Halloween party
Students and a faculty member at a "Hallowe'en" party bonfire
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This series includes images of events that were not as large or well-photographed as Field Day, Founder's Day and commencement and reunion activities. The annual class tree ceremonies, proms, 50th college anniversary, maypole dances, conferences, protests, community work and other activities are included. Highlights include 50th college anniversary pageants and performances, the 1924 Institute for a Christian Basis of World Relations, and 1920's Township Day, which welcomed Arlington children to campus participate in athletics and dramatic performances.
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Students and a faculty member at a "Hallowe'en" party bonfire
Student at a "Hallowe'en" party having her palm read by a another student in a costume intended to represent Romani dress
Students and a faculty member at a "Hallowe'en" party bonfire
Students at a Halloween party standing around a keg of apple cider, some holding doughnuts. One student is wearing a stereotypical Romani costume
Students and a faculty member at a "Hallowe'en" party bonfire
Student at a Halloween party having her palm read by a another student is wearing a stereotypical Romani costume
Students at a Halloween party standing around a keg of apple cider, some holding doughnuts. One student is wearing a stereotypical Romani costume
Students and a faculty member with doughnuts at a "Hallowe'en" party
Group portrait of institute participants. Lists of participants can be found in the Henry Noble MacCracken Papers, Box 70
Two unidentified participants in the institute. One woman, possibly Rhoda E. McCulloch, is laughing
Marja Celina Slomczanka (VC 1925 Poland), Lydia Bucena (VC 1924, Latvia), and two unidentified international students
Two unidentified participants in the institute
Lydia Bucena (VC 1924, Latvia), Marja Celina Slomczanka (VC 1925, Poland), President MacCracken, two unidentified international students
Frederica Giang (VC 1924, China), Marja Celina Slomczanka (VC 1925, Poland), unidentified woman, and Lydia Bucena (VC 1924, Latvia)
Carolyn Wolfstein (VC 1924), Elizabeth Sornam Cornelius Appasamy, two unidentified international students, and Lydia Bucena (VC 1924, Latvia)
Helene Pold, Elizabeth Sornam Cornelius Appasamy, President Hentry Noble MacCracken, Ding Shujing of China's YWCA, and unidentified international student
Helene Pold, Elizabeth Sornam Cornelius Appasamy, unidentified international student, and Ding Shujing of China's YWCA
Frederica Giang (VC 1924) representing China at the Institute for a Christian Basis of World Relations
Carolyn Wolfstein (VC 1924), President MacCracken, two unidentified women and Stephen Duggan
Helene Pold, Elizabeth Sornam Cornelius Appasamy, unidentified international student, and Ding Shujing of China's YWCA
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