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 201 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program, Seventy-third Year, 1937 August 20
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, August Twentieth, Nineteen Thirty-seven. Conferring degrees: Chancellor David Shaw Duncan. The Commecement Address was given by Doctor Inez Johnson Lewis Superintendent of Public Instruction, Colorado.