Hamline University
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Hamline University was founded in 1854 in Red Wing, Minnesota as the first institution of higher education in the state. The University of Minnesota is technically older (having been chartered in 1851) although it did not begin enrolling students until 1857. Hamline is also distinct as being founded as a coeducational institution, a rarity in nineteenth century America. Its first graduates were, in fact, women.
The college at Red Wing was closed in 1869 and reopened at its current location in 1880. Since 1880, Hamline has been located in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul. Hamline has a total enrollment of approximately 4,000 students, including its College of Liberal Arts, School of Law, and Graduate Studies programs, and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Hamline University was named for the Methodist bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline, who provided US$25,000 of his own money to launch the school. A statue of the bishop, sculpted by the late Professor of Art Michael Price, stands on campus.
Hamline University's mascot is the "Piper," which comes from a play on the name of the University. The Pied Piper story comes from Hamlin, Germany, and thus, the mascot name fits nicely with the Hamline University title.
Athletics
Hamline University calls itself the "birthplace of intercollegiate basketball." In 1893 then-Hamline Athletic Director Ray Kaighn (who had played on James Naismith's very first basketball team) brought the sport to the University, when it was barely a year old. A women's program was organized two years later. On February 9, 1895 Hamline hosted the first intercollegiate basketball game in history when the "Minnesota State School of Agriculture" (also known as the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota) defeated Hamline by a score of 9 to 3. The game was played using Naismith's original "Peach Basket" rules in the basement of the school's old science building (long since demolished), and featured nine players to each side.
Hamline was once known for the strength of its basketball program, with the University considered to be a national power in the sport from the 1930s to the 1950s. Former Head Coach Joe Hutton, Sr. (1931-65) was once even offered -- and turned down -- a chance to coach the Minneapolis Lakers.
-1,154 total victories ranks Hamline as the 23rd winningest team in NCAA Division III history (as of the 2004-05 season)
-NCAA Division III Semifinalist: 1977 (Finished in fourth place)
-NCAA Division III Quarterfinalist: 1975
-NCAA Division III All-Tournament Selection: Phil Smyczek, 1977
-NCAA Division III Academic All-Americans: Paul Westling, 1986; John Banovetz, 1989
-University is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC).
School of Law
The School of Law was founded in 1972 as the Midwestern School of Law by a group of legal professionals. The school was then absorbed by Hamline University as its own School of Law, making Hamline one of the few smaller universities to support a full law school.
US News & World Reports ranks the School of Law's dispute resolution program among the top five in the nation, rounded out by Pepperdine University (McConnell), University of Missouri–Columbia, Harvard Law School, and Ohio State University (Moritz); the general law school is placed in the fourth tier.
The School of Law fields student-run sports teams under the team name Res Ipsa, particularly in ice hockey, where it competes in community leagues, intramural competition, and inter-law school competition among the Minnesota-based law schools.
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