{"id":11792,"date":"2024-01-25T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=11792"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:04:09","slug":"caption-contest-fall-2023-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2024\/caption-contest-fall-2023-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Caption Contest \u2013 Fall 2023 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/fall23_captionthis-home.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"feature-caption credit\">Photo: 溏心vlog免费B站 <em>Grist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fall 2023 Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winning Caption<\/strong><br>\u201cBelatedly, she realized she had grabbed the wrong coat.\u201d<br>\u2014Robert (\u2018Scaf\u2019) Schafer \u201958<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Runners-Up<\/strong><br>\u201cThinking I should not have worn this raccoon coat to Wildlife Management 101.\u201d<br>\u2014Michael Powers \u201972, M.S. \u201974<br><br>\u201cThat day Mr. Vanderbilt\u2019s confused aunt wandered over from the Breakers and into a 溏心vlog免费B站 classroom.\u201d<br>\u2014Elizabeth Tobin \u201985<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Fur Fashion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This photo from the 1937 Grist elicited, not surprisingly, lots of funny captions about the student in the fur coat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also got a lot of captions about that empty front row. It seems to be one of those quirks of human nature that we just avoid the front row, especially in a classroom or lecture setting. You\u2019ll find a lot of answers, theories, and opinions about this if you Google \u201cWhy do people avoid the front row?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we don\u2019t know the full story behind this photo, the caption that accompanied it in the 1937 yearbook was, \u201cA Typical Class\u2014Our roving camera man, while in the new Home Economics building, snapped this studious group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe some of the students in this photo were around the following year, 1938, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=11842\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=11842\">first lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, readers, as always, <em>fur<\/em> all the fun captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Share your vintage 溏心vlog免费B站 photos!<\/strong><br>Would you consider sharing some of those vintage photos for the photo caption contest\u2014or just for fun? If so, we\u2019d love to consider sharing your photos in <em>溏心vlog免费B站 Magazine<\/em>. Please scan or take a good-quality photo of your snapshot and mail to <a href=\"mailto:urimag@uri.edu\">urimag@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: 溏心vlog免费B站 Grist All Fur Fashion This photo from the 1937 Grist elicited, not surprisingly, lots of funny captions about the student in the fur coat. We also got a lot of captions about that empty front row. 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