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 100 Collections and/or Records:
Physical Education - Tumbling
A University of Denver student throws another student into the air in a tumbling exercise. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.
Physical Education - Tumbling
A group of male students participate in a tumbling exercise at the University of Denver. One of the students is doing a headstand, a second is grabbing his ankles and swinging over him, and while a third is preparing to catch him. The students are standing on a large cloth in an open grassy area, with Buchtel Memorial Chapel visible in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.
Recreation for Life, 1992-1994
Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints; and color prints related to Recreation for Life activities at the University of Denver.
ROTC Drill on Campus, circa 1917
Blakc and white print of ROTC and SATC cadets, and a few men in civilian clothers, marching in a drill with rifles on the University Park campus of the University of Denver during World War I.
Soldiers Running
Soliders run in a double line down a wooden sidewalk next to an unidentified building as part of military exercises at the University of Denver during World War I.
Soldiers Running Over Barbed Wire, circa 1917
Six soldiers armed with bayonets run over an obstacle with barbed wire during military exercises near the University of Denver during World War I. A field and two or three houses are visible in the background.
Sports - Miscellaneous, 1971-1982
Black and white negatives and prints, and color prints of students playing various sports at the University of Denver.
Sports - Recreation for Life PHOTOS, 1988
Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints; and color prints related to Recreation for Life activities at the University of Denver.
Sports - Spa PHOTO, 1982-1999
Black and white negatives and contact sheets of University of Denver students doing water aerobics and stretching exercises at a spa class.
Sports - Sports for People, 1981-1994
Black and white negatives and contact sheets relating to water exercises and calisthenics at the University of Denver.