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 3 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Men's Physical Education Participant, 1953 June
University of Denver (DU) physical education activity shows an unidentified man performing a handstand on two parallel bars.
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team, 1923
University of Denver (DU) members of the ''Gyros Club'', alternately known as the ''Tumbling Team'', pose with Physical Director Granville Johnson in Denver, Colorado. Buchtel Memorial Chapel is visible in the background. From left to right: Asher H. Patten, Raymond D. Hampton, Joseph P. Graves, physical director Granville Johnson, Max M. Vinsonhaler, Charles C. Dickson, Arden E. Ratcliff, and Arthur A. Huffsmith.
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team, 1923
University of Denver (DU) members of the ''Gyros Club'', alternately known as the ''Tumbling Team'', pose with Physical Director Granville Johnson in Denver, Colorado. Buchtel Memorial Chapel is visible in the background. From left to right: Asher H. Patten, Raymond D. Hampton, Joseph P. Graves, physical director Granville Johnson, Max M. Vinsonhaler, Charles C. Dickson, Arden E. Ratcliff, and Arthur A. Huffsmith.