Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "colleges"

Valentine's Day Snow Sculpture, Poultney, Vermont, 1948

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:48:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of Valentine's Day - hearts, cupids, arrows, love, or what have you?

This real photo postcard features a snow sculpture of Cupid standing next to a heart with an arrow through it. A building is in the background, and two cars are parked along the street in front of the building. Two women are walking near one of the trees on the left.

The card is addressed on the other side to Edith Towey, 1744 Summerfield St., Brooklyn 27, N.Y., and it was postmarked in Poultney, Vermont, on February 13, 1948. The location of the snow sculpture is listed on the verso as "Green Mountain Junior College, Poultney, VT," and a handwritten "Valentine's Greetings" appears above the name of a studio, "H. B. Rood Photo, Poultney, VT."

According to a brief biography by the Poultney Historical Society, Harry B. Rood (1871-1960) lived in Poultney his entire life. He began working in his father's photography studio in the 1890s and continued as a photographer after his father's death.

At the time Rood took this photo, Green Mountain Junior College was a two-year college for women and then became a four-year college for both men and women in 1974, when its name changed to Green Mountain College. Ames Hall, the campus building that appears in the photo, is still standing, but the college itself closed in 2019 after experiencing financial difficulties.

Sargent Student Studying, ca. 1930s (Books)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:55:04 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

An enlargement of the bookshelf on the college student's desk revealed the following titles: Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, 9th ed., College Zoology, by Heg[ner], and Organic Chemistry.

I was able to identify the first book as the ninth edition of Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, by Diana Clifford Kimber, Carolyn Elizabeth Gray, and Caroline E Stackpole, which was published by Macmillan in 1934.

The second book, College Zoology, was authored by Robert W. Hegner and was also published by Macmillan, with a third edition in 1932 and a fourth in 1936.

Although I didn't attempt to track down details about Organic Chemistry, the presence of the other two books confirms that this photo dates to 1934 or later.

See also the original photo and a cropped version.

Sargent Student Studying, ca. 1930s (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:55:06 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A college student sitting at her desk. Notice the small "Sargent" pennant on the wall (upper right-hand corner of the photo), which suggests she was a student at Sargent College (now Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College).

For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard and an enlargement showing the books visible at the side of the desk.

Sargent Student Studying, ca. 1930s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:55:08 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of college memories (your own or someone else's).

This is a real photo postcard of a female student sitting at a desk and pretending to read a book as she poses for a photo. On the back of the card is an Azo stamp box design (with squares in the corners) that indicates a time frame ranging from 1924 to 1949.

A small "Sargent" pennant on the wall above the desk (see a cropped version of the photo for a better view of the pennant) suggests that the woman was a student at Sargent College, which is known today as the Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College.

An enlargement of the bookshelf on the desk revealed the following titles: Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, 9th ed., College Zoology, by Heg[ner], and Organic Chemistry.

I was able to identify the first book as the ninth edition of Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, by Diana Clifford Kimber, Carolyn Elizabeth Gray, and Caroline E Stackpole, which was published by Macmillan in 1934.

The second book, College Zoology, was authored by Robert W. Hegner and was also published by Macmillan, with a third edition in 1932 and a fourth in 1936.

Although I didn't attempt to track down details about Organic Chemistry, the presence of the other two books confirms that this photo dates to 1934 or later.

A Halloween Masquerade Invitation! October 23, 1920

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:10:48 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

I'm guessing that a masquerade held near the end of the month of October in the year MCMXX (or 1920 in Arabic numerals) would have had something to do with Halloween. One of the classes—juniors, sophomores, or freshmen—at an unidentified high school or college evidently created this invitation to ask the seniors to come to a party "garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion."

Also, someone used a pencil on the invitation to darken the masquerader's ruffle and add lines to some of the squares in the plaid clothing design.

A Masquerade!

When? Saturday, October 25, MCMXX at 7:30 o'clock.

Where? In the Conference Rm., News Bld'g.

Hark, ye seniors: come garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion.

Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:36:35 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. View from the East. Infirmary. Athletic Field. West Cottage. Auditorium. Grandstand. Model School. Girls' Dorm. Chapel. Central B'ld'g. Boys Dorm. Gym."

This view of Keystone State Normal School—with handy labels that identify the buildings—probably dates to the 1910s. The school opened in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, in 1866, became Kutztown State Teacher's College in 1928, changed its name to Kutztown State College in 1960, and finally ended up as Kutztown University in 1983.

For a view of the other side of the gym, see Can You Find Me? I'm in the Crowd, Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., May 22, 1916:

Can You Find Me? I'm in the Crowd, Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., May 22, 1916

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 31 May 2016 17:36:37 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Can you find me? I'm in the crowd. K.S.N.S., May 22, 1916."

Students at the Keystone State Normal School, located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, pose in front of the gymnasium more than a hundred years ago. The school became what is today Kutztown University.

For another vintage view of the campus, see Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania:

Cosmopolitan Club, Springfield College, 1926

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 03:20:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

The Cosmopolitan Club was the precursor to the International Students Organization at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield College Digital Collections contains additional Cosmopolitan Club photos from various years.

Commencement Ticket, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., March 18, 1890

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 03:29:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"College of Physicians and Surgeons. 18th Annual Commencement, Academy of Music, Tuesday, March 18, 1890, 12 M. Admit bearer."

For a similar ticket, see Commencement Exercises Ticket, June 18, 1886.

College Ribbon Cigar Box Label

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 04:07:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A colorful cigar box label.

May Day Court, May Day, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., 1934

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 01 May 2017 12:27:04 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Harpel 16." Handwritten note on the back of this photo: "May Court, L.V.C., 1934. Queen - Minna Wolfskiel. Maid of Honor - Gem Gemmill."

The May Day celebration at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, in 1934. For more information, see May Day, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., 1934 (below).

For other celebrations, see my May Day" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">May Day album.

May Day, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., 1934

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 01 May 2017 12:27:06 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Harpel 15." Handwritten note on the back of this photo: "May Day, L.V.C., 1934. Wendell and I danced around the May Pole."

May Day festivities at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, in 1934. Writing on the back of another photo (see below) identifies Minna Wolfskiel as the May Queen and Gem Gemmill as the Maid of Honor in the "May Court" that year.

Luther G. Harpel or some other photographer from his well-known studio in Lebanon, Pa., captured the images of the event (evidently there were 16 or more photos, judging by the numbering on the photos).

For another collegiate May Day celebration held in Pennsylvania in 1934, see May Queen and Her Court, Bucknell University, May 12, 1934 (below). For even more photos, see my May Day album.

Throwing Snowballs on the Normal School Campus (Close-up)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:27:50 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

For more information, see the cropped version of this photo:

Throwing Snowballs on the Normal School Campus (Full Version)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:27:52 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

For more information, see the cropped version of this photo:

Throwing Snowballs on the Normal School Campus

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:27:54 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A photo of ice skating/skiing/sledging or any fun in the snow for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a photo mounted on cardboard (see the full version below) with the handwritten caption, "On the Normal Campus."

Written on the back of the photo are the names of these four young women (mouse over the image above for a close-up view), who were obviously having fun in the snow as they posed with snowballs:

To the left of tree, Catharine Shoup.
To the right, and back, Jennie Moyer, Altoona, Pa.
To the right, Kathryn Kleckner, Mifflinburg, Pa.
In front, Lulu Patton, Warriors' Mark, Pa.

I believe that they were studying to be teachers at one of the "normal schools" in Pennsylvania at the time the photo was taken, which was probably sometime in the late 1890s or early 1900s. A normal school, as Wikipedia explains, is simply "a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers." Today we'd typically call them teachers' colleges rather than normal schools.

Given the women's names, the home locations for three of them, and the distinctive building with a tower or belfry in the background of the photo, I thought it would be an easy matter to determine what school they were attending when this photo was taken. But I haven't yet been able to place them at a specific school.

After searching Find A Grave and other sources, however, I was able to find some information about two of them. Catharine H. Shoup (1883-1977), who's holding a snowball as she stands to the left of the tree in the photo, was a teacher and principal for many years at the Irving School, which I believe was an elementary school in Altoona, Pa.

I also located an obituary for Lulu Rose Patton (1881-1932), who's pretending to fend off snowballs as she sits in front of the tree. The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa., Thursday, August 4, 1932, p. 12, reported the following: ". . . Miss Lulu R. Patton, a missionary in Canton, China, under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, died on Tuesday night [August 2; other sources give the date as August 3]. . . . Miss Patton was visiting her brother, the Rev. Charles E. Patton, vice president of the Presbyterian board and located at Shanghai, China, at the time of her death. . . . Miss Patton went to China in 1908 as a missionary, coming home about every five years for a vacation. She was last home three years ago. She was identified with the Union Normal School in Canton."

When I finally found this obituary and realized that Lulu Patton was a teacher at the Union Normal School in Canton, China, I thought surely that the photo must have been taken there. But then I discovered--alas!--that the city of Canton (now called Guangzhou) is located in a humid subtropical region, where there is no snow for making snowballs.

You Teach Each Little Elf More Than You Know Yourself

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:55:46 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

An insulting "vinegar valentine" for schoolteachers.

Schoolmistress

You teach each little elf
More than you know yourself;
And talk like a petticoat college;
To spank the little boys
Is the greatest of your joys;
'Tis thus you preside at the seat of knowledge.

For another example of a vinegar valentine, see Wretched Typo the Printer.

Breakfast in the Women's Dorm

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:58:10 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A breakfast photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

(In selecting images for the VPTP, I normally attempt to find a new photo that I haven't previously posted on Ipernity. But the frig was bare when I went to look for breakfast, so I'm reheating this pic for this week's theme.)

An early photo mounted on cardboard captures a group of young women in a student dormitory room (note the bed with folded blanket at lower right). These fourteen ladies have apparently crowded into a single room to share breakfast. Many of them are holding doughnuts, and one--standing in the corner at right--is eating a banana. Some of the students are pretending to feed each other, and a number of them have their eyes closed, possibly due to whatever the photographer used for a flash.

Various photos and artworks adorn the walls, including a print hanging in the upper right-hand corner that's derived from Heinrich Hofmann's painting of Christ in Gethsemane (1890). The blinds on the window at the back of the room are pulled down, and what seems to be an American flag is partially hidden in the folds of the curtains.

There wasn't any caption or description on the photo, unfortunately, and we may never know what special occasion or celebration it was that prompted this dorm-room get-together.

Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, Hood College, Frederick, Md., 1914

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:51:21 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

Hood College, located in Frederick, Maryland, was known as the Woman's College of Frederick until 1913, the year before this Thanksgiving dinner was held.

--------

Hood College, Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, 1914, Menu

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat and we can eat;
Sae let the Lord be thankit.
--Burns.

Grape fruit au marasquin, olives, celery, radishes, salted almonds.

Lemon sherbert, roast turkey with giblet sauce, sweet potatoes en glace, cranberry jelly, corn en creme.

Bird's nest salad, saltines.

Mince pie, pumpkin pie, nuts, raisins, mints, cafe demi tasse.

Ah, sweet content, where doth thy labour hold? --Barnabe Barnes.

Krauth Memorial Library, Mount Airy, Pennsylvania

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:32:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Reading room, Krauth Memorial Library, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia."

Muhlenberg College Lecture Course, Allentown, Pa., Jan.-Feb. 1884

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 04:16:57 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

Lecture Course, under the auspices of the Class of '84, Muhlenberg College.
To be held in the College Chapel. Lectures to begin at 8 p.m.

Jan. 21st.--Rev. Prof. M. H. Richards, "A Theatrical Part."
Jan. 28th.--Rev. E. E. Higbee, D.D., "Classical Studies."
Feb. 4th.--Rev. S. G. Wagner, D.D., "The Young Man of the Period."
Feb. 11th.--Rev. J. J. Fry, D.D., "Wanted--A Man."
Feb. 15th.--Rev. Prof. F. A. Muhlenberg, D.D., "Rhodes."
Ex-Gov. A. G. Curtin (Date and subject to be announced later).

Season tickets, $1.00.

Ex-Gov. A. G. Curtin.