Founder's Day
Students with doughnuts and programs
Students with doughnuts and programs
Class of 1922 performing on the steps of Student's Building during the 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 at Georgia A. Kendrick's grave in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Class of 1927 at the song contest
Student at faculty-student baseball game with a basket of flowers
President MacCracken giving the Founder's Day address on the steps of the President's House
Students in costume, one in stereotypical Native American dress
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Masque of the Seasons dance for Founder's Day
Dean C. Mildred Thompson at the festivities after the Founder's Day parade
Students dressed as pirates at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume including four in stereotypical Native American dress
The Class of 1920 leading the march away from song contest
Song contest
Class of 1928 at the song contest
Class of 1930 at the song contest
Students at the faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1925 mounting the steps of Student's Building for the song contest
Faculty-student baseball game. President MacCracken is at bat
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