Sophomore Party

Students, including one person in blackface, setting up lighting in the balcony of Students' building for the skit show presented by the Class of 1934 to the Class of 1935
Students, including one person in blackface, setting up lighting in the balcony of Students' building for the skit show presented by the Class of 1934 to the Class of 1935
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Performance by the Class of 1934
Group portrait of the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer for the Class of 1934
Personal camera footage from Founder's Day 1931 and 1932 as well as Class Day 1932. Scenes from Founder's Day 1931 begin with a treasure hunt, followed by the faculty-student baseball game, the hoop-rolling contest (won by Marcia Wheelock, VC 1931), and dancing the Virginia Reel to a performance by
Personal camera footage of campus and the academic processional on commencement day, 1934, followed by scenes of a senior and her family. The family could be the Pogues of Cincinnati, Ohio. Virginia Pogue Weinland graduated in 1934, and her sister, Margaret Pogue Macneale, graduated in 1936
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