{"id":12424,"date":"2024-07-11T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/11\/exams-in-the-gym-1969-70\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:44:58","slug":"exams-in-the-gym-1969-70","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/11\/exams-in-the-gym-1969-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Exams in the gym, 1969\u201370"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro-copy-with-divider\">During the 1969\u201370 academic year, students gathered for exams in Stoddard Hall \u2014 then the University\u2019s gymnasium, now the main dining hall in the Higgins University Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo from the <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/pasticcios\/42\/\">1970 Pasticcio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-dark-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-434887c88b9d463115b1d71d6d268fcb is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-intro has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/pasticcios\/\">See more Clark University yearbooks \u00bb<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; During the 1969\u201370 academic year, students gathered for exams in Stoddard Hall \u2014 then the University\u2019s gymnasium, now the main dining hall in the Higgins University Center. 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