000005975 001__ 5975
000005975 005__ 20240417112255.0
000005975 02480 $$ascrapbooks_freshman_bibs_wander_patsy
000005975 245__ $$aFreshman bib of Carolyn (“Patsy”) Stewart Wander ’44
000005975 264_1 $$c1940
000005975 269__ $$a1940
000005975 300__ $$a1 bib : painted oilcloth strung with twine ; 22 x 31 cm.
000005975 336__ $$atactile three-dimensional form
000005975 336__ $$atext
000005975 542__ $$fIN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
000005975 542__ $$uhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
000005975 590__ $$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.)
000005975 786__ $$tScrapbook and Memorabilia Collection ; Box 37 ; Carolyn “Patsy” Wander, Class of 1944
000005975 8564_ $$ybib$$99f377797-a5e2-403a-9381-13e550146bd0$$s5974333$$uhttps://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/5975/files/scrapbooks_freshman_bibs_wander_patsy.jpg
000005975 8564_ $$y1944 Eromdiks photo$$9ab896175-42d3-4165-aa03-591d05a9c08f$$s1419909$$uhttps://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/5975/files/yearbook_Eromdiks_1944_134.jpg
000005975 909CO $$ooai:digitalcoll.skidmore.edu:5975$$peds
000005975 980__ $$aScrapbook and Memorabilia Collections, Freshman bibs