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Students of the Loyola School of Nursing stand or sit around a room and relax.
In 1935, Loyola established the first collegiate school of nursing in Illinois, and two years later adopted Mercy Hospital as its teaching hospital. The School of Nursing came about from the amalgamation of the St. Bernard's, St. Anne's, St. Elizabeth's, Oak Park, and Columbus Hospitals Schools of Nursing.
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Four students stand looking up at a human anatomy chart while two other students look at each other.
In 1935, Loyola established the first collegiate school of nursing in Illinois, and two years later adopted Mercy Hospital as its teaching hospital. The School of Nursing came about from the amalgamation of the St. Bernard's, St. Anne's, St. Elizabeth's, Oak Park, and Columbus Hospitals Schools of Nursing.
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The Push Ball Contest began in 1930 as a contest between Loyola freshmen and sophomores and was held annually until the 1960s. In order to win, students had to push a ball 8 feet in diameter to their opponent's goal line.
Image 1: page 215
Image 2: pages 214-215 showing the full collage on this two-page spread
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The Push Ball Contest began in 1930 as a contest between Loyola freshmen and sophomores and was held annually until the 1960s. In order to win, students had to push a ball 8 feet in diameter to their opponent's goal line.
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The Mundelein College Orchestra poses for a photo in uniform, with their instruments, capes, and conductor, on a stage in front of a curtain.
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Two members of the Terrapin Club stand back-to-back in the center of a ring of other Terrapins, who are floating on their backs with their arms outstretched. They are all wearing dark swimsuits with plain swimming caps, and are in the Mundelein swimming pool.
The back of the photograph reads: "2/16/37 Girls in Swimming Pool."
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Six students stand at tables with exhibits about various kinds of science, with a sign above them reading "Science Forum."
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The Loyola debate team lost to their Mundelein counterparts when they debated over the question of whether "the emergence of women in public life is to be deplored."
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James Weldon Johnson, a noted poet, gave a lecture on the development of black poetry and was received enthusiastically by students.
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A marching band parading through the streets and several onlookers are depicted in this comic, drawn to raise publicity for the 1930 fall frolic.
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Due to the increasing number of students driving to school, the university introduced new rules to ensure safety and installed a watchman to enforce the rules.
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A special mass is sung for Russians unable to practice their religion under Stalin.
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The Exchange State Bank of Chicago promised to return all of the funds students and organizations at Loyola University Chicago had deposited with it. The bank had been recently closed by state auditors.
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Art students with lapboards sit and sketch on the steps of Piper Hall.
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This photograph shows the moment of tip-off in a student basketball game.
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Students in the Chemistry lab at Mundelein College.
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The first page of the first issue of the Skyscraper Mundelein student newspaper.
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The Skyscraper 1936-12-18 page 1 (detail), impressionistic sketch of Mundelein Skyscraper during Christmas Candlelighting ceremony.
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The Skyscraper 1938-10-04 page 4, detail. Students install and use the Foucault pendulum in the Mundelein Skyscraper.
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The Skyscraper, 1938-11-03, page 1 detail. Mundelein students voted to stay out of World War II, and participate in peace forum.
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The Skyscraper 1937-03-05 page 1, Mundelein's Verse Speaking Choir participates in premiere broadcast of NBC's Chicago Symphonic Hour.
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The Skyscraper 1936-11-06 page 4, article features science students at work and how they would analyze a cherry pie.
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The Skyscraper, 1934-04-16 page 4. A visiting dietitian from Birdseye Frozen Foods spoke for the Mundelein home economics department.
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Illustration of the first Mundelein Freshman Frolic, from The Tower 1931 yearbook, page 111.
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Illustration of the first performance of Mundelein's college orchestra, from The Tower 1931 yearbook, page 109.
