Ugly Man On Campus fundraiser

[emb021]

Originally Posted by naraht

According to the October 1953 Boys' Life (the Boy Scout magazine), the first school to do Ugly Man on Campus was Georgia Tech. (That would be Gamma Zeta chapter)

According to my researches, it started at Georgia Tech around 1942 (maybe before that).

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

According to my researches, it started at Georgia Tech around 1942 (maybe before that).

Good to know we aren't contradicting each other. That would blow our reputations for knowing everything.

OK, Gamma Zeta @ Georgia Tech chartered on December 16th, 1939. By December 1940, Gamma Zeta had already run Ugly Man and there is an indication in the subtitle that this is not the first time "This time more votes than students"
(http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream...2-20_20_12.pdf)

Actual announcement of contest was on 12-6-1940 (http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream...2-06_20_10.pdf).

So, we are down to a year of possibilities.