LibGuides: Photos through the Decades at Meredith College: 1960s

1960s

A student sits at a table with her hands positioned at a typewriter.

Typing class, 1960.

Seniors, 1960.

A student in a bathing suit with her hair tied back with a kerchief points a Rolleiflex camera at the viewer.

Rolleiflex camera, 1961.

Women gathered around tables, signing up for one of the two societies.

Decision Day, 1963, when students chose between the Astro and the Phi societies.

Senior class memebers dressed as fierce pirates.

Senior pirates in competition - each class picked a theme for the Cornhuskin' parade, 1963.

Four students stand outside the post office admiring newly delivered rings.

Class rings are delivered and admired, 1963.

Dorm phone, 1960s. Phones were installed in individual rooms in 1968,

Labeled as a photo taken in Chapel, which may be believed as there were regular complaints in the newspaper about the noise levels. (1963.)

Two male staff members prepare for a wheelbarrow race, while students watch from the sidelines.

Play Day competition between faculty and students, 1963.

A Home Ec student pauses in her work in the kitchen.

Living in the Home Management House for a month required rotating responsibilities as Manager/Hostess, Housekeeper, Cook and Assistant Cook. (early 1960s.)

Basketball in the original gym, 1963.

Student teaching, 1960s.

Two students relax in their room. One sits on the bed, where the plaid bedspread matches the curtains. Another sits on a nearby chair. Between them is a table, upon which is a framed photo of a sailor., the other in a nearby chair

Dorm room.

Five photographs from the 1960s with students playing card games.

Card games (bridge, rook, hearts....) were popular - especially during exams.

A student peruses the bulletin board in her dorm with news of the campus organizations.

Catching up on campus events on the dorm bulletin board.

Cheering on... something.

Five students seated on the floor share a pizza.

Pizza? Of course!

Wearing plaid bermuda shorts and a blousea student touches her toes.

Room workout, early 1960s.

A student sits on a dorm bed surrounded by books. she is dressed in a robe and holding a Coca-Cola bottle.

A 1964 newspaper photograph describing student Mary Baldwin in the midst of a term paper scramble.

A student dances and gestures toward herself.

Dorm antics, 1966.

Seven women in casual clothes sing arm in arm,

Group singing, possibly during the Astro/Phi rush, 1965.

Two women in dressy clothes approach a city bus..

Catching the bus in front of Johnson Hall.

Numerous students in summer dresses gathering around an outdoor table examining paperwork.

Book buying, 1967.

Three students in close-up in a classroom, one with her arm raised.

Classroom, 1967.

A student bends awkwardly over lab equipment.

Lab class, 1968.

A student mimics the gesture of poster behind her with Peanut's character Lucy on it.

Poteat Dorm, 1968.

Three students share a cotton candy cone at the State Fair.

Attending the State Fair, 1968.

For many years, a one-day school holiday was part of the official calendar, so students could attend the fair.

A crowd of students seated on the lawn with a dorm in the background.

Gathering on the lawn, late 1960s.

Class registration, late 1960s.

Play Day, late 1960s.

Classroom, late 1960s.

Dorm lounge television, 1968.

Relaxing, 1969.

Dining Hall, 1969.

Students ate "family style" with plates and bowls of food brought to the table.

Two students, in the distance, dash down a sidewalk past campus builfdings.

Hurrying across campus, 1969 .

On the Timeline....

1962 The new infirmary becomes the first air-conditioned building on campus.

1963 Water tower removed (February) when the city began supplying water to the college.

1963 Required Sunday attendance at church ends.

1964 Completion of Elva Bryan McIver Amphitheater. (First used on Class Day, 1964.)

1966 Barn/stables with riding ring built off Wade Ave.

1967 Meredith College and NCSU begin a program of class and library exchange privileges.

1968 Coffeehouse opens during Religious Emphasis Week.

1968 Private phones installed in dorm rooms.

1968 Saturday classes end.

1968 Bermuda shorts permitted during exam week (except in Johnson Hall.)

1968 Bathtub Ring founded by Class of 1970.

1969 Chain link fence added around campus.

1969 Restriction on partnered social dancing (with men) on campus removed from Student Handbook.