Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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“ Where lie Selong. It was in the fall of 1873 that the young theological pro- fessor. Sven Oft d l, came from Norway. Next year came his friend. Georg Sverdrup. Forty years they labored for education grounded in Christian liberty.... The results of their labors we gratefully accept, honoring the memory of Sverdrup and Oftedal. great teachers and great men. In the fall of 1937, President Sverdrup wrote concerning the erection of Memorial Hall: It was begun in the name of the Lord, and in Hit name it will be completed. A few days later, when we heard our president was dead, we saw new meaning and beauty in Memorial Hall. . . . The task was completed. Early in 1939, one hundred men moved into a new home, the Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall.

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9rom 1872 to 1941 This is the day which Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Such was the theme of the address given a June day in 1875 when a group gathered to dedicate the first building completed on that part of Murphy's Addition to Minneapolis which is now the Augsburg Campus. The West wing of that building—the one we call Old Main—had been used three years, for in the fall of 1872, Augs- burg Seminary, established at Marshall. Wisconsin, now seventy-two years ago. was moved to Minne- apolis. Here on the prairies there was room, the founders said, for a free school on free American soil. MAIN WEST OLD MAIN MEMORIAL MORTON SIVERTSEN Founded upon principles of Christian liberty, the school attracted men interested in theolog:cal edu- cation and Christian service. As the number of students and professors increased, buildings were added. Two houses were built—homes for professors, a frame structure for three families, a brick one for two. They stand today. West and Morton, serving less dignified and quiet purposes than those for which they were erected. Both are dormitories for freshmen girls. For more than fifty years, a square, grim structure. North Hall, did valiant service as a dormitory for forty men. But its ' last stand was not valiant enough. The new dormitory for men. Memorial Hall, pushed against it, and during the cold winter of 1938, North Hall was torn down and hauled away. The 'old order changeth, yielding place to new. In 1900 Main was completed. Through the years it has stood at the center of school activity, fostering a teaching and a living which attempt to build lives on solid founda- tions laid by unchanging principles of Christian liberty. Three blocks from the campus is Sivertsen Hall, a building which is the pride of the coeds and one of increasing popularity among all. For this latest addi- tion is the new dormitory for women at Augsburg. From 1872 to 1941. Prairies have become cluttered city blocks: a spacious place, a crowded campus. Gen- erations of students have come and gone; men have lived, and taught, and died. But a school to love lives on. because a common people rich in spiritual heritage have kept a vision of Christian education. From their labors, gifts, and sacrifices, have come buildings which today shelter more than five hundred students and teachers at Augsburg. Surely. This is the day which Jehovah hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it. 75lie School” 3

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 human service challenges into field ments. into useful labor for the welfa as a memorial to a mother, at th Sivertsen Hall shelters securely. For ♦ knowledge that a Mother's labors iha oear fr vision shall not vanish. ... It wasn't necessary t love Sivertsen Hall. When we entered it last fa™wr that we had come to a place where we belong Fifty-two years Augsburg was a sanctum for men. But one autumn day in 1921. five courageous women entered Main —to enroll. Traditions were shattered, co education be- gan. . . . Twenty years after that epoch-making event, forty young women entered another building, a new dor- mitory made possible for Augsburg through the generosity of Doctor Ivar Sivertsen. Retaining the name of the doc- tor, Sivertsen Hall with its past of scientific research and SIVERTSEN HALL