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From the 1976 yearbook: "O Gnurd, poor Gnurd, // Do you know what you really want? Do you know who you are? // You live with your books, you sleep with your vanity. // You're so intellectually inspired -- but can you feel, Gnurd, do you have any emotions at all?"

From the 1976 yearbook: "O Gnurd, mighty Gnurd, // You're so brave. // You tackle those tests and problem sets just like a trooper. // In your pocket you carry a full arsenal of pens and pencils; and on your belt you wear a 45."

From the 1976 yearbook: "O Gnurd, marvelous Gnurd, // How do you do it? // You seem to know all the Answers. // It's all so trivial, all so ... intuitively obvious."

An article in Tech Talk (formerly MIT's official newspaper which ceased publication in 2009) describing the demographics of the incoming class of 1980.

Front page article in The Tech about Professor Ting's 1976 Nobel Prize for co discovery of the J-psi particle.

Column in the Tech reflecting on campus life at MIT in past years.

Photograph reproduction of an engraving of a Lowell Institute course on quantitative analysis at MIT. The image shows women and men working together in a chemical laboratory on the old Boston campus.

Short announcement in the Tech on We-Tuh "Wally" Kwauk's impressive record and promotion to captain of the boxing team.

A collection of quotes from student leaders published in The Tech advocating for an All-Tech Circus.

Tech article summarizing a talk given by Professor Herbert Simon on the potential of AI and machine learning.

Tech article detailing a hazing tradition where Freshmen were given cold fully clothed showers after taking their first physics exams.

Editorial in the Tech speculating on the perceived decline in campus activism.