F Club Makes a Comeback in History
F Club Members Standing in a Field (Photograph from Frankie Hall Collection, 1942-1998)
A new exhibit is coming to the Mary Lou Norwood Reading Room in Strozier Library and introduces today’s Florida State University students and faculty to the F Club.
From the time of its start in 1913 and later official organization in 1920, the F Club not only encouraged athletic participation but also honored those students with multiple outstanding athletic achievements. In coordination with the Odd and Even teams, F Club membership required participation and a varsity “F” letter before the goating and initiation processes could begin. Already immersed in the history of our school, F Club stands as a beacon of women’s athletics.
Frankie Hall and Anna Giese (Photograph from Frankie Hall Collection, 1942-1998)
This club offered recognition to female athletes in a number of different activities including volleyball, basketball, soccer, field hockey, swimming and even modern dance and archery. Likewise, we are recognizing not only the F Club but also the women involved in our new exhibit which addresses the clubs system of membership. This display includes information and artifacts surrounding the processes of F Club Goating, Initiation, Membership, and the rare F Club Emblem along with many of its 32 recipients.
As many of its members were influential students on campus, F Club acted as a connected web of both Odds and Evens and the many other organizations at Florida State College for Women–cementing its place in our schools history.
Audrey Perry, Jo Guthrie, Catherine Gallagher, Babe Evans, and Amarene Thompson (Photograph from Frankie Hall Collection, 1942-1998)
