Remember these guys, framed by the oak leaves in front of Lovett Hall?
Here’s another image with the oak leaf frame, this one facing the other direction:
And in the same batch we find the trees themselves, quite a bit larger than I had expected, flanking the Sallyport:
I feel like these two pictures were taken somewhat later than the first one, maybe in the very late ’70s or even early ’80s. I can’t help but notice a couple of other things. The hedges, frankly, look pretty ratty. I also hadn’t known that there were hedges right in the middle of the quad where the old road had been. And what a motley group of trees along the edge–it looks like a single Italian Cypress and then some other kinds I can’t identify right now.
Bonus:
Is that the president’s elevator door?
It most certainly is. Great eye.
The unidentified trees in the quad picture are yew trees, the predominant type before the quad was redone after President Rupp’s arrival.
The “ratty” hedges had at least one socially redeeming value: the ones near the Physics end of the old road through the quad were loaded with wild blackberries in the spring.
A photo of the quad from my 1982 Campanile (page 5) confirms that the oaks trees were gone before my freshman year (’81-’82). Also, the hedges had been cut back significantly by the time I arrived. The hedges in the middle of the old road were gone.
I once lost a friend who passed out drunk under those hedges. They were like a maze if you had had enough beer. We found hi the next morning.
‘hi’ = ‘him’, and no I’m not drinking beer already this morning.
Given the plethora of (yikes!) bellbottoms in that last picture, I’d put it as more early-mid 70’s than late.
I don’t remember oak trees (or any other kind of tree) in the Quadrangle between 1968 and 1972. But then, there are many things I don’t remember from that period.
Steve Weakley
You must have been studying all the time.
Yes, I agree with Paul. This is not the 80’s. People are wearing short sleeves but not shorts. By the 80’s we see shorts worn out in public, not just for sports.
In my days of ’52-’56, the hedges were all gardenias.
The springtime bees made for interesting walking.