University of Denver
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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"
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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.
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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:
University of Denver Baccalaureate Vespers, 1958 June 5
Program for the University of Denver Baccalaureate Vespers, June 5, 1958, Buchtel Memorial Chapel. The address: "Our Unpublished Opinions" by: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver Chancellor's Commencement Address, August, 15, 1980, 1980 August 15
Text of the commencement address by the Chancelor of the University, Ross Pritchard, delivered at the Unversity of Denver, August 15, 1980.
University of Denver College of Law Commencement Address May 30, 1989, 1989 May 30
Text of the commencement address by Colorado Governor Thomas H. Kean, delivered at the University of Denver, May 30, 1989.
University of Denver Commencement Address August 11, 1995, 1995 August 11
Text of the commencement address by Sheila Phelan Wright, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies, delivered at the University of Denver, August 11, 1995.
University of Denver Commencement Address June 4, 1994, 1994 June 4
Text of the commencement address by The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, Counselor of the Department of State and he was a Colorado senator from 1987-1993.
University of Denver Commencement Speech, August 13, 1993, 1993 August 13
Text of the commencement address by Vice Chancellor, Business and Financial Affairs, University of Denver, Dr. James R. Griesemer, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1993.
"War & the University Graduate" Commencement Address, 1942, 1942 June
Commencement address "War and the University Graduate" given by Dr. Thurston J. Davies at the University of Denver Commecement May 29, 1942.
"World Citizens for a World Community", 1947 August 22
Text of the commencement address "World Citizens for a World Community" by Franklin D. Cogswell, delivered at the University of Denver, 22 August, 1947.
"You Will Never Be Quite the Same", 1954 June 11
Text of the commencement address "You Will Never Be Quite the Same" by Chancellor Chester M. Alter delivered at the University of Denver, June 11, 1954.
"Young America, and the World of Tomorrow", 1944 June 10
Text of the University of Denver Commencement address "Young America, and the World of Tomorrow" by Lowell Thomas, delivered at the Municipal Auditorium, June 10, 1944.