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Depression strikes
Football canceled for lack of funds
Best
Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front |
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Campus Criterion begins publication as a mimeographed sheet.
The
Star Spangle Banner becomes the American National Anthem by order of Congress. Thomas
Alva Edison dies. |
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 | Dr.
Clifford G. Houston named Dean. | |
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Enrollment
exceeds 200 for the first time.
| College symphony orchestra established -- except for
two years during WWII, served as community civic symphony until 1978 when the
Grand Junction Symphony was organized. | |
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| Coach Elmer Schwalm killed in auto accident on his way to join
his team at the AAU basketball tournament in Denver. | |
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| 1934 Class Picture |
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Enrollment at 218
41 graduates
Elvis
Presley is born on January 8.
The Social Security Act becomes law.
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College budget $13,000
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt is re-elected. |
| Jesse
Owens wins four gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin. | |
Football team out of funds -- All Grand Junction stores close to boost game
ticket sales. |
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| Amelia Earhart vanishes over the Pacific. |
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Mavericks join Intermountain Junior College Conference (IJCC) and win track title
in the first season.
Social
sororities and fraternities organized, operated until WWII.
Best Picture: You Can't Take It With You
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Mavericks
IJCC champions in both football and track.
Best Picture: Gone
With The Wind Fluorescent lighting is invented. Regular television
broadcasts begin.
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