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
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Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Commencement Week at the University of Denver, 1889 June 6-12
Program for the University of Denver (DU) commencement week, Thursday June 6th, 1889-Wednesday, June 12th, 1889. Compliments of the Board of Trustees, Faculty and Graduating Class
Corrected Copy of the Commencement Program University of Denver, 10 o'clock, June 10, 1969, 1969 June 10
Second Annual Commencencement of the University of Denver, 1885 June 17
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, June 17, 1885, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. University address, The Rev'd Earl Cranston, D.D. (a DU Trustee, and later Bishop); salutatory, valedictory and student orations, Earl M. Cranston, George C. Manly, William A. Moore.
Sixth Annual Commencement, University of Denver, 1886 July 16
Program for the University of Denver (DU) ceremony, Wednesday, June 16, 1886, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. Commencement address was given by Rev. H. A. Buchtel, D.D.
The First Annual Commencement of the University of Denver, 1884 June 18
Program for the University of Denver (DU) commencement ceremony, June 18, 1884, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. University address by the Rev. Gilbert de la Matyr, graduate's oration by John Hipp, the first student to complete a degree at DU, and sole graduate for the year.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-seventh year, 1961 June 9
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Ninth, Nineteenth, 1961 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipient: Joseph Patterson Binns, Doctor of Laws; Harold Raymond Keables, Doctor of Letters; Etienne Bernardeau Renaud, Doctor of Laws; John Ewart Wallace Sterling, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-sixth Year, 1960 August 19
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Nineteenth, 1960 at Ten o'Clock. Honorary degree recipient: Elizabeth Lenore Fackt, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver Commencement Exercises, 1890 June 3
Program for the University of Denver commencement ceremony, Tuesday, June 3, 1890 at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Denver. Listed in the program are student musical performances, orations, essay and thesis.