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 440 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Men's Gymnastics Team Member John Quintana, 1962
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's gymnastics team member John Quintana poses for a portrait on the parallel bars.
University of Denver Men's Gymnastics Team Member Lawrence Stone, 1970
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's gymnastics team member Lawrence Stone swings his body around while performing a routine on the pommel horse at an event. Reproduced in the 1970 Kynewisbok, page 226.
University of Denver Men's Gymnastics Team Members Vince Nicoletti and Frank Swanson, 1969
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's gymnastics team members and captains Vince Nicoletti (left) and Frank Swanson (right) pose for a portrait.
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.
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team Members, 1923
Three University of Denver (DU) members of the ''Gyros Club'', alternately known as the ''Tumbling Team'', stand on each others shoulders in a group portrait taken outside in Denver, Colorado in 1923. Buchtel Memorial Chapel is visible in the background. The gymnasts are identified as (bottom to top): Granville B. Johnson (Physical Director), Arthur A. Huffsmith, and Arden E. Ratcliff. The bottom right hand corner of the print is missing.
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team Members, 1923
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team Members, 1923
Three University of Denver members of the ''Gyros Club'', alternately known as the ''Tumbling Team'', identified as Max M. Vinsonhaler, Granville B. Johnson (Physical Director), and Arthur A. Huffsmith perform a stunt as fellow gymnasts Asher H. Patten, Raymond D. Hampton, Joseph P. Graves, Charles C. Dickson (standing), and Arden E. Ratcliff watch on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado in 1923. Buchtel Memorial Chapel is visible in the background.
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team Members, 1923
Three 1923 University of Denver (DU) members of the ''Gyros Club'', alternately known as the ''Tumbling Team'', perform handstands on chairs outside as fellow gymnasts look on. The three men performing the handstands are listed on the back as Dewey, Johnson, and Taylor. Granville B. Johnson (center) acted as Physical Director.
University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team Members, 1923
University of Denver (DU) men's tumbling team members pose for a group portrait taken inside a gymnasium. Three members are standing on top of a pommel horse in a pyramid formation as two other members lean back on the pommel horse and grab the legs of two other members executing hand stands. A sign in the background states : ''Conference Champions Basketball 1915.''