Title
Skidmore College, Part II
Variant Title
Skidmore College Duplicate, Part II
Publisher
[unknown] : National Bureau of Private Schools
Date
ca. 1939-1940
Physical Description
1 film reel (17:36) : color, silent ; 16mm (transferred to mp4)
Contents
1. “Three years of the five-year Nursing course are spent on campus and the remaining years are spent at the hospital” [exterior views in winter of Mary McClellan Hospital, Cambridge, NY and grounds; doctor and nurse applying a cast]
2. “Student nurse, in her outdoor uniform, teaches the mother to care for her new baby” [nurse weighing a baby]
3. “Social activities at the Mary McClellan Hospital are as important as they are on campus” [nurses with skis; playing Chinese checkers]
4. “Students have practical experience with children in the nursery school” [student on the playground of the Nursery School (19 Circular St.) with children]
5. “Athletics for all are supervised by the Physical Education Department. Those specializing may teach in schools or be recreation leaders” [horseback riding with Carl Bauer; lacrosse on the athletic field behind the Gymnasium; swimming and diving in Cochran Pool]
6. “’Skiderondack’ [sic] is the place for many of the Outing Club’s intercollegiate parties” [students skiing; eating on the porch of Skidirondack; archery on the Athletic Field; students playing tennis on the courts near the Gymnasium]
7. “The Spring Horse Show at Oklahoma Track is part of the annual May Week-End” [Drill Team; spectators, including President Henry T. Moore; awarding of ribbons]
8. “May Day festivities include; crowning of the May Queen and a Pageant, written and produced by the students” [May Day, 1939 – crowning of Doris Shults ’40; “Story of Hiawatha”]
9. “Seniors relax in their own living room” [students singing and playing the piano in the Reception Room of Skidmore Hall while others socialize and smoke cigarettes]
10. “Commencement Exercises are held in College Hall” [College Chorus singing]
11. “President Moore addresses the seniors” [procession of graduates]
12. “No matter which course the freshman decides to take she can be sure she will be well equipped to follow her career when she leaves Skidmore” [President Henry T. Moore and Guernsey Borst, Professor of Business and Commercial Sciences, lead the procession of faculty and new graduates from College Hall following Commencement, 1939]
2. “Student nurse, in her outdoor uniform, teaches the mother to care for her new baby” [nurse weighing a baby]
3. “Social activities at the Mary McClellan Hospital are as important as they are on campus” [nurses with skis; playing Chinese checkers]
4. “Students have practical experience with children in the nursery school” [student on the playground of the Nursery School (19 Circular St.) with children]
5. “Athletics for all are supervised by the Physical Education Department. Those specializing may teach in schools or be recreation leaders” [horseback riding with Carl Bauer; lacrosse on the athletic field behind the Gymnasium; swimming and diving in Cochran Pool]
6. “’Skiderondack’ [sic] is the place for many of the Outing Club’s intercollegiate parties” [students skiing; eating on the porch of Skidirondack; archery on the Athletic Field; students playing tennis on the courts near the Gymnasium]
7. “The Spring Horse Show at Oklahoma Track is part of the annual May Week-End” [Drill Team; spectators, including President Henry T. Moore; awarding of ribbons]
8. “May Day festivities include; crowning of the May Queen and a Pageant, written and produced by the students” [May Day, 1939 – crowning of Doris Shults ’40; “Story of Hiawatha”]
9. “Seniors relax in their own living room” [students singing and playing the piano in the Reception Room of Skidmore Hall while others socialize and smoke cigarettes]
10. “Commencement Exercises are held in College Hall” [College Chorus singing]
11. “President Moore addresses the seniors” [procession of graduates]
12. “No matter which course the freshman decides to take she can be sure she will be well equipped to follow her career when she leaves Skidmore” [President Henry T. Moore and Guernsey Borst, Professor of Business and Commercial Sciences, lead the procession of faculty and new graduates from College Hall following Commencement, 1939]
Local Note
A possible recruitment tool, with scenes filmed during both 1939 and 1940 – on the downtown campus and beyond – the film is in color and silent, and the title sequences introducing each scene are written in white lettering on a blue background. Presented as the full narrative arc of student experience, the film begins with arriving freshmen, progresses to daily routines and classroom settings, is interspersed with extracurricular activities, and ends with graduation ceremonies in College Hall.
Content Type(s)
two-dimensional moving image
Rights Statement
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Identifier
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