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<blockquote data-quote="1970 John" data-source="post: 1803930" data-attributes="member: 589602"><p>Finally, Illinois. We had been away from campus so long… So much has changed. We were on the Quad, unchanged but for the bike racks. These “green” students of today , they don’t ride? Anyway, we spoke with a student who took our picture for us, and asked her class year. Her answer: 2020. Doing the quick math, she must have looked at us the way we would have at the class of 1920, the year after my father was born, three years before Memorial Stadium was opened. </p><p></p><p>With that as prologue, the stadium had changed little from its original. For Block I—the card section—we entered from the East Gate, where the players come in now, basically just a gate, leading to the track that was still there. I never walked in the concourse in all my time as a student. North and east of the stadium, as I recall, was just grass. Concessions? All games started at 1:00 and took less than three hours. You didn’t have to leave your seat, at least with young strong bladders. I don’t even know if there were concessions. </p><p></p><p>The Assembly Hall was brand new, a year older than the Arch, and Kennedy said we were going to the moon. What a time. Basketball wasn’t my thing, however, certainly not enough to wait in line around the Assembly Hall, sharing queue time with a specified number of others, per Assembly Hall rules. </p><p></p><p>As a side note, there was one graduation ceremony including bachelors, masters and PhD. Everyone, including five(?) guests per each grad, For undergrads, the whole ceremony was, by college, stand, move your tassel, sit down, go take some pictures on the lawn, turn in your robe and get out of here. Of course, this was before they had graduation ceremonies for graduation from preschool. </p><p></p><p>One more note: I have my uncle’s diploma from his 1953 graduation from Pennsylvania State College. PSU wouldn’t become a university until shortly thereafter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1970 John, post: 1803930, member: 589602"] Finally, Illinois. We had been away from campus so long… So much has changed. We were on the Quad, unchanged but for the bike racks. These “green” students of today , they don’t ride? Anyway, we spoke with a student who took our picture for us, and asked her class year. Her answer: 2020. Doing the quick math, she must have looked at us the way we would have at the class of 1920, the year after my father was born, three years before Memorial Stadium was opened. With that as prologue, the stadium had changed little from its original. For Block I—the card section—we entered from the East Gate, where the players come in now, basically just a gate, leading to the track that was still there. I never walked in the concourse in all my time as a student. North and east of the stadium, as I recall, was just grass. Concessions? All games started at 1:00 and took less than three hours. You didn’t have to leave your seat, at least with young strong bladders. I don’t even know if there were concessions. The Assembly Hall was brand new, a year older than the Arch, and Kennedy said we were going to the moon. What a time. Basketball wasn’t my thing, however, certainly not enough to wait in line around the Assembly Hall, sharing queue time with a specified number of others, per Assembly Hall rules. As a side note, there was one graduation ceremony including bachelors, masters and PhD. Everyone, including five(?) guests per each grad, For undergrads, the whole ceremony was, by college, stand, move your tassel, sit down, go take some pictures on the lawn, turn in your robe and get out of here. Of course, this was before they had graduation ceremonies for graduation from preschool. One more note: I have my uncle’s diploma from his 1953 graduation from Pennsylvania State College. PSU wouldn’t become a university until shortly thereafter. [/QUOTE]
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