• The women of Shorney Hall pose in garments that are distictively on trend for the 1970s decade.
  • Two young women walk past now-vintage cars in the parking lot behind Smith Hall.
  • Tabling at slayter for causes and events looks just the same as today.
  • Members of WDUB, or “The Doobie”, sit together. The student-run radio station has been on the air since 1953, and is still in operation.
  • In 1975, students could keep dogs on campus.
  • A professor sits at a desk in a Knapp Hall classroom. The building was established in 1968, honoring A. Blair Knapp, president from 1951-1968.
  • A student leafs through The Denisonian. The student newspaper has been in operation for 165 years, since 1857.
  • Members of the Denison International Student Association (DISA) gather wearing cultural clothing for a group photo.
  • Residents of Curtis East Hall pose together outside for a dorm photo, holding guitars and leaves.
  • Far removed from the ubiquitous lightweight laptops found around campus today, students had to use this behemoth computer.
  • Sororities put on a philanthropy event with a rather shocking and amusing title.
  • Students make their way across Chapel Walk on their way to classes. Behind them, Swasey Chapel and Observatory peek through the trees.
  • Key civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael addresses the student body. Carmichael lead SNCC, helped develop the Black Panther Party and coined the term ‘Black Power.’
  • A student purchases a textbook at the Denison Bookstore. In 1975, an average book would have cost $10 (about $50.85 today).
  • Unknown to many students, there was also a secret society of women linked to the Wingless Angels, called Trez.
  • Current students may not know a handful of sororities and fraternities that existed on campus historically, such as Alpha Phi above.