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 144 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Summer Commencement, Seventy-Ninth Year, 1943 August 27
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer commencement ceremony, August 27, 1943. Honorary degrees recipients: Alta Elizabeth Dines, Doctor of Humane Letters; Clarence Addison Dykstra, Doctor of Laws; Wilbur Emery Hammaker, Doctor of Laws; John Franklin Shafroth, Doctor of Laws. Conferring degrees in course: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commencement address was given by Doctor Clarence Addison Dykstra.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1979 June 2
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June 2, 1979. Honorary degree recipients: Edward E. Pringle, Doctor of Laws; Normand Lockwood, Doctor of Humane Letters. Closing remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1979 August 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 17, 1979. Closing remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1910 May 26
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Thursday, 26th May, 1910.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1924 June 4
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, Wednesday, the Fourth of June, 1924. The Commencement address was given by: Bishop Inving Johnson. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1925 June 3
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, Wednesday, the Third of June, 1925. Honorary degree recipient: Charles C. Butler, Doctor of Laws. The Commencement address was "The Crux of Modern Warfare" given by Professor J. Holland Rose. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1926 June 9
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, Wednesday, the Ninth of June, 1926. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper. The commecement address was given by President Arthur E Morgan, Antioch College.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1926 May 25-June 9
Program of events for the University of Denver commencement ceremonies Tuesday, May 25- Wednesday, June 9, 1926. Commencement Address was given by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1927 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Wednesday, the Eighth of June, 1927. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper. The commencement address was given by Dr. Will Durant.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1928 June 6
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Wednesday the Sixth of June, 1928. Conferring degrees: Acting Chancellor Wilber D. Engle. The commecement address was given by Dr. Merle Smith