Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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As can be seen from the picture of the main en- trance in 1900, Regis was, to a certain extent, in the country. The street that now passes in front of the gate was merely a dirt road and no houses were near for some distance. It was during this era that much of the land of the college was cultivated for crop-raising. An apple or- chard once grew where Loyola and Carroll Halls now stand. These trees were transplanted behind the gym- nasium and many of them still are growing. A field of alfalfa marked the future area of the Student Center. Fields of hay were behind the lake and other fields reached eastward to Federal Boulevard. The water for irrigating the fields was brought in through a pipe which ran beneath the street and came from its source by means of a ditch which brought water in from Clear Creek. Remains of this ditch may be seen on Fiftieth. This mountain water was also the source of the water in the lake. A sight long absent from campus. Main entrance on 50th Street in 1900. Page 11

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The Student Body in the 1880s. The senior wing of the Dormitory. The class system of the college was radically dif- ferent from what it was before 1920 and what it is today. An eight-year course comprised a scholar ' s col- lege education; the high school, which is so important today, did not exist and what passed for it was a strictly college preparatory system of classes. Four lower grades were called the academics and were distinguished by numbers; one, two, three A, and three B; they con- stituted what is now known as high school. The fresh- man year of college was known as Humanities, the sophomore as Poetry, the junior as Rhetoric, the senior as Philosophy. No diploma was given at the end of high school and only one degree at the end of col- lege, the Bachelor of Arts. For the purpose of activi- ties, the grounds were divided into the Senior Yard for the more mature students whether they were in college or not. The Junior Yard was for all the smaller boys who were not as physically and mentally mature as those in the Senior Yard. The small picture shows the Senior dormitory in the Administration Building. This was located in the west end of the fourth floor. The other dormitories were located on the rest of the fourth floor. The stage at the end of the room was used for plays, debates, and graduation. The area has been va- cated, made into private rooms and is now used for rooms for the faculty. Page 10

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The term Colorful Colorado needs no more ex- planation than in the fall of the year when the aspen turn gold. This scenery backed by the timeless moun- tains lures the scholars from their texts and into the hills each fall. Red Mountain Page 12