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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Miss Mabel Rilling : Supervisor of Children's Play, Stories for Children, between 1912-1930
Program detailing University of Denver (DU) Director of Physical Education for Women Mabel Rilling's participation in Chautauquas, an education movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes brief biography of Rilling and personal endorsements from organizers of Chautauquas in Illinois, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Henry Augustus Buchtel, DU chancellor.
University of Denver Administrator Mabel Rilling, between 1909-1925
University of Denver (DU) Director of Physical Education for Women Mabel Rilling poses for a formal portrait.
University of Denver Football Fans at Broadway Park, 1910
University of Denver (DU) football fans fill the stands at Broadway Park, located at South Avenue and Broadway Boulevard in Denver, Colorado.