Bat men

J. Kyle Anderson, SB’28, namesake of today’s varsity baseball field, was the team’s head coach from 1935 to 1971. After playing baseball and football at UChicago, Anderson spent a year with the Pittsburgh Pirates—including six weeks in the majors—before returning to UChicago to coach. (Photography by Lewellyn Studio; UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-00232, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)

Pomp and parasols

At the University’s quarter centennial in June 1916, alumnae processed through the quads following a luncheon at the brand-new women’s gymnasium and social center, Ida Noyes Hall. Of the event, which was attended by more than 800 women, the Magazine reported, “No one has a right to call that luncheon disorderly, but it was distinctly enthusiastic.” The women sported parasols, boas, and balloons provided for the occasion at Ida Noyes, while male alumni donned paper hats and rosettes at Bartlett gymnasium. (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf3-01869, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)

Chemists bonding

Students and faculty gather for a weekly chemistry department afternoon tea. Did you have favorite department events? Tell us about them at uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. (Photography by William M. Rittase, UChicago Photographic Archive, apf4-01844, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)

Soviet thaw meets summer theater

While on a tour of the University in 1960, a group of Russian filmmakers—directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors—sit in as Court Theatre rehearses Molière’s Scapin and Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex in Hutchinson Court. In its first season, in 1955, Court Theatre performed three of Molière’s comedies—The Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Forced Marriage, and The Affected Young Ladies. Court has performed his works 16 more times since. A different Sophocles play featured in Court’s repertoire this season, with lauded performances of Antigone directed by associate artistic director Gabrielle Randle-Bent. (Photography by Charles Decker; UChicago Photographic Archive, apf3-00580, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)

Been there? Felt that?

Vivien Ravdin, AB’73, hits the books in this 1973 photo, one of over 850 by Frank Gruber, AB’74, recently added to the University’s digital photographic archive. Learn more at mag.uchicago.edu/gruberphotos. What UChicago class gave you the biggest headache? File a complaint at uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. (Photography by Frank Gruber, AB’74; UChicago Photographic Archive, apf4-04196, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)

What women wanted

Women’s Union members catch up in their Ida Noyes office in 1981. Officially founded in 1976, the Women’s Union billed itself as a friendly space where women came together for discussions, organized campus events, and pursued women’s rights reforms at the University and beyond. In 1979 they successfully advocated for improved student health services for women, in 1981 they founded a student–faculty committee that became the Forum on Feminist Scholarship, and in the 1983–84 academic year they wrote a section on policies and services for victims of sexual assault in the University’s student handbook. The organization also boasted a women’s studies library. Were you part of the Women’s Union? Share your memories with us at uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. (Photography by Bill Mudge, AB’83; Copyright 2024, The Chicago Maroon. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.)

Dial up, dial in

Students settle in to work in an early UChicago computer lab. Did you have a favorite spot on campus to check your email? Power up your modem and send your memories to uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. (Copyright 2024, The Chicago Maroon. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.)

Suncatchers

In 2004 students enjoy a sunny day in front of Max Palevsky Residential Commons, then only three years old. What was your favorite place to soak up the sun on campus? Step out of the shadows and tell us at uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. (Photography by Dan Dry)

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