Pre-Spring 1968: Campus Life

Freshman Chariot, Greek Games practice, 1965. Photograph by Jack Mitchell, courtesy of Barnard College Archives.

The Class of 1968 left a campus much changed from the one they entered in 1964. A certain innocence still gilded campus life before spring 1968. The Greek Games remained a focal event of spring for which planning began in the fall.

Chariot race, Greek Games, Barnard Gymnasium, April 24, 1965. The Games focused on poetry, athleticism and stylized movement – embodied in the spectacular chariot race as four “horses” drew charioteers around the gym. Photograph by V. Sladon, courtesy of the Barnard College Archives.