50th Anniversary

Presidents Henry Noble MacCracken and James M. Taylor with Julia Lathrop (VC 1880), Mary Augusta Jordan (VC 1876), Ellen Churchill Semple (VC 1882), and Louise Lawrence Meigs (VC 1891) on the steps of the chapel
Presidents Henry Noble MacCracken and James M. Taylor with Julia Lathrop (VC 1880), Mary Augusta Jordan (VC 1876), Ellen Churchill Semple (VC 1882), and Louise Lawrence Meigs (VC 1891) on the steps of the chapel
Pageant of Athena - Hortensia
Exhibition of Physical Training - running race
Pageant of Athena - Athena
Exhibition of Physical Training - basketball game
Presidents Henry Noble MacCracken and James Monroe Taylor with Julia Lathrop (VC 1880), Mary Augusta Jordan (VC 1876), and Ellen Churchill Semple (VC 1882) on the steps of the east side of the chapel
Vassar president James Monroe Taylor on the walk on the east side of the chapel
Pageant of Athena - Sappho
Pageant of Athena - Sappho
The All-English Hockey Team before a field hockey game with the Vassar varsity team
The All-English Hockey Team before a field hockey game with the Vassar varsity team
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Lamp and the Bell, written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Vassar Alumnae Association by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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