Vassar Yesterday
a group of women sit in front of Main Gate on their first day at Vassar
For most of us, our first day at Vassar is indelibly associated with hauling boxes up crowded staircases in the hotteset week of August, and the frustration is directly proportionate to how many stairs are between the car and your room. Yet the ladies pictured here appear cal, collected, and especially well-dressed for the occassion of the 1940 freshman registration. Perhaps they were light packers? According to Special Collections, standing on the left is current VQ class correspondent Blair Rodgers Major '44, and seated (eyes closed) is Mary Chapman Shearer '44. If this has sparked your memory, please write us.
Photo credit: Special Collections, Vassar College Libraries