Capping Ceremony, 1940
Title:
Capping Ceremony, 1940
Subject:
VUMC History, Nursing, Vanderbilt Alumni
Description:
Freshman nursing student Elsie Hlava and Miss Carra Lou McCaskill (instructor and president, alumnae association) light candles during the freshman capping ceremony. The candles symbolize Florence Nightingale's ("The Lady of the Lamp") dedication to tending her patients at all hours. Browse related items
Date:
June 4, 1940
Creator:
John E. Hood
Source:
Mary Lou Donaldson Photograph Collection, EBL Special Collections
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Original Format:
Photographic print
Physical Dimensions:
10 in. x 8 in.
People Depicted:
Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.
Collection:
Citation:
John E. Hood, “Capping Ceremony, 1940,” VUMC Through Time, accessed May 23, 2013, https://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/throughtime/items/show/11718.
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