As the new semester starts, students in the fall of 1968 rush the cashier with textbooks and other school supplies. Then it’s back to the dorms for a change of clothes because the Methodist Student Center is hosting a back-to-school party tonight.
Later on, it’s going to get groovy, man. Lose your shoes and let your hair down.
Don’t overdo it because you’ll have to be up early in the morning. Isn’t campus lovely this time of year?
Linda is delighted that the University Complex South just got the new typewriters in. They’re super intuitive.
Lily is excited to use the dictaphone in shorthand class, the wave of the future.
Don’t worry; teachers are always willing to help students with vocabulary words.
And students are willing to point out where professors may have spilled potato salad on their ties.
You can catch up with your old friends and talk Aqua Net. No boys will ever run their fingers through your hair again.
Go wild and take a modern dance class.
But before long, those term papers will be due.
So be sure to put on that thinking cap and make it another great year of academics!
I Don't Get It 
The modern dance photo is hysterical. What an array of weird poses and not a single one coordinating with another. Hopefully it looked better in motion.
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Let’s hope. At least they weren’t twerking.
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How anyone lived through the Bouffant era without pulling out their hair…I’ll never know…
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It definitely took dedication.
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Oh many decades ago at the U of Maryland, the student book store was as crowded as your photo, Kerbey, and every single parking lot always appeared full when I circled and circled for a spot while pulling in from my nearby transfer student apartment each morning.
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Hopefully you didn’t have to pay to park in those days.
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There was a flat fee at the beginning of each semester, Kerbey, and you’d get a sticker that said you were a commuter that allowed you access to certain lots on the outskirts of the campus!
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