Hamline University - Liner Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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gg.-gl.15:i4:',jjf.' aff ' I -.L .f 1 if., 'f.,,:f5 ' 1 E' L . 4,---.. li' La in research. The need for greater accessibility developed with the larger faculty and increased attendance and in 1901 Anna Davis, Ph. B., was elected librarian. Professor Milton I. Griffin, A. M., of the early faculty resigned in 1901 and lames S. King, A. B., was elected to ill the position of Professor of Greek and Modern Languages. His classes grew- and courses developed rapidly so that 1n 1903 the Department of Modern Languages was separated and keptin charge of Professor King and William I. Keller, M. A., later succeeded by Roy Towne, M. A., was elected Professor of Greek. Q In 1904, the courses of the Preparatory Department were extended so as. to equalize the four-year courses required for college entrance which were becoming general. But with the constant improvement .of the high schools, the necessity for the Preparatory Department gradually ceased and in 1911 it Was finally dis- continued. During the period intervening between 1896 and 1906 the attendance in the College of Liberal Arts was constantly increasing so that the catalogue of 1906 shows an enrollment of two hundred and ninety-two. At this time there began a period of very active extension of the educational facilities offered to Hamline students. ' In 1906 the courses in Political and Social 'Science were separated from the History Departmentand made into .adepartment and given into the charge of Erville B. Woods, Ph. D., who wassucceeded in 1911, by Don D. Lescohier, A. M. By 1906 the English Department had enlarged to' such a degree -that a separate department of English Language was founded and Thomas, P. Beyer, -M. A., was elected to be its head. ln 1907 President.Bridgman'succeeded in securing the endorsement of Ham- line's work by Andrew Carnegie who became sufficiently interested in her progress to give the Trustees the sum of 330,000 to be used for the erection of a library building, provided that an equal sum should be raised and set aside as an endow- ment for its upkeep. This latter condition having been met, the building was erected and today is the pride and comfort of all. During this same year the second floor was added to the rear part of Science Hall at a cost of about 3B10,000, and the space thus afforded was appropriated to the biological department. In 1908 the Department of Philosophy and Psychology was instituted and Gregory D. Wal- cott, Ph. D. was elected Professor. For many years Hamline had held an enviable position in College Athletics. The first mention of a Physical Director is that of R. P. Kaign in the catalogue of 1892, but good teams in foot-ball, base-ball and track had been in existence much earlier. For many years the rooms -in the basement of Science Hall had been used by the Athletic Department and were gradually improved and made some- what serviceable. In 1910 funds necessary to build and equip the present Gym- nasium and Norton Field were raised and at that time William Baird, B. S., was elected to the post of Physical Director. Thus gradually during the twenty-nine years of the presidency of Dr. Bridg- man, Hamline-passed through the early stages of its career, advancing steadily from crude beginnings and reached its present substantial estate. In 1912 he resigned from the active work of President and the Trustees elected Samuel F. Kerfoot, D. D., an alumnus of the class of 1889 as his successor. In the few years that Dr. Kerfoot has been president, he has made many improve- ments. 1n 1913, the Department of Romance Language was foundediand Louis Rowell Herrick, M. A., from the faculty of Wisconsin University was elected to take charge of it. The same year the teaching force of the Department of Biologv was strengthened by the addition of an instructor and Orren John Wenzel of Micli- igan University was elected to the position. ' Page Twenty mo X xo. ' X5-

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Dr. Bridgman had already mastered difficult educational problems at Lima and history has amply demonstrated the wisdom of his selection to be the head of Ham- line University. Equally wise was the selection of Dean Batchelder. These men found an institution in its infancy, both laboring for years, with the aid of other devoted men and women, produced a physical plant and an educational routine of the highest order. The labor of supplying the ways and means for the educa- tiogal lprogram fell upon 'President Bridgman, ably assisted by Dean- Batchelder an ot ers. . f The institution of that day consisted of a College of Liberal arts and a College Preparatory Department. The former was made up of iiive seniors, six juniors, thirteen sophomores and fourteen freshmen, in contrast with this enrollment there was a preparatory department of one hundred and twenty-eight. It was the task of President Bridgman to develop the College of Liberal Arts out of these beginnings. His first achievement was the enlargement of the Ladies' Hall by an addition at the south end whereby its capacity was doubled. 2 In 1887 Science Hall was erected to afford space needed for the scientific laboratories and for class rooms. In the same year the Department of Biology was founded and Henry L. Osborn, Ph. D. was elected totake charge of it. In 1889 the Department of History was added to the curriculum. George S. Innis, Ph. D. was .made professor of History. He had formerly been the head of the Latin Department and the place thus vacated has been filled from that time to this by William E. Thompson, A. M. These additions to the faculty and curriculum improved the institution sufficiently to permit growth of the collegiate work and the results were shown by the increased attendance in the College of Liberal Arts. Up to 1898 the work in English had been carried by various other departments, in that year a professorship of English was founded. The Qchief work of its early development was done by Richard Watson Cooper, A. B., who was elected in 1899. In those days the college library occupied the rooms on the second floor of University Hall, now occupied by the Greek Department and the Y. W. C. A. The library was in charge of Dr. Innis and was open at a few stated hours for draw- ing books, but there were no facilities for using it as a place for reading or library Page Twentyfone '

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Y l 5 p In 1914 the Department of Physics Was separated from that of Chemistry and Jens Mad R 1 ' sen ysgaard, B. A., Was elected to be Professor of Physics. Hamline is thus steadily improving, as time passes, the total attendance this year being three hundred and eighty-three. With its enthusiastic faculty alumni and student body and its splendid location and equipment and high educational stand d d 'd l ' ' ' ar s an 1 ea S it has become one of the important forces making for leader- ship in the Northwest. Pa g , . . ureau of Education, 1902 and The History of Hamline at Red Wing . - Part II. This sketch is furnished by Dr. Henry L. Osborn of Hamline University. rt I . Drawn largely from Greer- The History of Education in Minnesota U S B A Page Twenty-three 'i ,ij '-, ,L 1 1f',f,' k ii V Af. ,., :, ff,-'Q 1-',g-' ,fi-'-.'S'fH I