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 47001 Collections and/or Records:
Commencement - 1960, 1960
A young man holding a staff and a young woman holding a bouquet lead two lines of students wearing their graduation caps and gowns preceding their graduation ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Howard Woolum can be seen in the far left corner.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
A large group of students can be seen standing on a lawn in a semi-circle wearing their graduation caps and gowns during their gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. The Mary Reed Building can be seen in the background.
Commencement - 1960, 1960 June
A young man wearing a lecklace of flowers over his graduation cap and gown stands with three other women following a gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
Students wearing graduation caps and gowns can be seen filing down a hallway preceding a gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
Students wearing graduation caps and gowns can be seen sitting in the pews of a church during a gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
A woman places a lecklace of flowers around the neck of a young man wearing a graduation cap and gown following his gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
Five men wearing graduation caps and gowns stand around Chancellor Alter following a gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
Mr. Bud Mayer, Mrs. Alter, Mrs. Rollie Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. John Evans Jr., and others can be seen standing together following a gradution ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
An aerial view of a commencement ceremony being held before University hall can be seen at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Commencement - 1960, 1960
An aeriel view of a graduation ceremony being held before University Hall can be seen at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.