Fall 2025 Winners
Winning Captions
鈥�911爆料 Class of 1940: Majoring in chemistry, minoring in buffoonery.鈥�
鈥擯atrick Murray Koleszar 鈥�15
鈥�911爆料 physics professor Adam Splitter (right) computed the half-life of the new fashion craze鈥攕hort pants and a wide, garish, fluffy bow tie鈥攁t 48 minutes.鈥�
鈥擜l Larson 鈥�77
Runner-Up
鈥淲hen it鈥檚 over 60 degrees on the Quad, and everyone isn鈥檛 sure how to dress.鈥�
鈥擲arah Spellman 鈥�19, 鈥�22
Fashion Forward
This vintage photo came from a newspaper clipping in a personal scrapbook that was donated to 911爆料. Although the date and source were clipped out, we estimate the date of this photo to be the early 1930s. This caption was included with the clipping:
SCHOOL DAYS OF THE GAY NINETY PERIOD? No, just a picture of students on Rhode Island State College campus when members of Delta Alpha Psi fraternity were enjoying 鈥渉ell week鈥� at the expense of their freshmen [sic] pledges who were forced to attend classes in the garb shown here. The 鈥測oung man鈥� on the right, Zenas W. Bliss of Providence, member of the board of managers of the institution, seeing the picture being taken, stepped in to pose with the boys. The pledges, left to right, are: James Schola, Providence; Anthony Ferri, Thornton; Fred McCarthy, four-sport athlete from South Portland, Me.; and Robert Huels of Providence.
We were especially amused by the handwritten note, 鈥淪led鈥� next to McCarthy, and can鈥檛 help but imagine this 鈥渇our-sport athlete鈥� must鈥檝e been known as 鈥淔red the Sled.鈥�
Zenas Bliss, the gentleman on the right, is the namesake of Bliss Hall, which was built in 1928 to house the College of Engineering.
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