Founder's Day
Song contest
Song contest
A student riding in the bicycle contest
Henry Noble MacCracken at bat at the faculty-student baseball game. Sarah H. McLean (VC 1930) is playing catcher
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1922 performing at the song contest
Faculty-student baseball game, played behind Josselyn Hall
Students in costume for the Founder's Day parade, one dressed as Charlie Chaplin
Students in costume
Students in costume at the "County Fair"
Song contest
Song contest
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students at the faculty-student baseball game
Students dressed as crew boat racers with field hockey sticks as paddles
Class of 1920 with the winning banner at the song contest
Dean C. Mildred Thompson dressed in wings and a halo at the festivities after the Founder's Day parade
Students in costume, three in stereotypical Native American dress
Class of 1928 at the song contest
Students boxing at the "County Fair"
Class of 1924 at the song contest
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