ジーン・ウェブスターが3年生までのヴァッサー大学の学年暦 Vassar College Calendars, 1987-1890 [Marginalia 余白に]
参照可能なヴァッサー女子大学のカタログ（1897-98版と1898-99版）の記述をまとめてメモ的に書き写し、貼り付けておきます、とりあえず。
まず、下のは前に貼ったページです。
Thirty-Third Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: 1897-98 (Poughkeepsie: A. V. Haight, 1897), pp. 4-5 <http://www.archive.org/stream/annualcatalogue00collgoog#page/n647/mode/2up>
以下、なんとなく日付と事柄を左右ひっくり返して3年分記します。
1897.
September 15-18. Examinations for Entrance
September 17. College exercises begin at evening
November 25. Thanksgiving Day
December 3. Anniversary of the Philalethean Society
December 17. Christmas Vacation begins at 11.20 a. m.
1898.
January 4. College Exercises begin at 8.30 a. m.
January 24-28. Semester Examinations
January 31. Second Semester begins
March 25. Spring Vacation begins at 11.20 a. m.
April 6. College Exercises begin at 8.30 a. m.
April 7. Last day for applying for Graduate Scholarships
April 8. Essays for Helen Kate Furness Prize due
April 29. Founder's Day
May 1. Last day for submitting theses for advanced degrees
May 1. Last day for applying for Babbott Fellowship
May 25. Senior vacation begins
May 30-June 3. Semester Examinations
June 5. Baccalaureate Sunday
June 7. Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees
June 8. Thirty-third Annual Commencement
June 1-4;
September 21-24. Examinations for Entrance
September 23. College Exercises begin at evening
November 24. Thanksgiving Day
December 2. Anniversary of the Philalethean Society
December 23. Christmas Vacation begins at 11.20 a. m.,
1899.
January 10. College Exercises begin at 8.30 a. m.
January 30-
February 3. Semester Examinations
February 6. Second Semester begins
March 24. Spring Vacation begins at 11.20 a. m.
April 5. College Exercises begin at 8.30 a. m.
April 6. Last day for applying for Graduate Scholarship
April 7. Essays for Helen Kate Furness Prize due
April 28. Founder's Day
May 1. Last day for submitting theses for advanced degrees
May 1. Last day for applying for Babbott Fellowship
May 31. Senior vacation begins
June 5-9. Semester Examinations
June 11. Baccalaureate Sunday
June 13. Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees
June 14. Thirty-fourth Annual Commencement
June 7-10;
September 20-23. Examinations for Entrance
September 22. College Exercises begin at evening
November 23. Thanksgiving Day
December 1. Anniversary of the Philalethean Society
December 22. Christmas Vacation begins at 11.20 a. m.
1900.
January 9. College Exercises begin at 8.30 a. m.
January 29-
February 2. Semester Examinations
February 5. Second Semester begins
March 23. Spring Vacation begins at 11.20 a. m.
April 4. College Exercises begin at 8.30 a. m.
April 27. Founder's Day
June 13. Thirty-fifth Annual Commencement
とりあえずひとつだけ。クリスマス休暇の始まりというのは、毎年金曜日だというのはわかります。これはカリフォルニアにいるときに書いた「December 12 ロケッツのクリスマス・ショーをホールデン・コールフィールドは期待していなかったっていえるのかい Had Not Holden Colefield Expected to Watch the Rockettes Christmas Pageant」で、モーリちゃんの通っていた学校の休みが土曜日からということから、「アメリカの学校は金曜日までやってから休みに入る」のかと推測したように、年毎に曜日にあわせて日が変わるのだと思われ。その帳尻は一月の始業日を前後させて調整するようです。それにしても、｢午前11時20分より」クリスマス休暇が始まる、と細かく書くところがヴァッサー的。逆に金曜の午前11時20分まではまだ冬休みじゃないのですね。あー、それとも、アルバニーの小学校も、金曜に学校へ行って、その日の課目等が終わるとその日に休暇に入る、という約束なのかしら。
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