University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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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

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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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Tut:IJ.xxt'i1oFri11c SVN with the assistance of Dean Anna Xlclieen Shuler, were those who made possible the pageant, and made for its success. To the students, also, credit is due. Without the hours and hours of work on the part of those in the cast, as well as those in the Physical Departments under Xliss Rilling and Xlr. Johnson, the pageant would not have been possible, Those who directed it gave tirelessly of their etlorts and ability, and this is true of the students. lt meant work to make the presentation what it was, but they who were in the cast gave of their best to that end. The weeks of preparation were over, and the rehearsal of the evening before, which lasted far into the night, had been adjudged a success by the directors. All was in readiness for the presentation. The evening came with the threatenings of a storm to the West: but these passed soon and the night was calm and dark. A propitious one. The pageant was to be given directlv back of University Hall on the slope of ground facing Evans Avenue, and seating accommodations for many hundreds were arranged for along the walk, at which points the footlights were placed. And a good hour before the tirst tableau was to be given the visitors began to arrive. They continued to come. By the time 8:30 arrived, the crowd was be- yond the expectations of those who had planned the pageant. lipisode I was The Past. The Indians were driven out bv the Pioneers, who prophesied future greatness for the plains. One spoke of the mountain treasures of silver and gold: one spoke of the golden sheaves of wheat and of fruit and Howersg one of civic law, purity, youth, righteousness. ,-Xnd as each spoke his dream was visualized. Then as a crowning glory came Education. Episode II, The Founding of the College, was ushered in by Alma Mater, in the personage of Georgia Wiood Foster, bearing the charter of 186-l, who was attended bv Science and Religion, Clirlord Rasweiller and Kent Xlcfaulev. In the third episode the Spirit of the Past, lirnest llowe, speaks of the gifts of the dilferent yearsg the darkened years, when the clouds seemed likely to shut out the light, the years of achievement, the tnt-nt5.f.nn