Old CU
The campus climate in 1962 was one of controversy and turmoil amid debates over academic freedom, editorial independence of the student press and a recruiting scandal. Here are some highlights.
This innovative nose guard patented in 1891 by S. J. Cumnock of Lowell, Mass., was intended to protect the nose, forehead and mouth of a person playing football or a similar sport.
A popular custom originating in the 19th century, dance cards resulted from a woman’s social dilemma of choosing dance partners at parties.
It started with a loud knock on Frank Tyler’s door in the dead of night in January 1874, as the story goes.
Imagine the campus without Varsity Lake — just a deep, muddy ravine channeling snowmelt down the hill.
As Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawai’i on Dec. 7, 1941, CU-Boulder President Robert L. Stearns called an emergency meeting with students in Macky Auditorium.
