University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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To capture the spirit of DU ... A PHOTO ESSAY 22

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for Indians, and Denver was not even a kind of beer yet, and even Old Main hadn’t been constructed. The University of Denver has been called a party school — suggesting that it is a sort of scale-model imitation of the University of Colorado. That is not quite accurate either, for it was established by the Methodist Church, and although no Pioneer would ever think of saying that he goes to Colorado Seminary', there is yet an element of Colorado Seminary in his school’s tradition; and although he may never be required to attend chapel (as was once the case), neither would he be likely to drink anything stronger than a Coke anywhere within two blocks of the campus, unless he did it on the sly. DU is not a big school; it is not a small school; it is not a renowned school; it is not unknown cither; its riots and demonstrations are not any fancier than the next school’s. So much for what DU isn't NVhat can be said about what it is? There is no way to describe what it is in a few w-ords — for the image and the individuality and the uniqueness and the final impact of the University encompass ideas too large and varied to be limited to the sort of stereotyped statement that might be made about Harvard or even CU. That is where a yearbook can be of some help. A yearbook can cover more material than any person can talk about w ithout putting his listeners to sleep. A yearbook tries to encompass the whole range of a year’s activities; it is the product of more than one mind; and in the end it is more than ideas put to words, for it presents a visual image that is second only to being there. This book, then, will attempt to catch in word and picture the elusive thing called spirit. It will try to cover everything that happened within the limits of the school year 65-66, to picture students doing everything that students at DU do. In its totality, the 1966 Kynewisbok may be able to capture the true spirit of DU. 21

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The University of Denver means mountains When a university is situated at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, one can expect that those mountains will become a part of the character of that university. So long as the mountains arc in sight, they will be a part of the school's atmosphere, a part of its spirit, and a part of its activities. As long as the student can see those mountains he will feel the impulse to go to them, for skiing, climbing. hiking, camping, or just to be there among them. And when the student is away from his school and thinking about it. he will think of the mountains, for the two in effect are one. And it means Denver When a university is in the middle of a major metropolis, the city is bound to have an influence upon the character of the school. Denver, with its architecture, its businesses. its people, its evening lights, its clear night air. and primarily with its activity, always affects the student, so that when he thinks of his school he thinks of its city, for these two in effect arc one. Mostly, it means the University of Denver More than anything else, a university is made up of the physical appearance of its ow n campus. the activities that are carried on there, and the faces of those who work and study there. The following thirty pages will let all these things speak for themselves — the alluring Rockies, the busy city of Denver, and finally the University and its students. These pages will picture the magnificence of mountain scenes, narrow ing their scope down to the city, to the campus, and finally to those minute details of life which tend to be overlooked but which silently carry meaning in themselves. 23