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 51 Collections and/or Records:
Homecoming Traditions - Queen Candidates (Frame 15), 1968 November 20
Black and white negative depicting five candidates for Homecoming Queen at the University of Denver in 1968. The candidates are leaning on a counter, and a sign in the background reads "Homecoming Queen 1968."
Homecoming Traditions - Ringing Rio Grande Bell, 1953
Black and white print of three female students at a University of Denver homecoming activity in Denver, Colorado. One of the students the Rio Grande football trophy bell, and other two are stopping their ears with their fingers. The bell is inscribed "Rio Grande Railroad Football Trophy University of Utah University of Denver" and lists the results of the games between the two schools from 1949 to 1953.
Homecoming Traditions - Sigma Kappa Float, 1946 November
Black and white print of the Sigma Kappa float in the University of Denver's Homecoming parade in 1946. Like many homecoming floats, this one taunted DU's opponent in the homecoming football game, the University of Utah. Four female students' heads appear in the center of giant cards made to look like aces of each suit, above a depiction of poker chips and the slogan "We Hold 'Em, Utes."
Homecoming Traditions - Students in Football Costumes, 1957 October
Black and white print of four apparently female students dressed up in football uniforms for Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver. The students are wearing bandages on their faces and legs, and of them is preparing to snap the football to another. The room behind them is decorated with streamers, University of Denver pennants, and signs reading "No More Broadway Park!", "Press Box," and "Coach Crying Towel Ser[vice?]."
Traditions - Homecoming, 1938-1988
Traditions - Homecoming 1949, 1949
Images related to Homecoming 1949 at the University of Denver: 3 color slides of marching band at the football game. 14 black and white prints, including Dick Phelps, Margarte Romine, Ilene Barr, Muriel Davis, Pat Long, and Earnest Lamb on parade floats; Pioneer Day; Gordon Johnston, Mrs. Wilbur Denious, and "Cac" Hubbard; and Mary Young, Gerry Shank, and others on a float. 1 set of black and white negatives without contact sheets.
Traditions - Homecoming 1950 PHOTO, 1950-1959
Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1950 and the 1950s: 26 black and white prints, including Homecoming parade floats; students making parade floats; ringing the Rio Grande bell; Catherine Fisher and others selling beverages; alumni dinner; donkey labeled with sign "D.U. or Bust"; donkey in parade labeled with sign "This is not Carberry". 11 medium format black and white negatives.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1951 PHOTO, 1951
Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1951: 14 black and white prints, including queen candidates; Queen Betty Fern Hoyt and attendant Joan Aspinwall; ODK initiation; the registrar's office decorated as the Pioneer Gulch Bank; and Betty Hoyt, Winnie Peterson, and Kay Carpenter at the mum sale. 5 color slides of floats on parade at the football game.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1952 PHOTO, 1952 October
Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1952: 26 black and white prints, including queen candidates; queen Betty Fern Hoyt; skit at the Student Union; student shaving for the beard contest; and the mum sale. 7 medium format black and white negatives.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1953, 1953
33 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1953 at the University of Denver, including Chancellor Chester Alter with Homecoming queen (?); students ringing the Rio Grande Bell; Dean James Perdue helping Chancellor Alter put on the red vest; the mum sale; Barbara Neff and Shirley Smock; Daleyne Smith; queen Barbara Jones with mums; and house decorations for Homecoming.