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 46995 Collections and/or Records:
Traditions - Homecoming, 1938-1988
Traditions - Homecoming - 1940, 1940
10 black and white prints from the 1940 University of Denver Homecoming Parade on 16th St.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1946 PHOTO, 1946
5 black and white prints of parade floats from the 1946 University of Denver Homecoming (Pioneer Days?) parade, including a Sigma Kappa float, with the Colorado State Capitol in the background.
Traditions - Homecoming 1949, 1949
Images related to Homecoming 1949 at the University of Denver: 3 color slides of marching band at the football game. 14 black and white prints, including Dick Phelps, Margarte Romine, Ilene Barr, Muriel Davis, Pat Long, and Earnest Lamb on parade floats; Pioneer Day; Gordon Johnston, Mrs. Wilbur Denious, and "Cac" Hubbard; and Mary Young, Gerry Shank, and others on a float. 1 set of black and white negatives without contact sheets.
Traditions - Homecoming 1950 PHOTO, 1950-1959
Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1950 and the 1950s: 26 black and white prints, including Homecoming parade floats; students making parade floats; ringing the Rio Grande bell; Catherine Fisher and others selling beverages; alumni dinner; donkey labeled with sign "D.U. or Bust"; donkey in parade labeled with sign "This is not Carberry". 11 medium format black and white negatives.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1951 PHOTO, 1951
Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1951: 14 black and white prints, including queen candidates; Queen Betty Fern Hoyt and attendant Joan Aspinwall; ODK initiation; the registrar's office decorated as the Pioneer Gulch Bank; and Betty Hoyt, Winnie Peterson, and Kay Carpenter at the mum sale. 5 color slides of floats on parade at the football game.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1952 PHOTO, 1952 October
Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1952: 26 black and white prints, including queen candidates; queen Betty Fern Hoyt; skit at the Student Union; student shaving for the beard contest; and the mum sale. 7 medium format black and white negatives.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1953, 1953
33 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1953 at the University of Denver, including Chancellor Chester Alter with Homecoming queen (?); students ringing the Rio Grande Bell; Dean James Perdue helping Chancellor Alter put on the red vest; the mum sale; Barbara Neff and Shirley Smock; Daleyne Smith; queen Barbara Jones with mums; and house decorations for Homecoming.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1954, 1950-1959
25 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1954 at the University of Denver, including house decorations for Homecoming; queen Daleyne Smith; and students making glue for Homecoming parade floats.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1955 PHOTO, 1955
19 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1955 at the University of Denver, including Alice Peterson, Jan Evans, Carolyn Alkine, and Jan Rhody; Chester Alter, John Evans Jr., and Ms. ? Bradford; Mr. Johnston and Mr. Moore with judicial decorations representing the Homecoming game; Chester Alter with a plaque commemorating the original site of DU; and the mum sale.