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SmitHistory
, an annual celebration honoring the first African-American
graduate of Smith College in 1900, takes place on Thursday,
Nov. 1. Meanwhile, here are some photographs of Smith and
Otelia at the turn of the last century. (Photos courtesy
of Smith College Archives.)
Otelia Cromwell (second in line) marches with her classmates
on Ivy Day 1900 (from M.M. Roys Papers) |
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In 1900, the year Otelia Cromwell graduated,
as today, students spent nice afternoons canoeing on
Paradise Pond.
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Otelia Cromwell at her desk at 190 Round Hill Road,
home of Julia Caverno, professor of Greek. |
In 1900, students waited in long lines to enter the
Rally Day convocation in the Alumnae Gymnasium. |
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