What your college campus looked like in 1929-32

The University of Detroit in Detroit, Oct. 18, 1931. At top, the World War I memorial clock tower was built in honor of the 12 students and alumni who died in the war.

The Detroit Titans face the Iowa Hawkeyes in a Nov. 1, 1930 football game at University of Detroit Stadium. Iowa won, 7-3. The university consolidated with Mercy College of Detroit in 1990 to form the University of Detroit Mercy.

Marygrove College (center left) and the University of Detroit (top right), in Detroit, Oct. 18, 1931. The Servants of Immaculate Heart of Mary opened Marygrove in 1927 as a Catholic college for women. It went co-ed circa 1970.

Marygrove College has roots that go back to 1846 in Monroe, when three nuns started St. Mary Academy. When that school outgrew its buildings, the decision was made to move to Detroit. After 88 years at this location, Marygrove College will cease operating in December 2019. The campus, however, will become a multipurpose education center.

Duns Scotus College and Monastery, Southfield, Michigan, July 8, 1932.The college created by the Friars Minor at Nine Mile and Evergreen operated from 1930 to 1979. It's now the Word of Faith Christian Center.

Alma College, Alma, Michigan, May 2, 1932. Founded by Michigan Presbyterians in 1886 in the middle of the mitten, the private liberal arts college originally used the nickname "The Fighting Presbyterians." After a renaming contest in 1931, the student body switched to "The Scots," because the Presbyterian Church was originally founded in Scotland.

Albion College, Albion, Michigan, May 2, 1932.The cornerstone for the first permanent building was laid in 1840 on the site which is now known as "the Quad.

Albion's Kresge gymnasium, built in 1925, remains Michigan's oldest active intercollegiate athletic facility. Seen in 1932, it was situated across from Robinson Hall, with the white dome, which was built on the site of the college's original building. Robinson Hall also still stands.

Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, May 1, 1932. Established in 1859, the private liberal arts college has always had ties to the Methodist Church. Downs Hall (at center with dark roof), built in 1860, is the oldest and only building remaining from Adrian's original campus.

Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, May, 1, 1932. Located in rural south-central Michigan, Hillsdale was founded in 1844 and became one of just 20% of colleges founded before the Civil War to survive it. Center Hall, with its tall cupola, was the historic focal point of campus. It holds administrative offices today.

In the early days, Hillsdale students would shoot partridges, turkeys and quail from their dormitory rooms. During the Depression, when this photo was taken, the college struggled financially, canceled construction projects and cut the pay of its staff by nearly 20%.

Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, May 10, 1930. You know it today as Eastern Michigan University. It was founded in 1849 as a college to educate students to become teachers, who were much in demand.

Rising at left is Ypsilanti's 1890 water tower. At far right is Roosevelt Hall, built in 1925, which was a high school until 1969. Below it and to the left is Pease Auditorium, built in 1914.

The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, May 10, 1930.The large C-shaped building at center right is the West Engineering building, which opened in 1904.

Often seen on roofs of that era was writing indicating the distance to nearby airports such as Ford Field in Dearborn. This was the old Ann Arbor High School and Carnegie Library on State Street, south of Huron.

Parts of the University of Michigan Law School Quadrangle, left, were still under construction on the Ann Arbor campus on Nov. 9, 1929.

The University of Michigan's football stadium was completed in the fall of 1927. During this flyover on Nov. 9, 1929, Michigan was playing Harvard and defeated them 14-12 before a crowd of 85,042 — although capacity was listed at 72,000.

Michigan football coach and athletic director Fielding Yost was the driving force behind the new stadium, which was a bowl type of construction, rising only slightly above ground level on the east side. Steam shovels unearthed a number of natural springs, which caused delays, but it was finished within budget at $1.1 million.

Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, East Lansing, Nov. 15, 1929. It was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan in 1850, and changed its name four more times before it finally became Michigan State University in 1964.

The building left of center with the boulevard in front is the MAC Memorial Union at Michigan State, which has been the center of campus life since it opened in 1925. It was renamed the MSU Union in 1955. Grand River Avenue is at left. The Red Cedar River skirts around the campus at upper right.

Michigan State's stadium in 1929 didn't have an official name, but was referred to in game programs as College Field. Coaching the Spartans in 1929 was Jim Crowley, one of Notre Dame's fabled Four Horsemen.

While Detroit News files list the date as Nov. 15, 1929, the Michigan State bleachers are full, which could mean it was really Nov. 16, 1929, when the Spartans hosted the Detroit Titans and lost to the visitors, 25-0.

Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan, May 2, 1932. Founded in 1844, the private Christian college was Michigan's first coed college.

University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, June 13, 1930.At upper right is the 1879 Main Building with its golden dome; left of it is the tall spire of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, dating from 1888.

University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, June 13, 1930. At upper right is the 1879 Main Building with its golden dome; left of it is the tall spire of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, dating from 1888.

The University of Notre Dame was founded in 1844 by brothers of the Holy Cross congregation of the Catholic Church. It was an all-male college until 1972. The university grew beside the banks of St. Mary's Lake, center left, and St. Joseph's Lake, top left.

Construction on Notre Dame Stadium was a few months from completion at the time of this June 13, 1930 flyover. The Fighting Irish were defending national football champions under legendary coach Knute Rockne. Notre Dame would go undefeated in 1930 and repeat as national champions. Rockne, however, would die in a plane crash the following spring.

University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill., Nov. 15, 1929.Memorial Stadium was built in 1923 as a memorial to Illinois men and women who gave their lives for their country during World War I. Their names appear on 200 columns that support the east and west sides of the stadium. The stadium has undergone numerous renovations since then.

Ohio Stadium at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on Oct. 18, 1930. One of the most recognizable landmarks in college athletics, Ohio Stadium opened in 1922. The stadium was constructed in the shape of a horseshoe, and fans quickly nicknamed the structure “the Horseshoe” or “the Shoe." It cost approximately $1.3 million dollars to build.