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 71 Collections and/or Records:
"The Post-Modern Mind", 1965 June 11
Text of the commencement address, "The Post-Modern Mind", by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, James E. Perdue, delivered at the University of Denver, June 11, 1965.
"The Uncompetitive Society", 1986 December 7
Text of the commencement address titled "The Uncompetitive Society" by Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm, delivered at the University of Denver, June 7, 1986.
Today & Tomorrow, 1938 June 8
Commencement address by U.S. Senator Sam G. Bratton (D-New Mexico), delivered at the University of Denver, June 8, 1938.
"Together - I Believe We Can...", 1978 August 18
Text of the Commencement address "Together - I Believe We Can..." and remarks by Ross Pritchard, University of Denver, August 18, 1978 in response to investiture as Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of Denver.
"Tomorrow's Task", 1949 June 11
Text of the commencement address "Tomorrow's Task" by Oliver C. Carmichael, President Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, delivered at the University of Denver, June 11, 1949.
University of Denver Baccalaureate Service, 1936 June 7
Program from the Baccalaureate Service at the University of Denver. The Baccalaureate Sermon "Lost Horizons" by Chancellor D. Shaw Duncan, was delivered at the Memorial Chapel of the University of Denver, Three-thirty o'clock, Sunday afternoon, June Seventh, Nineteen Hundred Thirty-six.
University of Denver Baccalaureate Service, 1937 June 6
Program from the Baccalaureate Service. The Baccalaureate Sermon was "Eyes" by Chancellor D. Shaw Duncan, delivered at the Memorial Chapel of the University of Denver, Three-thirty o'clock Sunday afternoon, June Sixth, Nineteen Hundred Thirty-seven.
University of Denver Baccalaureate Service, 1925 May 31
Program for the University of Denver Baccalaureate Service. The sermon "The Test of Life" was given by Doctor George Lee Nuckolls, delivered at the University of Denver Memorial Chapel, at Three-thirty o'clock, Sunday afternoon, May Thirty-first, 1925. Prayer led by Chancellor Heber R. Harper.
University of Denver Baccalaureate Service, 1926 June 6
Program for the University of Denver Baccalaureate Service. The sermon "Educating Education" was given by Doctor Elmer Guy Cutshall, President, Iliff School of Theology, delivered at the University of Denver Memorial Chapel, at Three-thirty o'clock, Sunday afternoon, June Sixth, 1926. Prayer led by Chancellor Heber R. Harper.
University of Denver Baccalaureate Service, 1928 June 3
The program for the Baccalaureate Service. The sermon was given by Doctor S.A. Lough delivered at the University of Denver, Three-thirty o'clock, Sunday afternoon, June third, 1928.