Christmas Ads from 1950′s
Some Christmas ads from the Varsity News:...
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Happy Thanksgiving!
Varsity News, November 23, 1948 Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! ...
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Traditionally, the week before Thanksgiving, various organizations such as Campus Ministry, Student Government, fraternities, sororities, and a variety of student clubs of the University of Detroit Mercy, sponsor events to promote Hunger Awareness Week. Activities have included such things as: Dodgeball tournament with admission is a can of food A candlelight vigil Participate in a sleep out Take part in a Fast-A-Thon Collect money for various organizations like Oxfam, Gleaners Food Bank, local food agencies Attend a variety of lectures,...
A Year in the Life of a WWI Doughboy
Whatever you may have seen in the movies or read in books, sometimes the real story can be more compelling than any fictional account. In the archive files, there is a log by a former faculty at U of D, Herman Mayrose, telling the story of his life as a doughboy during the final years of World War I. It’s twelve pages long, but I thought I would post some of the some of the sections here for people to...
Past Coffee Mugs (or Tea Cups) at University of Detroit Mercy
Starting to feel the winter chill in the air? A recent request by the Fitness Center for current or historical UDM coffee mugs started me to go through the archives to see if there were duplicate mugs we might have in the collection that could be donated. Didn’t have much, but check through the pictures of the ones we do have and if you see one you have sitting unused in your cupboards, send it on over to the UDM...
