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Envelope reads "Mills college. 1916." Negative shows a group of girls in a circle. They are holding hands and kneeling on the ground with heads bowed. One girl at the back of the circle is standing up watching the others. They are on a lawn in front of a building. They are wearing costumes, either dance or excercise, which consist of a gather blouse that reaches mid-thigh and a knee-length straight skirt. (The outfit resembles a Greek goddess costume.) They are possibly practicing in a class on eurythemics. Eurythemics was a technique developed by Jaques Dalcroze (1903) which encouraged harmonious bodily movements. His system was aimed at controlling the body using a system of gymnastics combined with music. It was meant to train the student to develop an unconscious response to a musical composition and eventually to be able to interpert an entire composition through various gestures. His system influenced the field of musical instruction and ballet.