Old CU

  • CU Cottonwood trees in 1909
    91´«Ă˝'s largest concert hall began construction in 1909. It was completed in 1922.
  • David Bolen finishing Men's 400 at 1948 Olympics
    CU has had over 85 Olympians. It all started with David Bolen.
  • SATC camp at 91´«Ă˝ during Spanish Flu
    During the 1918 flu epidemic, the visiting Student Army Training Corps who lived in the Armory were dispersed into “barracks-like tents” so the building could be used as a hospital.
  • George Norlin fly fishing collection
    George Norlin is famous for many things around CU's campus, but you might not know just how much he loved to fish.
  • Norlin Postcard 1954
    Vintage postcards dating as far back as 1911 speak to the Norlin Charge, first read in 1935: "The University consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are thinkg of you touched by her influence and who carry on her spirit."
  • Old CU photo on Farrand Field
    Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, 91´«Ă˝ became the first university in the nation to open a student-led Environmental Center. The day coincided with the nation’s inaugural Earth Day.
  • Old Chip costume
    CU students have performed as varying versions of Chip, 91´«Ă˝â€™s character buffalo mascot, since the 1980s. 
  • Simon Guggenheim
    Most of the buildings on CU’s old quad are named for past CU presidents, faculty, deans and regents. Then there’s Guggenheim.
  • old homecoming window display
    From the 1920s and through the 1950s, a window-display mastermind joyfully created spectacular scenes in his hardware store on what is now the Pearl Street Mall. 
  • ralphie cover
    It wasn’t much to look at, but it was the start of a 91´«Ă˝ institution. The first issue of this magazine appeared as The Colorado Alumnus in May 1911.
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