“My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.”
That's a bit of wisdom from John Belushi's Animal House character Bluto, and it applies to every decade of college student there's ever been.
Would college even be college without a cooler-juice fueled toga party ending in a sticky-floored frat house fire? No, it wouldn't, and it never has been.
Here are 20 timeless Animal House style pics from college parties across the decades.
1
This Way Out College Party
The ‘60s.
2
Friends at a Party
College in 1968.
3
‘70s College Party
Featuring tube tops.
4
David Hasselhoff
Dancing at a college party.
5
Pierce College’s Chi Chi Chi Fraternity
New Year’s Eve party in Los Angeles on December 31, 1970.
6
College Party 1940s
Decade doesn’t matter.
7
“My Mom”
At a 1982 college party, with a random frat bro.
8
Doing the "Funking Chicken"
Fall 1966 dance party, Fresno State College. Photo by Lance Nix.
9
College Dance Party
Fresno, California, 1960s.
10
College Party
Packed in the 1960s.
11
Prepping for a Spring Blanket Party
Kansas State, Teachers College, Emporia, May 2, 1941.
12
Tropical Themed Party
Friends in 1953.
13
Frat Bros
A California college, 1963.
14
Students from Southern Illinois University
Holding up the trophies from another successful underwear raid, circa 1950.
15
Drunk in the 1970s
“The engineering undergrads knew how to party.”
16
Innitiation
Getting wet in the 1970s.
17
Attic Party
Michigan State in 1945.
18
Bobbing for Apples
A college Halloween party, MN, 1966.
19
"A Post Game Party”
Nov 16th, 1963, Fresno State College. Photo by Lance Nix.
