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In 1964 - 1968...

Students received a Freshman Handbook
Students had curfews: regular closing hours of halls from Sunday to Thursday was 11pm, Fridays at 12 midnight and Saturdays at 1am.
Students were allowed “education lates” and “social lates”.
They had a grocery store nearby called All-Star Dairy that sold groceries, fruits and baked goods!

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In 1964 - 1968...

Students had to wear skirts for evening meals and for trips to Holyoke!
$400 was a conservative budget to cover expenses for the year, other than board and tuition. ($400 in 1968, has the same buying power as $2800 in 2017.)

Fathers Week End (instead of Family & Friends Weekend in 2017): a special weekend for fathers and daughters to attend lectures, plays, water shows, dances and other activities.
There were special dinner-dance “mixers” with male colleges (Yale, Amherst, Williams, Harvard, etc).

Number of “Special Foreign Students” (international students) in the Class of 1968: 16

Class of 1968’s J-SHow

At Senior Ball Weekend in 1968, there were 2 dances and a screening of a film called, “Judgement at Nuremberg.”

Campus map circa 1964-1968

In 2017…

Students are expecting to eat our meals at SuperBlanch! A centralized dining hall that is currently under construction.

In 2017...

It has Tower Theater
Iya Sushi and Noodles restaurant
Odyssey bookstore where students often purchase their textbooks at the beginning of semesters

In 2017...

Students register and take classes in any of the five colleges nearby - University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Amherst College, Hampshire College, and Smith College
Free and frequent transportation known as PVTA takes student among the Five College Consortium

In 2017...

The entire campus came together to speak about diversity
There were several sessions that were catered towards all types of different students MHC has.
Highlight of the conference was The keynote speaker Dr. Lamont Hill