Founder's Day

Class of 1924 at the song contest
Class of 1924 at the song contest
Class of 1928 at the song contest
Song contest
Class of 1926 at the song contest
Students with doughnuts and programs
Class of 1925 performing at the song contest
Students dressed as pirates at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume for the Founder's Day parade, two dressed as ghosts
Students in costume including four in stereotypical Native American dress
Students costumed as members of Queen Victoria's court
Students in costume, two in stereotypical Native American dress, one in dark makeup
Students in costume, two in what might have been intended to represent Romani dress
Class of 1924 at the song contest
President MacCracken at the faculty-student baseball game
Students of the Class of 1924 in costume, most likely at a faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Student wearing dark makeup and dressed as a pirate at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume for the Founder's Day parade
Masque of the Seasons dance for Founder's Day
Song contest
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