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Was then, still is.
Thing is, all girls carried rifles to get safely to class; it's just these ones also were on the shooting team.
I made the part up about all girls carrying rifles, but the the part about Philly being hard is no joke. When my wife went to Temple, there was a street separating the campus from slums; not just poor people, but violent gangs. The train station was a couple blocks away from the main campus, and Philly cops kept the campus and that stretch to the station, and the station itself, fairly safe, but you crossed off campus at your own peril, and the university was blatantly clear with parents that they had no liability for any student straying off campus. It was a scary place.
I've heard it's gotten better immediately around the campus in recent years - safer, anyway. Still a rough town, though.
Edit hey, I just noticed - bolts all open, too! Better discipline than most period men-with-guns photos you see.
Temple has been buying and bulldozing whole blocks for redevelopment, but there’s still spots you shouldn’t go that far north in Philly.
Gentrification is a problem, but I'm not so sure that, in this case, it's so clear it's a bad thing. Are they redeveloping with low income housing? Loss of low income housing is an issue, but there are whole areas of Philly that are essential urban wilderness. And that are around Temple was not safe space for anyone.
Second girl from the left.
Oh, that's just Betty. She was always slapdash, and had a bad attitude, too. Look at the way she's gripping that barrel... 5'10" of pure rage and hate. But she could shoot a fly's wings off at 100 yards, so she was kept on the team.
I was so sure this would morph into the Fresh Prince opening.