Fo reword . ..

This is the story of a university and of its students. It tells of the early beginnings of
Wisconsin, the first students, the first graduating class, the first buildings. It tells about fighting
upward, the growth, and it is also the story of 1949. It tells of struggles for funds and mush-
rooming growth and the story of the centennial. The book shows the students, where they
lived, what they did, and how they thought. This is the Centennial Badger, the story of a
climb up the hill.

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