University of Denver
Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 71 Collections and/or Records:
"A Platform for Democracy", 1948 August 27
Text of the commencement address "A Platform for Democracy" by George Willard Frasier, delivered at the University of Denver, 8/27/48.
"A Plea for National Confidence", 1948 June 12
Text of the commencement address "A Plea for National Confidence" by Charles Dollard, delivered at the University of Denver, June 12, 1948.
"After Commencement - Re-Commencement", 1946 June 2
Text of the Baccalaureate address "After Commencement - Re-commencement" by J. C. Penney given on June 2, 1946.
"Almighty God, Give Us Strength and Wisdom" Baccalaureate Address, 1942, 1942 May 24
Baccalaureate address "Almighty God, Give Us Strength and Wisdom" by Chancelor Caleb F. Gates, Jr., delivered at the University of Denver, May 24, 1942.
"An Address", 1963 June 7
Text of the address of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of the Republic of India, given at the University of Denver Commencement June 7, 1963.
"Attachment or Estrangement", 1962 June 8
Text of the Baccalaureate address by Chancellor Chester M. Alter delivered at the University of Denver, June 10, 1965.
Baccalaureate Service: Memorial Chapel, 1923 June 3
Program for the University of Denver Baccalaureate Service, delivered at the University of Denver Memorial Chapel, at two-thirty o'clock, Sunday afternoon, June third, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-three. Prayer led by The Reverend Henry A. Buchtel, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Denver, responsive reading--led by Chancellor Heber Reece Harper, Sermon given byby Bishop Charles L. Mead.
Baccalaureate Service Program: University Park Campus, 1941 June 8
Program from the Baccalaureate service. The Baccalaureate address was given by Chancelor Caleb F. Gates, Jr., delivered at the University of Denver June 8, 1941.
Baccalaureate Service Program: University Park Campus, 1943 May 30
Baccalaureate service program for the University of Denver, May Thirtieth, 1943. The Baccalaureate address was given by Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr.
Chancellor's Concluding Remarks to the Class of 1980, May 30, 1980, 1980 May 30
Text of the commencement address by the Chancellor's of the University, Ross Pritchard delivered at the University of Denver, May 30, 1980.