Blast from the past (old Bama yearbooks)

[LXA SE285]

For Bama grads or anyone who's interested, the UA library has put the 1968 and 1969 Corolla annuals online (click below; links are at the bottom):

http://content.lib.ua.edu/cdm4/browse.php

The Greek section is hilarious—more bouffant hairdos than you can shake a stick at, and the chapter synopses are a hoot.

[FSUZeta]

thanks for the link-they were fun to look at.

[tinydancer]

I love old yearbooks! I have several old volumes of The Cactus (Texas) besides mine and my parents'.

[banditone]

That is AWESOME. Thanks for posting. Do they have any others besides just those years???

Tiny, what years of the Cactus do you have?

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

For Bama grads or anyone who's interested, the UA library has put the 1968 and 1969 Corolla annuals online (click below; links are at the bottom):

http://content.lib.ua.edu/cdm4/browse.php

The Greek section is hilarious—more bouffant hairdos than you can shake a stick at, and the chapter synopses are a hoot.

Hey! You act like that was a long time ago...it was just day before yesterday!!

[tinydancer]

Originally Posted by banditone

That is AWESOME. Thanks for posting. Do they have any others besides just those years???

Tiny, what years of the Cactus do you have?

Let' see : I have 1938, 1939, 1941-1944 (parents'), 1951, and 1971-1974 (mine.) I do see them from time to time in antique malls, as well as yearbooks from other universities in the area.

[Tom Earp]

Actually this is cool!

I got a U-Mas Ag UM-Amherst, year book! Wow, it is neat! Shows the LXA Chapter House back then and the Brothers!!!!!

Ah, history is Fantastic!

TinyDancer, Nice collection!

We do collect strange things at times!

[dvs-dz]

Wow - I remember looking at my Dad's Cactus from 1950 and 51 (?). There were so many more NPC sororities then!

[Low C Sharp]

Wow, that's a glimpse of history. It's a shock to see how white the student body was. I'm sure the campus looks quite different now.

One thing that made me a little sad was seeing the Beauties. Many would be considered chunky today. It's depressing to think that we're putting young women into this crazy squeeze when just one generation ago, we all would have thought they had perfect figures.
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[AUDeltaGam]

Does anyone know what years Alpha Epsilon Phi was at 'Bama?

[LXA SE285]

Does anyone know what years Alpha Epsilon Phi was at 'Bama?

Believe it was late '40s to sometime in the '60s.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by AUDeltaGam

Does anyone know what years Alpha Epsilon Phi was at 'Bama?

According to the Alpha Epsilon Phi Chartered Chapter List.

Alpha Rho
January 21, 1948
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

FYI: No end date given.

[LXA SE285]

The girl most likely to carry a switchblade in her purse:

[sherbertlemons]

Some observations:

I really would like to know the story behind this blurb from Chi Omega:

The Chi Omeagas would like to clear up some current rumors on campus: No, we don't get seasick in our riverboat, but we do have the most outstanding pledge class on campus. No, all of us did not get married this summer, just half the chapter. Yes, you probably need a translator if you really want to understand what we're saying. Well, I mean, you know, it's a major panic!

I'm assuming by "riverboat" they're referring to their house . I can see the comparison.

In any case, that chapter seems like a hoot.

I found this in the Delta Gamma section:

...Found that we had won two awards- first place in activities for large campuses in the United States and most improved scholarship for our province (and national keeps threatening to pull us out?)

That comment at the end seems way more candid than anything I could imagine from a modern NPC chapter.

I remember the smallest chapter on my campus being plagued by rumors of their imminent closure the entire time I was in school. They didn't actually close until a year after I left, so these rumors were affecting them at least a good five years before they actually did close. It just seems somewhat interesting that they would joke about something like that. Seems to me like it would just feed rumors.

Interestingly enough, according to irishpipes' list, they were closed about a decade after this yearbook was published.

Also, one sorority chapter was bragging about nearly half the chapter having a 2.0. I'm praying that Bama had a signifigantly different grading system than the 4.0 system I'm familiar with. (Or perhaps it was a typo?)

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by sherbertlemons

Some observations: I really would like to know the story behind this blurb from Chi Omega: I'm assuming by "riverboat" they're referring to their house . I can see the comparison. In any case, that chapter seems like a hoot. I found this in the Delta Gamma section: That comment at the end seems way more candid than anything I could imagine from a modern NPC chapter. I remember the smallest chapter on my campus being plagued by rumors of their imminent closure the entire time I was in school. They didn't actually close until a year after I left, so these rumors were affecting them at least a good five years before they actually did close. It just seems somewhat interesting that they would joke about something like that. Seems to me like it would just feed rumors. Interestingly enough, according to irishpipes' list, they were closed about a decade after this yearbook was published. Also, one sorority chapter was bragging about nearly half the chapter having a 2.0. I'm praying that Bama had a signifigantly different grading system than the 4.0 system I'm familiar with. (Or perhaps it was a typo?)

Alabama was on the 3.0 system through 1975..at least... Don't remember when they switched to 4.0. The DG chapter closed at the end of the spring 1978 semester. The Chi Omega house was often referred to as a riverboat because of its resemblance to one. It still looks like one, even though they added another floor. It's interesting how small the chapters were. Now they're running anywhere from 150 to 200 members.
Bouffant hairdos? Those are pretty mild. Now when they post the 1962, '63, '64, and '65 yearbooks...then you'll see some REAL bouffants.