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Description
Members of the class of 1904 stand around a small coffin with kindling under it and sing from a sheet of paper as they prepare to burn their freshman class canes. Students identified from left to right, beginning with man with drum: Winston Dickson, unidentified, Vernon Wolcott, William Jencks, James Culberton, Lucy Atwater, and Mary Burleigh. Dean of Pomona College Edwin Norton stands behind Winston Dickson wearing a pith helmet.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) College students College freshmen Academic rites and ceremonies Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) Coffins Drum Dickson, Winston M. C Wolcott, Vernon Henry Jencks, William Leavens Culbertson, James Downer Atwater, Lucy Avery Burleigh, Mary Norton, Edwin C., 1856-1943
Source
Glass plate negative, 5 x 4 inches: paper sleeve title, "Burning Fresh. Canes"; The Boynton Collection of Glass Negatives 6015 x 4861
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