an unusually large crowd,\u201d the writer observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p16154coll6\/id\/2103\/rec\/10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115825\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping-Plaque-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115825\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping-Plaque-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115825\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping-Plaque-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115825\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping-Plaque-767x512.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/23115825\/Vintage-Newspaper-Clipping-Plaque.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the century since <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p16154coll6\/id\/2103\/rec\/10\">these words<\/a> were written, EMU has 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