Clips of raw footage from the preparation for and beginning of the inauguration of Frances Fergusson as President of Vassar College. Includes visitors and trustees mingling in the Rose Parlor and hallways of Main Bulding; (2:40) the President-elect in her offices; (4:45) Virginia Smith helping Mary Draper Janney with her regalia; (7:15) Dixie Sheridan managing operations outside of Main; and the procession exiting Main and proceding down Main Drive, then past the Chapel and across the lawns to the Outdoor Theater.