1. “Situated in the beautiful residential section of Saratoga; Skidmore has an enrollment of over 700 students living on campus” [views of Union Ave. with the Gymnasium; Salisbury House, 48 Union Ave.]
2. “A student committee meets the Freshman –“ [Delaware and Hudson train arrives at the station; new students greeted by upperclassmen; students getting into a taxi]
3. “– and brings her to one of the Freshman houses” [students carrying suitcases entering Salisbury House, 48 Union Ave.]
4. “At Skidmore she may choose to study one of the following [list of programs – Fine and Applied Art, Music, Home Economics, Physical Education, Nursing, Business and Commercial Science]”
5. “All of which are combined with academic study. Or she may take the regular course in Liberal Arts” [students filling out registration cards]
6. “After registration every student has a complete physical examination” [students dressed in white gowns having their physicals, including a scene with Dr. Claire King Amyot, College Physician]
7. “The Freshman receives her “Bib” [freshman receives her bib outside from an upperclassman]
8. “President and Mrs. Moore arrive with some freshmen for the Dean’s tea in Hathorn House”
9. “The day begins” [exterior view of Skidmore Hall; student in bed in her dorm room; alarm clock; waking her roommate; straightening her room and heading to the dining hall in the basement; eating breakfast with friends; students crossing Union Ave]
10. “A stopoff at the Post Office on the way to class” [students reading mail as they leave]
11. “Sociology” [Dr. Everett Stonequist at the chalkboard]
12. “Biology Laboratory” [Dr. Karl Hyde working with students]
13. “A Political Science Seminar” [Professor Mark Mohler with a group of students]
14. “Art offers a wide variety of courses” [students painting and examining textiles in the Exhibition Room of Hathorn Studio; students in the sculpture studio; students making jewelry]
15. “For research in art, a special library is found in the studio” [students in the Art Library]
16. “The Drama Department gives experience in stage design as well as acting” [students constructing sets in the Little Theatre]
17. “The student may take lessons on her favorite instrument or she may specialize in public school music and qualify to teach” [string quartet; student playing the clarinet accompanied by piano]
18. “Home Economics offers the opportunity to train for a teacher, dietician, tearoom manager, clothes designer, or an efficient home-maker” [students working in the Home Economics Lab and serving guests of the Home Economics House, including Kathryn Starbuck, Secretary of the College; dress designing in Margarette E. Griffith Hall]
19. “Students enjoy the college weekly” [students reading the February 21, 1940 edition of the “Skidmore News”]
20. “Typing, stenography, bookkeeping and the use of office machinery are included in the secretarial course” [students in a typing course; students using the library]
21. “End of Part I”