St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-30
THE HAMLINE LINER.

''Ho no, no, Ham-lee-unee-verstee rah-
reer spouts the little Brownie which adorns
the first page of the '93 Liner. II. u, for be it
known that Hamline university has bios
somed out in a junior annual, which makes
its first appearance before an eXpectant pub,
lie this week. An annual brochure. setting
forth the veal and woe of college life, the
foibles and ambitions of studentdom. is an
established thing i'll all high-grade COLI
leges and the friends Of Hamlne have
been patiently waiting junior class whichi
should have the courage to produce such. a
storehouse of college fun. The expectations
are more than realized in this volume which,
'93 has published and it will turn many,
gray head back 10 those days of youth and
mirthful jollity and make him long for those
school days which were his happiest 90
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The per in ent quotation from Scott on the
first page reminds us of the many Volumes
we've loaned and lost. please return it. You
may, think this a strange request, butrI find
that although many of my friends are,
poor arithmef1cans they are nearly.
all of them good bookkeepers.a
A page of minette engravings gives the faces
of the enterprising Juniors eighteen i'll all.
They hint of the strong minded woman, the
missionary. the girl of fun, the snowdrop.
and, yes-a wee sign of the blue stocking.
while the stronger half which is trifie less
i'll numbers has lines which fOretell the
preacher dreamer, business man. and in
cludes the president editor of the Oracle.
W. L. Bonney, and the singer, ball player,
orator, Maxwell Take it all in ALL it is a
class which iIamline may be proud to grad
uate. and its present effort may be fore
runner of future journalistic efforts.
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AS it is the first book of the kind issued at
the university it rightly contains on it's early
pages short pictorial sketch. In 1854 bill
was intro iuced into the Minnesota terri
torial legislature by Cen isaac Van Etten 10
incorporate seminary under the control of
the Methodist Episcopal church. The bill
was referred to a committee. of which
w. P. Murray was chairman. which
agreed to incorporate college to
be located upon the Mississippi river
between ST. Paul and Lake Pepin.''
Mr. Murray was personal acquaintance of
Bishop Hamline and insisted that the name
of the institution should be ''Hamline," ex-
hiblting his usual sagacity. as the bishop was
wealthy and made liberal donation to the
infant school. The bill was agreed upon and
passed both houses in March, being ap
April ). 1854. At the head Of the list of in
corporators. many of whom are we'll known
in pioneer history, is the name of Alexander
Ramsey The next month the trustees met
in the Methodist church of st. Paul and
located the college at Red Wing. Bishop
Hamline gave property i'll New York. which
was put upon the market for 5000. and is
now worth half million. The Rebellion and
financial panics of 81 and '13 gave the college
a checkered existence, but i'll 1880, after
suspension of eleven years, the university
was opened in the midway district where its
close proximity 10 the cities has given the
wealthy Methodist layman deeper interest
in its welfare. There are excellent engrav-
ings of the university hall, science and ladies'
halls and the presidents home and hand
some full page engraving OF President Bridg
man.
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Another page gives portraits of the faculty,
and is followed by short biographical sketches
of each one In lighter vein are the faculty
facts Historic Frog pond, with its senti-a
mental associations, has given inspirations
to the poetic muse. who has taken as her text
Tennyson's immortal in the spring, etc''i
Two woodcuts intimate, in inadequate beauty.
the marvellous wonders of the spot, and the
alumni. Following this is the list of alumni
from IS to 81, their. occupations and adj
dresses. The ranks of the pe1agogue have
received the larger aecessions, with divinity
students close second. The names in braek-
cts, indicating those who have passed from sine
gle blessedness are found elsewhere inthe list
A halfdozen pages are devoted to the annals
of the year, and marginal illustrations aid in
calculating the somewhat obscure. laconic
chronicling. The annals will be interesting
chiefly to the undergraduates. and each one,
will probably find his worst blunder of the
year set forth in unmistakable reference. -
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A drama for ms most interesting chapter
in this readable book "All the worlds
stage" and Der Krieg uber die Spatzier-
Stoke" resounds with the clamors of war
which the sophomore canes caused The
dramatis persona are the kings Philippe
kew (G. NJ. Philips. president of '95) and
Louis XCIV. &C. d. Lewis, president of '9i)
while their followers are members of the
freshman and sophomore classes, whose
names have been used By seemingly insati-
able punster. The libretto is most comical.
incongruous mixture of Latin, Queens Eng
lish, platitudinous ponderosity, college YER
nacular, slang and puns. The score is the
cane racket and the battle erys OF the oppos.
ing factions. which arc finally blended into
the university veil as the curtain descends.
Each class is listed with its motto, colors
and yell. beautiful engraving from Dreka
reveals the senior class pin upon clouded
back ground surrounded by the names of
the class members.
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If there is anything in the college which