University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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MMENCEAE T :sqm mga V2.3 Ei 0111 111 ell C6111 efz f CDay ARK ICD by one of the largest graduating classes in the history of the Lvni- versity, the fifty-sixth Commencement was held Thursday, June 10, 1920, at the Denver Auditorium. One hundred and ninety-eight degrees were award- ed, as well as six honorary degrees. Led by the marshals, the Academic Procession entered the Auditorium at S100 o'clock. The invocation was given by the Reverend James Thomas, of Denver. The commencement address was given by the Reverend Bishop Charles Larew Kiead, who reviewed the achievement of education in the Xivest and told of its future in the University of Denver. The conferring of degrees by Chancellor Emeritus Henry Augustus Buchtel took place. One hundred and twenty-eight degrees from the college of Liberal Arts were awardedg fourteen from the Law Collegeg eleven in Dental Surgery, four- teen from the College of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. Honorary degrees were awarded as follows: Doctor of Divinity, to George Frederick Klein of Delta, to James William Klahood of Loveland, and to James Thomas of Denver: Doctor of Letters, to Samuel Quigley, president of the State Normal School, to Rolland ul. D. Walters, of Rocky Fordg Doctor of Laws, to the Reverend Bishop Charles Larew Klead, of Denver. P1'0g7'dfllf0l' C0ilZllZBlZ6'6lll67Zf beef FRIDAY, -IUNIC 4 12500 N.-Cl1lSSl,1lf'EXCI'CiSC ------ - Cvyin 11 it 1 SLNDXY, ILNIC fl 3230 P The Baccalaureate St rmrwn ----- Xie inorial Chape MONDAY, FICNIQ 7 S200 P The Coininencemcnt Reception ---- - Library TLl'1SD.XY. -lL'Nlj H 2:00 P -Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees and University Committee - University Hall WIiDNILSDiXY, YILXE 'L .XLLXIXI DAY 6:00 P. Alumni Box Supper ------' - - Campus 7:00 P. -Annual Business Al4.'CliI1! ----- Gymnasium S200 P. -Initiation of Seniors - - - - - - Gymnasium 8:50 P. -The Lvniversity Pageant ----- - Campus THURSDAY, JCNTC 10 8:00 P Cornrnt-ncvrnent ------- - Auditorium twelllv-two

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E--Q 2-3 '2-'-H We 55 at P9 :vga 4 5.21 XSTEVXD ofthe blue sky and the warm sun that usually accompanies May Day fetes, Xlay Day, 1920, was held under very unpropitious conditions, so far as weather was concerned. It dawned a gloomy dull day, with rain enough to make things miserable and a celebration outdoors impossible. But eyen though the weather was not benignant, the fete was held anyway, Previous to the day each of the four classes chose its queen. The seniors named Xlarsaret Pattong juniors, Evelyn Holz- man, sophomores. Edith Grisyvoldg and freshmen, Ruth Brinker. For two weeks before the day teams of loyal runners practiced over the halfrmile relay courseg to name their representative Queen of the Klav was the ambition of every class. The day of decision came, and early motor cars thronged the old athletic held east of the campus where the race was to be run. The race was closely eontestedg and from the time of the starting gun to the moment the first man crossed the tape, the outcome was dubious. By dint of superior team-work the juniors Won. They crowned Evelyn Holzman of the class of 1921, Queen of the Xlay. Chancellor Buchtel decided to have the ceremony concurrent with the coronation in the gymnasiumg and as the venerated Chancellor, preceded by two tall marshals, walked up to the platform, whereon was placed the throne of the queen, the queen herself, followed by the three princesses and attended by tiny pages and flower girls, made stately procession. The queen was seated on her throne and crowned, and each of the princesses was presented with a coronet of I 1f H fi Howers from the hands of Chancellor Buchtel himself. Then . l ' 1 , The Sun, a ballet by Louis H. Chalif, was presented for the Jjziziswiia .9 i'i entertainment of the new royalty. ' C , A - , Earth and the Sea were both wrapped in the shroud 1 , I ' r i' of Darkness, Flora slept-for it was Winter. Time passed. it i ' :i in if M Snowflakes danced around and around. falling upon the F , . , iz. : ,, , ix 8 bosom of the Sea and the Slumbering Earth. Then the 1 ' ' . 1,5 Sun approached and Darkness withdrew. Flora awoke and Q ' in A ii danced for joy, Sea leaped in its rocky bed. while Earth EQ:-Q5 Xl!-V 'E x .. it ' smiled and the 1Yinds danced in ecstacy. But when the T' at ,Q Clouds of purple rolled up and hid the Rays of the Sun, the V if :ff iii' Thunder crashed and Lightning zig-zagged across the sky, A N ig'-i d and Raindrops came, Earth was covered by Darkness. 5 Then the Rays came again, the golden rays, which caused -'if ':: i Rainbow to appear. Then Rainbow daneedg and all the characters, Darkness and Lightning, Clouds and the Wlinds, ,lk i formed a tableau before the throne of the Queen to pay her V T homage. ,-Xnd so the allegory passed. Ji Yisitors thronged the gymnasiumg the attendance was 712 , ' greater than in former years. Lunch was served in the re- iiii ii fectory to all the guests under the auspices of the Student EVELYN HOLZMAN, MAY QUEEN :XSSOCiaIi0U- twenty-one

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IVERSITT 59 59 92- 92 O commemorate fifty-six years of achievement, fifty-six years dedicated to the advance of education in its higher branches in the West, a pageant, de- picting in eleven tableaux the history of the University of Denver, was pre- sented on the campus shortly before the close of the school year last Spring. There were more than two hundred students in the cast that made up the pageautq and no single phase of the University or its successes or failures from the time it was founded to the present, was omitted. The Trail of the Crimson and Gold was the name of the pageant. It was advertised as an historical pageant of the University of Denver. And June 9, 1920, was the evening set for the presentation. First Miss Lindsey Barbee, an alumna of the University, and a playwright of ability set to work on the lines for the pageant. lyfonths of effort brought forth L'The Trail of the Crimson and Gold in eleven epi- sodes, which, collectively formed the rnost elaborate and impressive dramatic pres- entation of its kind ever attempted by a XYestern university. VVith the manuscript prepared, all that remained was to select the characters, conduct rehearsals, and make all in readiness for the final presentation. Klr. Gran- ville Sturgis was selected to direct the pageant. hlrs. Perle Shale Kingsley, Bliss hfabel Rilling, Klr. Granville Johnson, Professor Ira Cutler, Mrs. Klaud Reiley, and Dr. Lindsey Longacre were chosen to assist him in the direction. And these, .J , . A. l T: K. X Q I .. L' N. 4 4 . ,V f 2- wx HELEN CAMPION AS EDUCATION twenty-tliree