Founder's Day

Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
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Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Student at faculty-student baseball game with a basket of flowers
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students with doughnuts and programs
An unidentified woman placing a wreath on Georgia A Kendrick's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, which was visited by a contingent from Vassar on Founder's Day
The faculty team at the faculty-student baseball game. Members included President MacCracken. College treasurer Raymond Guernsey, assistant treasurer George Polk, and professors Oscar Imer (French), Philip Davis (Classics), Thomas Hills (Geology), E. David Fite (Political Science), and Paul Northrup
The students's team at the faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1925 at the song contest
Two students in costume on a horse. One of the students is in what might have been intended to represent Romani dress
Students in costume including four in stereotypical Native American dress
Masque of the Seasons dance for Founder's Day
Henry Noble MacCracken and Marjorie Dodd MacCracken at the Founder's Day "County Fair" with students in the background wearing costumes, including one person in blackface
Faculty-student baseball game. President MacCracken is playing catcher
Students in costume, one on a horse. Others are in what might have been intended to represent Native American dress
Students gathered on the steps of Students Building for the song contest
Students with horns and drums at the baseball game, costumed as clowns or possibly the pantomime character Pierrot
Class of 1929 at the song contest
Henry Noble MacCracken at the faculty-student baseball game
Faculty-student baseball game
Faculty-student baseball game
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