95 Years Ago
This message appeared in the May 15, 1930 Colorado Transcript. Sixty students received undergraduate degrees that year. According to the school's website, they conferred 1,118 bachelor’s degrees this spring.
Here are some clearer images of the buildings shown in the 1930 Transcript.
This was the first building constructed on the present School of Mines campus. The original section (on the left) was built in 1879. New sections were added in 1882 (middle) and 1890 (right-hand end). It was demolished in 1956. (Source: Rocky Mountains to the World: A History of the Colorado School of Mines by Wilton Eckley)
Engineering Hall is now the oldest building on the campus. Although it has had significant interior renovation, its exterior has not changed much since its completion in 1894.
The February 23, 1905 issue of the Colorado Transcript announced that Simon Guggenheim had donated $50,000 for the construction of a building in honor of his newly born son. In announcing the exciting news to the faculty and student body, President Alderson remarked that “He hoped that every rich man having a son born would follow the excellent example”
This gymnasium was built in 1908. When Volk Gymnasium opened in 1955, the older building housed first the graduate program and later the student union.
The Mines Experimental Plant, built in 1910, provided practical experience in mining and milling and did research on experimental materials and techniques. Learn more….
