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000005979 245__ $$aFreshman bib of Barbara Ann Freedman '51
000005979 264_1 $$c1947
000005979 269__ $$a1947
000005979 300__ $$a1 bib : painted oilcloth ; 23 x 31 cm.
000005979 336__ $$atactile three-dimensional form
000005979 336__ $$atext
000005979 542__ $$fIN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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000005979 590__ $$aSkidmore's incoming freshmen underwent several initiation rituals, and one was the wearing of the freshman bib. As described in the "College Traditions" section of the 1942–43 Student Handbook, "each entering student is given an oil cloth bib bearing her name and address, which she is required to wear the first few weeks of college. This amusing custom has a real purpose in enabling freshmen to identify each other and in accelerating acquaintance, and in enabling upperclassmen to identify them." In 1940, after completion of the Handbook test by freshman, the sophomores (Class of 1943) initiated a bib-burning ceremony, "an innovation of a new tradition, in place of the former "Hazing Day," which took place around a communal bonfire on the lawn between Newman House and Griffith Hall (see "Skidmore News," October 30, 1940, p.1 and October 23, 1942, p.1 for vivid descriptions and "Skidmore News," April 29, 1942, p.3 for an image). (Also, see bulletin "Going to Skidmore" February, 1948 p.1; Bolster_51_270_2; Bolster_10_980_2; Bolster_6669_2; Bolster_9318_5 for examples of students wearing their freshman bibs.)
000005979 786__ $$tScrapbook and Memorabilia Collection ; Box 52 ; Freshman bibs, 1932-1964
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000005979 8564_ $$y1951 Eromdiks photo$$974ae9d77-6d64-4c06-b6f1-1587f28d5c68$$s2025445$$uhttps://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/5979/files/yearbook_Eromdiks_1951_081.jpg
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000005979 980__ $$aScrapbook and Memorabilia Collections, Freshman bibs