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Students Then and Now March 2014

Take a look at the photo below. This is an image of a usual campus scene in 1964. In this photo, students rush to class or hurry to their parked cars or into the library at the right side of the picture. The day is warm, probably Spring, and students seem distracted by their studies, the change in the seasons, or each other. One student in the foreground seems to be checking his watch, others seem lost in their own thoughts. Here is a moment in time, fifty years ago, held forever in this frozen image....

University of Detroit Tower Yearbook Collection annual, campus, education, students, university, yearbook Linda Papa Updated: March 5, 2014

William Still — Black Abolitionist February 2014

This month we celebrate Black History. As part of that celebration, our DVD of the week (titled “Underground Railroad: the William Still Story”) highlights a book by William Still. As it happens, William Still is one of my favorite Black Abolitionists. He is called an “unsung hero” and that he was. I’d wager that not too many people have heard of him. Yet his speeches, delivered during the late 1850s and early 1860s, are some of the most eloquent I’ve read....

Black Abolitionist Archive abolition, African Americans, black abolitionist, black history, education, heritage, history, slavery Linda Papa Updated: February 5, 2014

The Take-Over Generation June 2013

In 1962, Life published a special edition of its magazine called “The Take-Over Generation.” This featured the “100 most promising young professionals in the midcentury,” and focused on innovation, creative thinking, and cutting edge ideas. Youth, leadership qualities, and determination were all greatly admired during this time, and Life Magazine set out to recognize those upcoming movers and shakers in business, politics, and science. The University of Detroit recognized the dynamics of the times too. Where would these bright stars...

University of Detroit Tower Yearbook Collection 1963, annual, education, students, yearbook Linda Papa Updated: June 3, 2013

ROTC at U of D June 2013

In 1963, a lot of colleges and universities (as well as some high schools) were offering Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). As part of the Morrill Act of 1862, federal land granted to states for the establishment of institutions of higher learning required that military training be provided as part of their curriculum. Protests that took place during the 1960s over the Vietnam War and the violence associated with all wars, however, influenced the decision to drop ROTC from many...

Digital Special Collections Process, University of Detroit Tower Yearbook Collection annual, education, military, Morrill Act, student, tradition, war, yearbook Linda Papa Updated: June 3, 2013

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