Class ring, 1912
Scope and Contents
A 1912 class ring with a 14k gold band. The head of the ring is a light blue, oval stone with a stylized butterfly design and class year. The 1912 class yearbook has the same stylized butterfly design inside the cover because the butterfly was the 1912 class animal. The ring also comes with a note, potentially identifying the ring’s owner as Jane Beardwood. The engravings on the stone are backward, indicating the ring was also used as a seal.
Dates
- Creation: 1912
Biographical / Historical
Jane Beardwood was an alumna from the class of 1912. After graduating, she spent a year in Tours, France before retuning to the US to teach French a various schools and universities. She completed her doctorate in Modern Foreign Literature in 1928 from the University of Pennsylvania and briefly taught at Swarthmore College. She was the older sister of alumna Alice Beardwood ’17.
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