Step Right Up...and buy Tom Waits' high school yearbook - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Wed, Feb 15, 2006 4:34 PM I have also purchased a handful of past yearbooks over the years. I love it when you see an image and caption that would today upset many people. This picture is from some Kansas college yearbook, early 1950's. The caption reads "Whistles, wolfcalls, and loud counting greet a pretty party of the first part as she strolls by the Green Hall steps." Does anyone know what 'loud counting' refers to? My favorite yearbook of all time though, is the 1960 Drake University Yearbook from Des Moines, Iowa. What makes it special is that all of the group photos are done with people placed in interesting positions, and shot from neat angles, rather than simply lining people up and doing a shot. Here is a sample.... The same yearbook shows a sense of humor too. I don't know what the story is with this Willie Windsor guy .... The most bizarre images are from a two page spread of the science department, where they present some pictures of students dissecting dead cats. The following picture of a pretty woman in an argyle sweater covers an entire 13" x 9" page .... That same Drake yearbook had a couple pages dedicated to beatnik poetry - Drake University must have been an oasis of alternative Midwestern hipness in 1959/60. Vern

I have also purchased a handful of past yearbooks over the years. I love it when you see an image and caption that would today upset many people.

This picture is from some Kansas college yearbook, early 1950's. The caption reads "Whistles, wolfcalls, and loud counting greet a pretty party of the first part as she strolls by the Green Hall steps." Does anyone know what 'loud counting' refers to?

My favorite yearbook of all time though, is the 1960 Drake University Yearbook from Des Moines, Iowa. What makes it special is that all of the group photos are done with people placed in interesting positions, and shot from neat angles, rather than simply lining people up and doing a shot. Here is a sample....

The same yearbook shows a sense of humor too. I don't know what the story is with this Willie Windsor guy ....

The most bizarre images are from a two page spread of the science department, where they present some pictures of students dissecting dead cats. The following picture of a pretty woman in an argyle sweater covers an entire 13" x 9" page ....

That same Drake yearbook had a couple pages dedicated to beatnik poetry - Drake University must have been an oasis of alternative Midwestern hipness in 1959/60.

Vern

Post #214864 by ikitnrev on Wed, Feb 15, 2006 4:34 PM