A seeker for the truth of things paused on the steps of Hamline University Hall. “Little college,” he questioned, “do you know where you are going? Are you a plaything of time, following the will-o’-the-wisp of changing educational demands, or do you journey wisely, knowing wither you are bound?” To…
History Blog
Happy 162nd Birthday Hamline University!
On March 3, 1854, Minnesota’s Territorial Legislative Assembly approved An Act to Incorporate the Hamline University of Minnesota. Thus Hamline University was established as “an institution of learning for the education of youth of both sexes” – making it among the first dozen truly coeducational colleges in the United…
The Class of 1919
One hundred years ago – in September 1915 – Hamline University welcomed its largest first-year class to date. Dr. James S. King, professor of German, penned a prosaic tribute to the future class of 1919 in the October 1915 edition of the Alumni Quarterly. “The Hamline family has received this…
Signal Boosting
Henry L. and Effie Osborn Letters Collection at Hamline University Archives After a many years transcribing project, the Hamline University Archives has debuted their blog featuring the letters exchanged between Henry and Effie Osborn, which will be posted on a regular basis near the month and day they were written,…
Rev. Matthew Sorin and Epilepsy
Reflections from Aug. 11, 2014, following the death of a current Hamline University student. It is perhaps worth remembering that Hamline’s positive inclusion of persons living with epilepsy dates back to our founders, for Rev. Matthew Sorin, a member of Hamline’s original Board of Trustees, and father of our first…
“To add a glory … To the common life” – Nineteenth Century Methodism and Women’s Collegiate Education
Did you know that the first women in Minnesota to earn college degrees were Methodist Episcopal women who used their education for lives of service and social justice? In this video lecture, I discuss Methodist Episcopal attitudes toward women and collegiate education, especially as they took shape among those living…
…the real story of that time the faculty saved the University
In 1927, Hamline’s president Alfred F. Hughes, took the helm of a University in deep financial difficulty. He believed that the only solution to Hamline’s financial woes was to transform Hamline into a junior college satellite of the University of Minnesota. The crash of 1929 and the onset of the…
A Very Brief History of Hamline’s Medical and Nursing Education
Hamline established its first medical program as the Hamline University College of Medicine in 1895 when the university absorbed the Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1900, a building was erected at the corner of 5th and 7th Avenue in Minneapolis, which was a part of Hamline until 1907…
That Guy on Hewitt outside the Bush Center
Quick facts: Bishop Hamline did not found the Methodist Church, he is the namesake of Hamline University He wears a size 4XL Leonidas Lent Hamline b. Connecticut, 1797 d. Iowa, 1865. As a young man, L.L. Hamline studied law and was admitted to the Ohio bar. In 1828 he converted…