Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College students; College freshmen; Academic rites and ceremonies; Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.); Coffins; Drum
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...