Founder's Day

Nine-pin game, set up by students in pirate costumes
Nine-pin game, set up by students in pirate costumes
Song contest
Students in costume for the Founder's Day parade, two dressed as ghosts
Students dressed as skeletons for the Founder's Day parade
Students in costume at the "County Fair"
Song contest
Two students in costume on a horse. One of the students is in what might have been intended to represent Romani dress
President MacCracken speaking at Matthew Vassar's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, listened to by a contingent of visitors from Vassar
Dean C. Mildred Thompson at the festivities after the Founder's Day parade
Students in costume at the "County Fair"
Student conductor at the song contest
Students in costume including four in stereotypical Native American dress
Unidentified woman at the festivities after the Founder's Day parade
Students in costume for the Founder's Day parade
Students boxing at the "County Fair"
Students costumed as members of Queen Victoria's court
Masque of the Seasons dance for Founder's Day
President MacCracken dressed in a stereotypical Middle Eastern costume and Dean C. Mildred Thompson at the festivities after the Founder's Day parade
Students in costume
Students in costume
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