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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Chancellor Ritchie in Homecoming Parade, 1995 November
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie riding in the front of a covered wagon in DU's Homecoming parade in November 1995. Both Ritchie and the driver of the wagon are wearing cowboy hats and boots, and the wagon bears signs reading "[illegible] Marshall" and "Wagons furnished by Cowboy Metal."
Chancellor Ritchie in Parade, circa 1995
Photographic image of a parade with Chancellor Ritchie riding in the back of a Jeep with no top; a male student is driving and a female student stands in the passenger side. A line of vehicles carrying students stretches down the street behind them; balloons adorn almost every car. In the far rear a band and cheerleaders are visible. On or near the University of Denver campus, circa 1995.
ROTC Parade in Downtown Denver, 1918
Dr. David Shaw Duncan (later University of Denver chancellor), Granville Johnson (professor of physical education), Earl Engle, and Reuben Borgeson march in an ROTC parade in downtown Denver, Colorado during World War I.
Traditions - Homecoming 1979, 1979
2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets with images from the 1979 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. Also includes 5 black and white prints with images from Fallfest 1979, including Chancellor Ross Pritchard and Ann Richardson; Gordon Stone in a dunk tank; and dancers from Panama.