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I had to laugh at myself this afternoon. When I first saw this I thought they were verbs and I was very confused. Then I understood that they were nouns and it all cleared up:

Homecoming in 1970 provided quite a few arresting images. It was a very strange time and the pictures reflect it. Here’s the contraption they used to get the older alumni to and from far flung events:

Here’s a class reunion in the faculty club:

And what looks to be a demonstration of some equipment used in the artificial heart project:

(Note to all you old engineers: do you think that’s Hardy Bourland? And where do you think it is?)

And finally we see everyone headed out that old shell road towards the football stadium for the game. I find this image especially haunting, perhaps because of her old fashioned pocketbook. The times they were truly changing.

Bonus:

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