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Camera operator John Traise working with producer-director Ralph Schwarz on composing a shot of Asa Packer, portrayed by Dave Bedell

Dancers, musicians, and vocalists performing

Audience members on the steps of Grace Hall

Director-producer Ralph Schwarz working with film reels

Photographer John Traise on stand

Director-producer Ralph Schwarz and second man adjust lights as performers look on

View of set

Stagehands working on set

Director-producer Ralph Schwarz on telephone

Half of panoramic view of set

Stagehand tightening bolts on set

Actor Dave Bedell in costume as Asa Packer

Stagehands building set

Performers dancing

David Bacon working with projector backstage (Donald De Lorenzo)

This thesis looks at class traditions of students at Lehigh University from the founding of the institution in 1865 until the early 1970s, specifically examining how and why they waxed and waned through the years. Traditions for and by students were readily embraced by the undergraduates. Examples included the Calculus Cremation, the cane rush, freshman/sophomore hazing rituals, and campus rules, such as the one dictating the wearing of a freshman hat known as a dink.

Men and women on lawn reviewing documents

Group of performers with (L to R) director of still and motion picture photography Herbert D. Kynor, Jr., camera operator John Traise, director-producer Ralph Schwarz, and musical director William Schempf

Stagehands unloading equipment from truck

Director-producer Ralph Schwarz with musical director William Schempf working with motion picture equipment

Students dancing

Stagehands working on set