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University of Denver

 Organization

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 folder

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Men's Tumbling Team Members, 1923

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0051.00088
Abstract

University of Denver members of the ''Gyros Club'', alternately known as the ''Tumbling Team'', Arthur A. Huffsmith and Granville B. Johnson (physical director) perform a perriot, which involves Huffsmith flipping backwards in the air behind Johnson. Fellow tumblers Raymond D. Hampton, Asher H. Patten, Arden E. Ratcliff, Charles C. Dickson, and Max M. Vinsonhaler watch on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado in 1923. Buchtel Memorial Chapel is visible in the background.

Dates: 1923

University of Denver Tumbling Team, 1923

 Item
Identifier: U300.08.0461.00001
Abstract

Plaque containing an image of University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's tumbling team, alternately known as Gyros, posing for a group portrait. Member names include: Asher H. Patten, Raymond D. Hampton, Joseph P. Graves, Granville B. Johnson Physical Director, Max M. Vinsonhaler, Charles C. Dickson, Arden E. Ratclipp, Arthur A. Huffsmith, Robert N. Annand, Raymond W. Merrill, and Garrett W. Renzelman.

Dates: 1923