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 In 1853 when the charter of Hamline University was granted by the 
 Territorial Council of Minnesota, there was no university, college nor semi¬ 
 nary in the territory and no provision whatever for higher education. 
 Bishop Leonidas Hamline had been interested in the project and had made 
 a generous endowment for the new school which was incorporated under 
 the name of the Hamline University of Minnesota. 
 
 On November 16,1854, under the inspired leadership of Jabez Brooks, 
 Hamline opened for academic work at Red Wing, with three teachers and 
 thirty-three preparatory students. In 1859 the first class was graduated. 
 Two years elapsed and the Civil War broke out. The teachers and many 
 of the students enlisted, and in the financial depression which followed the 
 war, the college was forced to close its doors immediately after graduating 
 its tenth class. 
 
 Hamline University was reopened with Dr. D. C. John as president, in 
 1880, at its present location, midway between the Twin Cities. University Hall 
 was built at a cost of $50,000.00. Having burned to the ground in 1882, 
 this building was replaced immediately by a more substantial structure on 
 
 REV. JABEZ BROOKS, D.D. G. H. BRIDGMAN. D.D..LL.D. 
 
 DR. D. C. JOHN 
 
the same foundations, the present administration building. In the same 
 year Mrs. Anna H. Goheen contributed a large sum of money for the build¬ 
 ing of a womens’ dormitory, which has since been named Goheen Hall, in 
 her honor. 
 
 In June, 1883, upon the resignation of Dr. John as president, the Rev. 
 George H. Bridgman was elected to fill the vacancy. At the same time 
 Loren H. Batchelder was elected Dean and Professor of Physical Sciences. 
 At that time the institution consisted of a College of Liberal Arts and a 
 College Preparatory Department, which has since been discontinued. 
 
 In 1887 Science Hall was erected to afford the space needed for the 
 scientific laboratories and for class rooms. Departments of Biology, Political 
 Science, Sociology, Modern Languages, English and Philosophy were added 
 from time to time by the determined efforts of the President and faculty. 
 In 1906 Dr. Bridgman succeeded in interesting Andrew Carnegie in the 
 progress of Hamline, so that he gave the trustees the sum of $30,000 to be 
 used for the erection of a library, provided that an equal sum could be raised 
 for an endowment. This condition having been met, the library was com¬ 
 pleted in 1907. Two years later the funds necessary to build and equip a 
 fine gymnasium were raised, and its completion rounded out the physical 
 expansion thus far of Hamline University. 
 
 In 1912 Dr. Bridgman resigned from the active work of the presidency 
 after twenty-nine years of whole-hearted service and remarkable achiev- 
 ment, and the trustees elected the Rev. Samuel F. Kerfoot of the class of 
 1889 as his successor. The three years of his incumbency have been 
 marked by many physical improvements and by a growing student body 
 active in many lines. 
 
 The growth in numbers is attended by a healthy striving after excel¬ 
 lence. With its enthusiastic alumni, faculty and student body, its splen¬ 
 did location and equipment, and its high educational standards and ideals, 
 Hamline University has become one of the important sources of intellectual 
 leadership in the Northwest. 
 
GEO. H. BRIDGMAN, D. D., LL. D. 
 
 is the founder of Modern Hamline. During twenty-nine years, 1883-1912, his 
 constant constructive genius laid foundations in a financial 
 morass and built up the walls of the present 
 Hamline University. He 
 “Bridged years of bleak despair 
 
 To fulfillment all may share” 
 
 and as President-Emeritus is fortunately still near his life monument. 
 
University Hall, the main building, is a tawny brick structure opening 
 on both the front and center campuses. The University parlors and the 
 offices of the President and Registrar are on the first floor. The Chapel, 
 the Y. W. C. A. rest rooms, the Oracle office and several lecture rooms are 
 on the second floor. The ten Literary Societies, the Y. M. C. A., and vari¬ 
 ous student organizations hold their weekly meetings on the lower floor. 
 
 From the spire, hoary with the history of class scrimmages of thirty 
 years, now stretches across to the spire of Goheen Hall the filaments of a 
 wireless station, operated by student amateurs. 
 
Science Hall, built in 1887 and remodeled in 1908, a substantial red 
 brick structure, contains laboratories for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and 
 Psychology, and many well-lighted commodious recitation rooms. In the 
 basement is the heart of the arterial heating system, and on the third floor 
 the curious student or visitor will find a valuable museum of natural history. 
 
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 The College Library, a Carnegie gift, is a tan brick building of archi¬ 
 tectural beauty and dignity. The reading room is large, well lighted and 
 fitted with heavy oak tables and comfortable chairs. The mural decora¬ 
 tions, pictures and plaster reliefs, are memorials made by various gradu¬ 
 ating classes. 
 
 At present there are between fifteen and sixteen thousand volumes 
 and over sixty current periodicals and pamphlets on the subscription list. 
 The collections in Physics, Romance Languages, Political Science, English 
 and Public Speaking have been especially enlarged during the past year. 
 The books are all indexed by a serviceable card system. A trained librarian 
 and her two assistants are always ready to aid and advise all students. 
 
Dedicatory ijyttut 
 
 Young men and maidens gather here 
 To nerve their souls tor life; 
 
 They first must make their weapons keen 
 Who conquer in the strife. 
 
 A tutor this to man's whole self 
 His random powers and rife; 
 
 They first must temper mind and arm 
 Who conquer in the strife. 
 
 Here stands a modern temple then 
 Shall foster full-grown life; 
 
 The heart and hand must link’ed be 
 To conquer in the strife. 
 
 God’s work demands an athlete’s poise 
 Not cymbals, drum and fife; 
 
 They first must sinew up the soul 
 Who conquer in the strife. 
 
 The Gymnasium is a large new building of brown pressed brick, 
 facing Alumni Way and Norton Field as well as the center campus. A fully 
 equipped drill room, a hand-ball court, a running track, the physical direc¬ 
 tor’s office, the locker room and showers for women, and the kitchen, are 
 on the main floor. The lockers and showers for the men and a cinder path 
 are located in the basement. 
 
 The men’s club room, which has been fitted up by the Alumni, is on 
 the second floor. A piano, a Victrola, and a large glass trophy case are the 
 significant features of this room, which is always in use for study purposes 
 or as a reception and banquet hall. 
 
 The building is well suited for its purpose,—the physical development 
 of men and women. 
 
The Women’s Dormitory has comfortable accommodations for about 
 eighty girls. 
 
 The reception parlors, music rooms, and the apartment of the Dean 
 of Women are on the first floor. The dining hall is a light, beautifully 
 decorated room which opens into a cozily furnished rest room where the 
 girls assemble after dinner to enjoy a daily “get-to-gether”. 
 
 The sleeping rooms are light, cheerful and modern in every respect. 
 Fire escapes are convenient to each floor. 
 
 A house committee, representatives of the house residents, has charge 
 of all affairs connected with hall life. Everything possible is provided for 
 the health and comfort of the young women. 
 
MEN’S CLUB ROOM—GYMNASIUM 
 
Student Activities 
 
 Many are the forms of activity carried on by the students of Hamline. 
 They are so varied in nature that the appeal comes to every kind and con¬ 
 dition of man. Today the college trains not merely men of letters, but men 
 of affairs, and in order to develop a practical, efficient person, other paths 
 besides the main thorofare of class work are of recognized value. From 
 the track team to the oratorical, from the gridiron to the glee club, all 
 avenues are open where a man or woman may find a place and give full 
 vent and outlet to the powers that are or are to be. Brawn certainly is not 
 to be magnified at the expense of brain, but when healthy recreation helps 
 to build up the brain, the gymnasium and athletic field become important 
 factors. 
 
 The athletic director here seems to be equally skilled in producing a 
 champion quint on the basket ball floor—as he has done for several succes- 
 
sive years, and in turning out a first rank track squad through which honors 
 have been won in the East, as well as in the Tri-State League. Foot ball and 
 basket ball, the two American games, come in for a full share of attention. 
 All men who have succeeded in winning a college letter “H” are eligible to 
 membership in the “H” Club, an organization in which athletic zeal is at 
 high-water mark. 
 
 Girls’ basket ball teams have proved an interesting feature and have 
 shown what all round training can do for women. Tennis courts on the 
 campus but recently finished offer a tempting haven to the early riser or 
 to the one who has a vacant period. Hand ball, too, is not beneath the 
 dignity of the teacher of Greek or Mathematics. 
 
 When we turn to the realm of the spirit, surely no less important 
 than that of the physical, we find strong cohorts among both men and 
 women in the Christian Associations. Leaders for the weekly meetings of 
 recognized standing are secured, mission and Bible study are carried on, 
 employment is found for the multitude of students seeking work, social 
 life is promoted; in short, the spirit pervading is healthy, helpful and perma- 
 
nent. A club room with 
 massive mission furniture, 
 reading and music facili¬ 
 ties, in which also are kept 
 the trophies and banners 
 won in sports, is in the 
 gymnasium under man¬ 
 agement of the Y. M. C. A. 
 boys. 
 
 Closely related to this is the Homiletic Club, a group of earnest young 
 fellows with red blood who are seriously considering the ministry as their 
 ultimate purpose in life. The Socialist Club, too, under the direction of two 
 
 or three faculty members, 
 gives in a sane and com¬ 
 mon sense way large views 
 of present day problems 
 and practical means in 
 bettering conditions under 
 which all of us are bound 
 together. 
 
 For men, there are three 
 fraternities, each of which 
 occupies a house and in- 
 
 Quality Street, where dwell the Bisnop, the Prex and the Trusty Trustee. 
 
 vites members to join. 
 
 Then we have two honorary organizations for those of high scholarship, the 
 name of the men’s 
 being Taalam and 
 of the women’s Sig¬ 
 ma T h‘e t a. Two 
 prizes are offered 
 each year in addi¬ 
 tion for the man and 
 woman who prove 
 most efficient in 
 scholar ship and 
 general service. 
 
RUNNING THE COURSE AND FIGHTING THE FIGHT 
 
The Glee Clubs of Hamline have unquestionably made a name for 
 themselves and their unusual success is due in no small measure to the 
 untiring efforts and skill of the director. The many engagements filled 
 have met with unqualified approval. 
 
 The Band too meets a well-defined need, and drummer, trumpeter, fifer 
 or cornetist may skip into his place to help the cheering crowds bring vic¬ 
 tory on the field or lead the martial parade on Commencement Day. 
 
 Literary Societies have at Hamline a large place. At the weekly 
 meetings one has opportunity to show his skill in forensics, dramatic art, 
 debate, parliamentary drill, music, readings and in a variety of ways. 
 The five men’s literary societies have each a sister-society among the 
 
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STILL LIFE AT HAMLINE, BUT STILL,— LIFE 
 
women, and at their 
 joint meetings, good 
 programs are ren¬ 
 dered which add to 
 the pleasure and 
 sociability of campus 
 life. 
 
 Oratory is here a 
 live issue. Not only 
 do the men debate 
 against other col¬ 
 leges, but oratorical 
 contests are held,one 
 for seniors only, in 
 competition with 
 other colleges, and 
 one for the student 
 body whose repre¬ 
 sentative is pitted against four other schools. The women too have annually 
 an oratorical contest whose prize is tuition. A debate seminar class is es¬ 
 pecially designed for those who show ability along this line. 
 
 BASKETBALL TEAM 1914-15. State Champions Four Successive Years. 
 
 RELAY 
 TEAM. 
 Winners at 
 the Drake 
 Relay 
 
 Carnival and 
 Runners Up 
 at the 
 
 University of 
 Pennsylvania 
 
In publications, Hamline stands well to the fore. For breezy, up-to-date 
 live college news, it would be difficult to find a better weekly than “The 
 Oracle,” and the students read the happenings of the life of this little world 
 with as keen interest as their older brothers turn to the pages of the larger 
 “LIFE”. For literary ability of a different nature; prose sketches, poetry, 
 story, biography and the like, is offered the “Maga,” a monthly magazine. 
 
 The “Liner” is our annual, a volume filled with pictures,“grinds,” col¬ 
 lege traditions, history and similar matter, in which all, high and low alike, 
 -—meet on a common level,—not too common; and this book affords val¬ 
 uable training for the business manager, the editors and the compilers. 
 
 Altogether the activities at Hamline are ACTIVE, whether we con¬ 
 sider the Red Top Club whose motto is “Blaze Away,” the Prohibition 
 Club, or the Student Volunteers whose members are pledged to lives of 
 service. 
 
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VERNAL IMPULSES FROM HAMLINE’S ENVIRONMENT 
 
PRESIDENT SAMUEL F. KERFOOT, D. D. 
 
 Who for three years has been untiringly on the job, maintaining the tradi 
 tions of Hamline, enlarging her boundaries, and rendering 
 attractive to an increased body of students 
 her rewards. 
 
Hooking Jfonuatrk—A Jltre-oino 
 
 The President of Hamline University faces the future 
 with confidence. He sees not far distant three new build¬ 
 ings which will satisfy the demands felt more strongly 
 every year as classes increase, and interests enlarge. 
 He is planning not for the present, but for the future 
 and future needs. 
 
 Yet these are not air castles. The future may be really 
 existent. It is steadily becoming; and often at the 
 moment we speak, it is. 
 
 uh?ia number of tlje bulletin baa been mainly prepareb by 
 a committer, Miaa Slragbon anb Mr. Slairb of tljc faculty. 
 Miaaca Margie 2Gee anb f;3tber $etcrreina,T5; Mceara.^anl 
 ICcrfoot, Aruib ^ribaon/lb, anb Miaa t&utb Han GJamp anb 
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 Ufhc l^bitor beairea to thank them heartily. 
 
Volume V 
 
 BULLETIN OF HAMLINE UNIVERSITY 
 
 Entered as second-class matter , January n, 1911, at the Post Office at St. Paul , Minn, 
 under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1864. 
 
 Number 3 
 
 Hamline University 4 St. Paul Public Library 8 Walker Art Gallery 
 
 St. Paul Union Depot 5 Library, State University 9 Minneapolis Public Library 
 
 Minnesota State Capitol 6 Milwaukee Station 10 Minneapolis Auditorium 
 
 St. Paul Municipal Auditorium 7 Great Northern Station 11 Art Museum 
 

 
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