Founder's Day

Faculty-student baseball game. Geology professor Thomas M. Hills is playing catcher
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Faculty-student baseball game. Geology professor Thomas M. Hills is playing catcher
Faculty-student baseball game
Faculty-student baseball game
Faculty-student baseball game
Henry Noble MacCracken at bat at the faculty-student baseball game. Sarah H. McLean (VC 1930) is playing catcher
Faculty-student baseball game. Geology professor Thomas M. Hills is at bat
Morris dancers performing at Founder's Day
Morris dancers performing at Founder's Day
Morris dancers performing at Founder's Day
Morris dancers performing at Founder's Day
Pageant in honor of the Walt Whitman centennial entitled "At the Call of the Bird". The event was part of an "American Day" themed Founder's Day and included scenes from the country's past, present, and future. This scene includes enslavers and enslaved people and the performers are wearing
The Turtle Dove by Margaret Scott Oliver, featuring stereotypical Chinese costuming and set design. Burges Johnson (wearing solid black) played the "Property Man"
An Alice in Wonderland skit featuring featuring professors Editha Underhill as Alice, Mary Bell Cochran as the Duchess, and George Coleman Gow as the King of Hearts. The walrus and white rabbit are unidentified
The Turtle Dove by Margaret Scott Oliver, featuring stereotypical Chinese costuming and set design. Burges Johnson (wearing solid black) played the "Property Man"
The Turtle Dove by Margaret Scott Oliver, featuring stereotypical Chinese costuming and set design. Burges Johnson (wearing solid black) played the "Property Man"
Beggar's Opera
One of a number of plays and dances put on for Founder's Day
One of a number of plays and dances put on for Founder's Day
One of a number of plays and dances put on for Founder's Day
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