Vassar College Digital Library

Vassar Commencement, June 1933

Video file
Date
1933
Description
Silent film with title cards featuring members of the Class of 1915 at their 18th reunion. Events featured include the Alumnae Parade and Class Day exercises. The Class of 1873 lead the parade from Rockfeller Hall to the President's House where President H. N. MacCracken and his wife Marjorie Dodd MacCracken welcomed the reuning classes.Their son Calvin, trustee Helen Kenyon, and Dean Mildred Thomspon are also visible at the welcome. Cornelia Knowles Fitch, (VC 1873) is featured in her graduation dress at 5:15. Also highlighted is Alumnae Secretary Mildred McAfee (VC 1920). Skinner Hall and the Shakespeare Garden are shown at the end of the parade, followed by Blodgett Hall, the Wimpfheimer Nursery School, Child Study professor Martha May Renolds (VC 1915),  Classics professor Elizabeth Hazelton Haight (VC 1894), and trustee Ida P. McKean (VC 1896). The Class Day exercises included the Class of 1935 Daisy Chain. The Residential Quad is shown briefly, followed by Alumnae House, the trolley on Raymond Avenue. Math professor Henry Seelye White, Doctor Jane North Baldwin, music professor George Coleman Gow and his wife are shown leaving Commencement. Warden Eleanor Dodge (VC 1925), Emelyn B. Hartridge  (VC 1892), Elizabeth Coonley Faulkner (VC 1924), and Dean Mildred Thompson are also shown. 1915's Class Tree is followed by scenes of a garden party at the President's House. Helen Kenyon and Kenyon Hall, then under construction, conclude the film
Subject (Topical)
References
VQ 1933-07-01, Misc 1933-06-14
Details
Extent
21 minutes
Format - AV
film reel
Identifier
VCFV0023_01
English