St. Paul's College in St. Paul Park, organized in 1889 offered both a preparatory and collegiate course. St. Paul's was organized and supported by the Northern German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This conference included German Methodist congregation in Minnesota plus some in Wisconsin and North Dakota. The school operated until 1917, closing under financial difficulties and the stress of being a German-speaking institution during World War I. Supporters were encouraged to shift allegiance to Hamline University.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Group portrait of eight women, wearing dresses and hats, sitting together on a lawn. The group includes: Defenbaugh, Carlson, Kreger, Johnson, Schumacher, and Johnson.
View of eight women, wearing dresses, with one of them standing in a tree, gathered at the base of a tree, building in background. Marie Petit is standing in the tree.
Group portrait of the women's tennis team, holding tennis rackets, standing and sitting near a tennis net. Left to right: E. Carrie Schaefer, Ida Tisdell, Lucy Meckstroth, Carrie Tisdell, Daisy Cook, sitting, left to right, Lillian Hayse, Maude Kerr, Emily Carhart.
Lawrence Hall, named after long-time faculty member Isabel Lawrence, opened in 1905 as a dormitory for women. It replaced the first Lawrence Hall after a fire destroyed it in early 1905.
Group portrait of the women's softball team. Members are Edith Lundhold (center field), Mae Greogry (2nd base), Beatrice Waite, Bertha Lausted (pitcher), Margaret Bohan (left field), Hazel McGibbon (mascot), Lucinda Gregory (right field), Birdie Larson, Marie Scheidieger (catcher), Nellie Bartholomew (shortstop), Mae Gavin (captain and third base).
Hamline University women's gym class. Top row: William Baird, athletic director. Second row, from left: Gladys Annand, Jessie Asness, Myrtle Clousen, Mildred Brink, Katherine McNair, Gladys Van Fossen. Third row: Bertha Lindquist, Gladys Hill, Carol Doran, Joy Hamrin, Florence Healy, Frances Thompson, Louise Wylie. Bottom row: Mary Stills, Reba Wakefield, Lucile Curtis.