University of Denver
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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"
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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.
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First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 1 Collection or Record:
Homecoming Traditions - Registrar's Office Decorations, 1951 October
Black and white print of the Registrar's Office at the University of Denver decorated for Homecoming 1951. Two women are being helped at two windows, which are covered by metal bars, while the lower part of the counter has been covered by a faux brick wall. The counter and wall bear signs reading "Trading Post," "Cougar Skin," "Bakers Barber Shop," "205," "Shave 10c, Haircut 50c Special," "$10,000.00," "Pioneer Gulch Bank, Teller Nuthin," and "Mining Leases."