The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-05
HAMLiNE UNIVERSITY AND NOR
WEGhAN COLLEGE ARRAYED
E AGAINST EACH OTHER
FACULTY OF HAMLINE
OPPOSE PROPOSED PLAT
Judge Blackwell Champions the I'm
provenent and Says Opposition Is
Due to the Jealousy of the Larger
Observation-Disclosures Is Laid Over
Until the November Meeting.

Hamllne university pitted against
the norwegian Lutheran college in the
latters desire for the establishment of
ne1ghborhood park on the block fac
ing lhat structure is the latest prob
lem to engage the attention of that
stald and usually quiet neighbour
hood. From proposition made in the
neat OF political battle it threatened to
assume the dignity of a scrap and
one OF no mean proportions.
Two weeks ago Aid. Dobner appear
ca before the park board with a petit
tlon ASKING that block Of ground fac
ing the Norwegian Lutheran college be
set aside Tor park purposes, the cost to
De met by the property benefited. Last
night a delegation composed largely of
the FACULTY of Hamline university ap-
peafed before the board with coun-
ter petition, praying that therequest be
rejected. Mr.. Dobner's petition con-
tanned seventy-five names while that
packed by the Hamline university
showed sixty five signers
In presenting the petition, Prof
Bachelor, a member of the Hamline
university faculty, said the signers
were actuated by desire to head off
something from which they would de-
rive no benefit Whatever. They were
opposed to the location, he said, simply
because 1t was not a proper one. If
famine was to have park, he
thought, some other location more cen
tral should be selected.
Prof. Bachelor is a quiet, unassum-
ing man, but there was much between
the lines in the statement that he made,
which quickly brought to the front
Judge BLACKWELL, a friend of the pro-
posed park.
Fight Between College.
Simply fight between the univer-
s1ty and the Norwegian college, gen.
uemen," said, Mr. Blackwell. This
location does not happen to be near
the university, and the faculty doesn't
want it. The whole thing is simply a
repetition of what Hamline has seen
Tor years, a constant kick. First they
kicked on the water, then the street
car, the sewer and now it is a simple
little park, all because it is not in that
sacred little circle that the university
controls. [ have lived out in Hamline
the better part of my life, and it has
always been the same
oh, no, no, we are not in the least
antagonistic to the Norwegian college,
Prof. Bachelor FASTENED to remark.
well, we have some very good sur
face indication here" retorted Judge
Blackwell.
Prof. Brandt, for the Norwegian Lu-
theran college, spoke IN a conciliatory
manner. He denied any friction on the
part of the college or that the college
had instigated the petition for a park.
The trustees, he said, were naturally
pleased with the location, but SO far
had RETAINED from taking any active
part in its selection. He also denied
that the college was acting from any
political motive.
The board, after hearing both sides
and the statement of Judge Blackwell
that if given a month he would secure
the required number of signers for
the park, deferred action until the
November meeting. In the meantime
the two factions are to busy them
selves, and report at that meeting the
result Of their canvass. Whoever has a
majority will be recognized by the
board.
The district in which the two fac
tions will work is bounded by Lexing-
ton and Prior avenues on the east and
west, and the railroad tracks and Uni
versity avenues on the north and
south. Both have promised to get to
work at once and the scramble for
names threatens to be spirited.