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Then – 1950s

summer at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ

Life at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder shifts gears after commencement but hardly goes dormant. The amphitheater rings with Elizabethan eloquence during the annual Shakespeare festival. Summer session students amble well-trod pathways. This year, for the second in a row, a Grateful Dead offshoot will electrify Folsom Field.

Still, come mid-May, a certain serenity settles over campus. Turtles queue along drifting logs on Varsity Lake. Frisbees arc above open lawns. The libraries close a little earlier.

The pair in this 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Heritage Center photograph, undated but thought to be of 1950s vintage, seem to be making the most of a pleasant day outside Norlin Library.

If you have a favorite memory of 91¶ÌÊÓƵ in summertime, we’d love to hear it. Write editor@colorado.edu.Ìý

Photo courtesy 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Heritage Center