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14 Responses to ““Famous Moment”: Agnes Scott College Defeats Princeton University in 1966 College Bowl”

1. altmod says:

   May 6, 2012 at 11:49 am

   Very exciting! The boys looked dumbfounded. The commercials were great too.
2. Caesar's Dad says:

   May 6, 2012 at 8:19 pm

   Mad Men indeed.
3. iheartnelliebelle says:

   May 6, 2012 at 9:41 pm

   So cool — thanks for posting!
4. annabelle says:

   May 6, 2012 at 10:32 pm

   The woman second from the left is this GSU professor, right?
   http://www.english.gsu.edu/people.php?req=snow
   • yippee says:

     May 7, 2012 at 9:02 am

     Yes, you are correct.
5. Darin says:

   May 7, 2012 at 9:05 am

   This is so great — thanks for sharing it. That’s very cool to see Snow is a professor at GSU.
6. At Home in Decatur says:

   May 7, 2012 at 9:19 am

   I have totally revised my image of Agnes Scott during that time period. I have always assumed that it was sort of a formal tea, finishing school type of place back then. Evidently not, those women looked pretty sharp, fun, and feisty for those times. Agnes Scott just seems like such a cool place.
   • nelliebelle1197 says:

     May 7, 2012 at 9:33 am

     I am still mad I had to graduate.
     • At Home in Decatur says:

       May 7, 2012 at 9:38 am

       I’m trying to figure out a way to attend. I’m pretty good at quiz shows and would be an asset if AS ever got on another one. I did look at one grad program. Unfortunately, saving for offspring’s college and our retirement prohibits my current academic development, especially since it would be more to develop my love of AS than my career. At the least, I hope one of my children will attend. It will be a challenge for my son who seems unlikely to change sex.
       • nelliebelle1197 says:

         May 7, 2012 at 9:42 am

         Why are you paying for their college? Pay for your own second degree and make them take out loans
         • At Home in Decatur says:

           May 7, 2012 at 12:57 pm

           That was always my theory. I never thought my parents owed me anything since it appears that they have arranged things so that they should never be dependent on me or my siblings in their old age. But loans are getting harder to get even if students are willing to take on the debt….
           • Dave says:

             May 7, 2012 at 1:37 pm

             This could be an entirely new thread all by itself.

             My first job, at 16 and with an employer who chose to ignore child labor laws, paid $2. That was a 40 cent premium over minimum wage. It doesn’t sound like much now, but it bought better than six gallons of gas. I had to work about 350 hours of work to pay for one year of in-state tuition and fees. Most of my money back then went to cruising and saving for college, and I was able to cover 90% of my undergraduate expenses.

             One hour at a minimum wage job today won’t buy two gallons of gas. Annual tuition and fees at UGA runs about $9,500 per year, or the equivalent of about 1,300 hours of minimum wage work. There is no way for a kid today to fund his/her own education and graduate with zero loans unless that individual receives serious parental help. (Tuition at Agnes Scott is over $33 thousand. One would have to work over twelve years full-time at a minimum wage job to pay for four years of tuition plus room and board there.)
7. Allison says:

   May 7, 2012 at 12:42 pm

   I have seen this clip about a bazillion times over the years (it’s legendary in the ASC community), and I STILL haven’t gotten tired of it.
8. FMFats says:

   May 7, 2012 at 3:55 pm

   My all time favorite College Bowl team was Reed College in Portland. Four beatniks in suits.