Celebrations for the 1968 College Bowl, January 8, 1968. President Martha Peterson receiving silver trophy from General Electric Vice President John A. Spencer, while Prof. Richard Norman (coach) and members of Barnard College Quiz Bowl championship team look on. They won $19,000 in scholarship money. Photograph by Joseph Gazdak, courtesy of the Barnard College Archives.
In January 1968, the campus celebrated Barnard’s success on television’s College Bowl, a prestigious, academic quiz competition. Barnard’s team retired as five-time undefeated champions—the first all-women’s team to do so.
Vera Hiebler and Marilyn Ross ’65 balancing books atop their heads in posture class, Barnard Gymnasium, 1962. Courtesy of the Barnard College Archives.
At least through 1965, Freshmen competed in the annual “Posture contest.” The Physical Education Department's focus on proper body movement culminated in the freshman "Posture Contest" held in January. A panel of professors and staff picked the freshman with the best form.
Posture Contest, Barnard Gymnasium, January 6, 1956. Courtesy of the Barnard College Archives.
