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Matthew Vassar—The Founder and the Founding - Vassar College Encyclopedia - Vassar College
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You are here: Home. Matthew Vassar The Founder and the Founding. Matthew Vassar The Founder and the Founding. The Vassars at Home. Monumental Honors": The Founder's Wish Fulfilled After 139 Years. More Than a Brewer. By the Vassar Historian. Office: Judith Loeb Chiara '49 Center at the Maria Mitchell Observatory. 169; Vassar College.
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You are here: Home. Milo P. Jewett. John H. Raymond. Samuel L. Caldwell. Virginia B. Smith. Catharine B. Hill. By the Vassar Historian. Office: Judith Loeb Chiara '49 Center at the Maria Mitchell Observatory. 169; Vassar College.
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History of Vassar College. A neighbor from Hyde Park, NY, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a trustee and friend of the college for many years. Read about FDR’s association with Vassar. And in the Guide to the Encyclopedia. Guide to the Encyclopedia. Documents and Views of Early Vassar. Student Organizations and Activities. Matthew Vassar The Founder and the Founding. Vassar Myths and Legends. By the Vassar Historian. Office: Judith Loeb Chiara '49 Center at the Maria Mitchell Observatory. 169; Vassar College.
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Vassar Traditions - Vassar College Encyclopedia - Vassar College
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You are here: Home. In her inaugural speech, president Sarah Gibson Blanding (1946-1964) observed that one time-honored Vassar tradition is "the tradition of changing with the changing times.". Some traditions have become legends—the Lantern Festival, the Senior Parlor, trips to Lake Mohonk and Slabsides, boat rides on the Hudson, the Hall plays, Class Day, and Sporting the Oak. Some of these are still listed in the current. Certain traditions are more recent, such as "Tea in the Rose Parlor," which soun...
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Years 1900 - 1909 - A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College
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The forerunner of the. The "freshman Bible," a compendium of general information about the college, was published by the Christian Association. . 1900, Jan. 7. The president also thanked Mary Thaw Thompson ’77 and Mary Seymour Pratt ’80, for a gift of $100,000 for a new Chapel. 1900, Feb. 10. The New York Times. 160; As members of their “sister class,” ’00, also softly cheered, ’02 headed for the gymnasium for the “knighting” ceremony. . 1900, April 27. The Founder's Day address was given by President Ar...
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Years 1950 - 1959 - A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College
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1950, Jan. 12. Thornton Wilder spoke at Vassar about his second novel,. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. 1950, Jan. 22. The New York Time. 1950, Feb. 9. In a speech to the Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy attracted instant press attention by displaying a paper on which he claimed were the names of 205 State Department employees whom he had identified to the Secretary of State as communists. 1950, Feb. 14. The New York Times. 1950, Feb. 15-16. President Blan...
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Years 1860 - 1869 - A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College
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Matthew Vassar bought land for his college, 200 acres at the site of a former fairgrounds, two miles east of Poughkeepsie. . Was published in America. 1860, Nov. 6. Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. Six weeks later South Carolina seceded from the Union, followed within two months by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. 1861, Jan. 18. 1861, Feb. 9. The Confederate States of America was formed, with Jefferson Davis as its president. 1861, Feb. 19. A promin...
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Years 1870 - 1879 - A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College
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Noting Vassar's relative isolation, . An eight-page student journal, criticized the limitation of outside speakers at the college to those speaking "on educational subjects:". 1870, Feb. 24. A student wrote to her mother about the confidence she was gaining from her education: "To feel capable, not handicapped, for the future is surely a pleasing sensation…" [Elba Huffman '70],. Letters from Old Time Vassar. 1870, March 15. Letters from Old Time Vassar. 1870, April 29. 1870, May 10. 1870, June 1.
