Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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 C-r-f'' r I Ifamlmr Sltterarij nirtrty OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President .............. Vice-President.......... Recording Secretary..... Corresponding Secretary Treasurer ............. Ralph Hileman .. Edwin Taylor ..Harry Burns Allen Eliason Floyd Hagie OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President .............. Vice-President ......... Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer ............. Earl Vandagriff Ralph Hileman .Allen Eliason .Bert Jordan Harry Burns Hamline Literary Society was organized on February 20, 1855, and is the pioneer society of the institution. Early in that year it was incorporated under the laws of Iowa, its charter bearing the date of February 22, 1855. It received its name from Bishop Leonidas Ilamline, an eminent orator and divine then living in retirement at Mt. Pleasant. From its organization, the Society has occupied its present quarters on the third floor of the Old Main Hall, which last year was entirely refurnished and is now one of the finest literary halls in the state. During the Civil War Hamline suffered severely, as nearly every member capable of bearing a gun, went to the front. However, it maintained a continuous existence and recovered its usual strength after the struggle. In January, 1856, the Ilamlines invited the Rutheans to cast their lot with them and share a common hearth and home. The invitation was accepted and Ruthean removed from her hall on the second floor to find an abiding place within the walls of Hamline, where the two societies have lived amicably together ever since. In debate and oratory Hamline has an excellent record, five of her men having captured the State Oratorical Contest for his Alma Mater in the last fifteen years. The roll of her alumni is long and they may be found everywhere, filling positions of honor and responsibility, reflecting credit upon their society and their Alma Mater. T