Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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FACULTY CLASSES DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC FINE ARTS CENTER DANCE CLASSES FRATERNITIES SORORITIES HONORARIES PUBLICATIONS SPORTS FEATURES ADVERTISING

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The original draft and layout of this pub- lication was to be 276 pages and work had progressed to complete a volume of this size. Situations and circumstances over which we had no control forced the staff of the 1947 Colorado College Nugget to eliminate these features and reduce the size of the publication to 176 pages. The features originally planned were new and had never before been printed in a publication of this type. These were eliminated because they were not essen- tial in portraying a record of the academic year here at Colorado College. FOREWORD . . .

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COLORADO COLLEGE The Colorado College is ideally located on the north side of the city of Colorado Springs and conveniently located in the residential district. It stands in a guardian position where the plains abruptly rise into the majestic forms of our towering peaks. Of these the world famous Pikes Peak is the grand commander in this mecca of the west. Colorado Springs was founded by General William Jackson Palmer, a Union cavalry general, and, shortly afterwards in 1874 the college came into existence as one of the first institutions of higher learning in the territory. The geographical location of the college makes it an ideal place for a well rounded curriculum. Here one also has the advantages of the finest in culture in the Fine Arts Center, the Department of Music, the modern dance classes, languages, and other Fine Arts. In the Schools of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences there is found complete harmony, under- standing and an informal, personal attitude existing between the pro- fessor and the student. Colorado College has developed a very fine athletic department, com- pletely free of subsidation. Here the student participates in athletics only for the enjoyment of clean sportsmanship and competition. Every student enjoys the excellent opportunities presented in out-of- doors life. They enthusiastically participate in skiing, riding, hiking, mountain climbing, skating, steak fries and beer bust. Golf and tennis can be played out-of-doors on the average of ten months out of the year. The social life of the student includes the many dances, teas, and other functions sponsored by the Independent men ' s and women ' s organiza- tions and the fraternities and sororities. Many social functions are given for the whole school by the Associated Students of Colorado College. The student has access to the city of Colorado Springs, the fashionable Broadmoor Hotel and its Ice Palace, polo grounds, swim- ming pools, golf course and tennis courts. The school is only an hour ' s drive from some of the world ' s best ski slopes and the City of Denver. These are only the highlights of the opportunities offered to the average student at Colorado College.