Recently, during our usual scouring of the Barnard Vimeo channel, we stumbled upon some (perplexing) new footage of a Barnard's once heralded reproduction of the Greek games. With the cost of building another Parthenon too high and the abundant Barnard animal activists blockading any attempt at live sacrifices, it seems that the administration circa 1927 decided this would be the best way to honor Athena. While it remains unknown how often these festivities occurred, Spectrum is fairly certain the tradition met its unfortunate end long before the introduction of color film.
Barnard College Greek Games, 1920s from Barnard College Archives on Vimeo.
