World and Community Events

Topics included: [National/International] [Town/Gown Relations] [Vassar/Japan Relations] [Vietnam War]

National/International Events

• Outbreak of War of 1812
• Henry Clay Visits Poughkeepsie
• First Telegraph Message
• War with Mexico
• Elmira College Receives New Charter
• Lincoln Elected President
• Vassar College Receives Charter
• Abraham Lincoln Addresses Poughkeepsie
• Fort Sumter Fired Upon
• Abraham Lincoln Delivers Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
• General Lee Surrenders
• Lincoln Assassination
• Meteor Display
• Telegraph Line Extended to College
• Mitchell and Students Official Observers of Eclipse
• Education Exhibit Wins Award
• Telephone Service Established at Vassar
• Vassar Represented at Exposition Universelle at Paris
• Vassar Sends Exhibition to World's Columbian Exposition
• Spanish American War Begins
• Holiday Given for Naval Parade in Honor of Admiral Dewey
• College Entrance Board Plan Adopted
• Vassar Exhibition Prepared for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
• 400th Anniversary of birth of John Calvin Celebrated
• U.S. Enters World War I
• Alumna Takes Post as Chief Nurse in WWI
• MacCracken Develops, Organizes Junior Red Cross
• Alumnae Association Votes to Send Vassar Relief Unit Abroad
• Training Camp for Nurses Opened for WWI
• WWI Ends
• Vassar Relief Unit Established "La Goutte de Lait" at Verdun
• Ruth Crawford 1912 Goes to Prague for Social Survey
• Germans Sign Treaty
• Dr. Elizabeth Burr Thelberg, Professor, Decorated by French Government
• First Air Mail from Europe to the U.S.
• Herbert Hoover Wins Presidential Election
• College Receives World Peace Medal
• Vassar Site for "Neighbors Day" Celebration
• International Women's Group Meets at Vassar
• Students Join "Peace Strike"
• Spanish Civil War Breaks Out
• Students and Faculty Participate in Strike
• Peace Conference Held at College
• World Youth Congress Held at Vassar
• Germany Declares War on Poland
• Japan Declares War on U.S.
• Trustees Approve Three-Year Plan During National Emergency
• Mabel Newcomer Attends United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
• Memorial for President Roosevelt Held
• World War II Ends
• United Nations Charter Signed
• WACs Spend "Rest Cures" at College
• Japan Surrenders
• Korean War Begins
• First Man-Made Sattelite Launched
• Students Hold Civil Rights Rally
• National Day of Morning for President John F. Kennedy
• Vassar Students Watch Beatles Perform on Ed Sullivan Show

Town/Gown Relations

• Horse Car Route in Poughkeepsie
• Students Attend Collingwood Opera House
• Charles Dickens Gives Reading
• Wagner Inn Opens
• Riverview Military Academy Holds Drill on Campus
• College Takes Part in Hudson-Fulton Celebration
• Suffrage Meeting Held in Opera House
• Lincoln Center Opens
• College Hosts "Township Day"
• Alumna Finances Dutchess County Botanical Garden
• Vassar Bank Opens
• Poughkeepsie Trolley Cars Make Last Run
• Alumna Conducts Archeological Survey
• MacCracken Lectures on Founding of College
• Trustees Approve Extension Courses for Community
• Edward R. Murrow Lectures for College and County
• Ralph Bunche Lectures for College and County
• Matthew Vassar Day Established in Poughkeepsie
• Sixth Annual "Community Day at Vassar" Held
• Faculty Members of Area Elementary Schooled Honored by Sara Gibson Blanding

Vassar-Japan relations

• Shige Nagai Enters School
• Stematz Yamakawa Graduates
• Leach Receives Gold Cup From Emperor of Japan
• Baroness Uriu Gives Gift to College
• Tokyo College Adopted as Sister School
• Prince Oyama Visits College

Vietnam War

• Silent Protest Against Vietnam War
• William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Lectures
• William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Lectures.
• Lt. Col. Arch E. Roberts, Lectures
• Anti-Vietnam War Petition
• National Moratorium.
• Anti-War Resolution at IBM's April 27th Joint-Stockholders' Meeting.
• Students, Faculty, and Administration Lobby in Washington, D. C.

Last updated February 5, 1999 by Jeremy R. Linden, '00.