Monthly Archives: July 2014

1925 INDIA: A Night in the Orient at University of Detroit

The University of Detroit Alumni Association sponsored a lavish production about India. The purpose of the program was to “assist the Faculty Board of Trustees in the $10,000,000.00 building expansion program for a greater University of Detroit”. At the time of this event, the stadium was about the only building complete on the Livernois Avenue/Six Mile campus. In the program they did show a potential plan for the buildings. The plan to build a fairly large church never got off...

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Uncategorized , Updated: July 25, 2014

From UD High School Student to UD College Student to UD President-THREE Times!

The initial founding of the University of Detroit in 1877 included a collegiate and an academic or what we would consider today “high school” division. This system continued until 1928, when the UD high school was academically separated from the collegiate division. It was not until 1947 that the administration and financial connections between the high school and college were separated into two distinct institutions. In another one of my ebay purchases, I picked up a 1929 University of Detroit...

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Uncategorized , , , , Updated: July 8, 2014

7/11 Are you feeling lucky? Las Vegas Night as U of D

St. Francis Club at the University of Detroit sponsored a Las Vegas Night back in February, 1975. For a $5 admission fee, you would get $500,000 worth of play money gambling chips, all the beer and wine you could drink (!), dancing, gambling and a chance at 50 door prizes given away throughout the evening. The door prizes included dinners, merchandise, clothing, books and many other items donated by local businesses. The profits from the evening would be used to...

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Uncategorized , Updated: July 3, 2014