{"id":232,"date":"2026-02-11T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/kirkbuilding\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:19:54","slug":"photo13","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/kirkbuilding\/photo13\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tModern Dance Club\t<\/h2>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/kirkbuilding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/02\/Echo_1967_p084-918x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers posed in all black in Kirk Gym.\" title=\"1967-modern-dance-group\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p><strong>Modern Dance Club during 1966-67 school year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Modern Dance Club was a special interest group under the Women&#8217;s Recreation Association.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/kirkbuilding\/wp-content\/plugins\/beaver-builder-lite-version\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/kirkbuilding\/wp-content\/plugins\/beaver-builder-lite-version\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/kirkbuilding\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2026\/03\/moderndanceclubecho1968.png\" alt=\"moderndanceclubecho1968\" title=\"moderndanceclubecho1968\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>The objective of the Women&#8217;s Recreation Association is to provide opportunities in recreational activities, dance, gymnastics, and a variety of sports to all women students of the college. WRA sponsors volleyball, softball, basketball and individual and dual all-school tournaments. Basketball and volleyball sports days are held throughout the year with teams from Missouri and Iowa being represented.<\/p>\n<p>WRA also sponsors several groups including Field Hockey and Modern Dance. Modern Dance is an activity which takes the form of creative art. 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