The decade of the thirties has links to the pages of ten graduating classes starting with 1930 and ending with 1939.

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As the decade of the thirties began on Jan. 1, 1930:

Top Headline of the Quarter:
CHARLES EVENS HUGHES IS NAMED BY PRESIDENT HOOVER TO SUCCEED WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. AN INTERNATIONAL NAVAL CONFERENCE MEETS IN LONDON TO CONTINUE THE WORK BEGUN AT THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE OF 1921-22.

Prices:
House $7,146, Car $525, Milk $.56, Gas $.25, Bread $.08, Stamp $.02, Average Income $1,612, Dow 165.

President: Herbert Hoover  Vice President: Charles Curtis

In 1930, the following made headlines:

The Nazi party places second in German elections, but Adolf Hitler is kept from his seat in the Reichstag because he is an Austrian citizen.

Over 1,300 American banks fail and unemployment exceeds 4 million as the Depression sinks lower.

As the decade of the thirties closed on Dec. 31, 1939:

Top Headline of the Quarter:
THE FIRST CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN, THE VANGUARD OF WHAT WILL BE MILLIONS OF NORTH AMERICANS WHO WILL GO TO FIGHT IN EUROPE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939. THE U.S.S.R. INVADES FINLAND AND BOMBS ITS CAPITAL, HELSINKI.

Prices:
House $6,416, Car $750, Milk $.49, Gas $.19, Bread $.08, Stamp $.03, Average Income $1,837, Dow 150.

President: Franklin Roosevelt  Vice President: John Garner

From the Quill Annuals of the thirties:
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