"Love (a beautiful four letter word)."  (We noticed several less-beautiful four-letter words hidden within those letters, too.  How many can you spot?  Also, did you notice that this alphanet has two e's and two v's?)  From B.A.R., 1971.

One of the most Dali-esque yearbook portraits we've encountered.  From Washington College's 1972 yearbook.

A messiah complex is also known as a Christ complex or savior complex.  Be that as it may, this is Mr. Burkholder's official yearbook portrait, from Washington College's 1972 yearbook. 

"Sometimes, I’m like a cracked mirror reflecting her own image back at Alice. Usually, this is on her fifth or sixth drink. There is a crack in everything, I realize fleetingly" (Michael Dickel).  Photo from Washington College's 1972 yearbook.

Mummified by the gas shortage, the war in the Near East, and daylight."  From Piedmont's 1974 yearbook.

Here is revealed why we never leave the house without an umbrella or parasol -- to be ready to cash in on super value showers.  From The Gateway, 1978.

"This is a posed picture."  From Colorado College's 1977 yearbook.

This is the same model of hat we wear while preparing our posts, to ensure that we remain your favorite blogger on the internet.  From UNC Asheville's 1974 yearbook.

Smile.  From American University's 1971 yearbook.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to "Say Cheese." From Concordia's 1977 yearbook.

From Woroni, 1977.

This doesn't actually say "People not to be," because the message crosses to the opposite page.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the complete message.  From Montreat-Anderson's 1974 yearbook.

Before the laptop computer, there was the laptop typewriter.  From Emerson's 1977 yearbook.

Memories of college.  From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1975 yearbook.

The stress of being on television can make a person blink a staggering 176 times a minute.  But as proven here, one blinks only on television, not off of it.  It's a weird phenomenon.  From Washington College's 1974 yearbook.

"Half of the world is transparent; the other half, opaque" (Carlos Fuentes).  That means this transparent globe is half inaccurate.  Then again, no map is wholly accurate.  From Northeastern Illinois' yearbook of 1971.

"Slander, innuendo, unsubstantiated rumours."  From The Varsity, Sept. 12, 1975.

How true those words are even today: a parking permit does not guarantee a parking space.  From the University of Nebraska at Omaha's 1971 yearbook.

It looks like the reflected sign below the clocks says "colon room," and for our purposes that's auspicious, for the colon in a modern clock brings the digital realm to the analog one pictured.  Yes, this is a time travel device.  For vital instructions on how to use these sorts of photos for mystical ends, see How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

This time-bending photograph is from Lambuth's 1977 yearbook.  

The warning ring.  From Spellbound, 1977.  (Courtesy of Archive.org.)