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The symbolism here is pretty obvious: college graduates are the new aristocracy in America. 1928 was on the cusp of the Great Depression; I would imagine that the 30s and World War II marked a sea change in American eduction, moving it toward the populism it embodies today. There are probably very few college yearbooks today that would draw such allusions to British nobility. Maybe Yale.

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