Davenport Rogue’s Gallery 1967-68

At the end of every school year, each member of Davenport College received a copy of Davenport Rogue’s Gallery, a booklet containing candid shots taken during the year – shots not just of one rogue, as the title might suggest, but of a large number of us rogues. Scott Herstin, DC ’69, recently found his copy for the year 1967-68, and it’s reproduced here.

It may help non-Davenporters looking at the pictures to know about a few Davenport traditions:

1. Davenport held an annual Mardi Gras party about the time of the real Mardi Gras. Prizes were awarded for the best costumes in various categories.
2. The Davenport common room had a skittles table. (I believe it’s technically a “bar billiards table,” but everyone called it skittles.) Many Davenporters became proficient at the game, and we had an annual tournament, as seen in the Rogue’s Gallery.
3. On College Weekend, Davenport held the Hudson Strode Memorial Games, most of which involved competitive beer-drinking. The games that didn’t involve beer required tactile interaction with one’s date. And some games required both.

Please click on image below to see Davenport Rogue’s Gallery 1967-68.

If you have editions of Davenport Rogue’s Gallery from other years, please use the Contact menu item to tell us about what you have.  That also applies to any other memorabilia you have from our years at Yale.  We want to capture and preserve as much as possible of our Bright College Years.  As an added bonus, this will earn you points with your significant other as you downsize your possessions.

Click to see Davenport Rogue’s Gallery 1967-68