AUGSBURG SEMINARY. 13 HISTORY.iFour recitations a week. Ancient history completed. Text-book: Anderson’s New Manual of General History. CHURCH HISTORY.—-Two recitatiOns a week. Mediaeval and modern history completed. Text-book: Nissen’s Church History. JUNIOR CLASS. GREEK—Daily recitations.... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY. 13 HISTORY.iFour recitations a week. Ancient history completed. Text-book: Anderson’s New Manual of General History. CHURCH HISTORY.—-Two recitatiOns a week. Mediaeval and modern history completed. Text-book: Nissen’s Church History. JUNIOR CLASS. GREEK—Daily recitations. Xenophon’s Anabasis. III. Book and the Acts of the Apostles translated. Grammar and Analysis. LATIN—Daily recitations. Caesar’s De Bello Gallico. first three books translated. Etymology reviewed and syntax carefully studied. ENGLISH.—Four recitations a week. Rhetoric reviewed. English Literature from Caedmon to Shakespeare. Compositions. NORWEGIAN—Three recitations a week. Literature. compositions. analysis. Text—book: Ericksen’s Selections from Norwegian and Danish Authors, Part II. GERMAN—Three recitations a week. Reading. translation. and analysis. Text books: Aalholm’s Reader and Liikke's Grammar. HISTORY.iThree times a week. Modern history completed. Text- book: Schjoth’s Manual of General History. RELIGION—Two recitations a week. The Gospel of St. Mark read in the original. SENIOR CLASS. GREEK—Four recitations a week. Xenophon’s Anabasis reviewed and Plato’s Apology translated and ’analyzed. The grammar carefully reviewed. LATIN—Four recitations a week. Cicero’s four Catilinarian speeches translated and analyzed. Czesa r's De Bello Gallico reviewed. Harkness’ Latin Grammar reviewed. GERMAN—Three times a week. Bolesen’s German Prose read and translated. The grammar completed and reviewed. ENGLlSH.—-Four recitations a week. Swinton‘s Studies in English Literature and Brooke’s Primer of English Literature completed. Shakespeare’s King Lear and Longfellow’s Evangeline read. NORWEGIAN.-Three times a week. History of Norwegian and Danish Literature completed. \Vritten work on topics assigned. HISTORY.—Twice a week. Schjiith’s History completed and reviewed. RELIGIONiTwo recitations a week. The History of the Church. Bible History. and Catechism. N. B. Vocal music twice a week for all cla ses in the College. Show less
AUGSBURG SEMINARY. HISTORICAL SIYE T CII. HE aim of Augsburg Seminary, the first Norwegian E divinity school in America, is to meet the demands that a new people in a new country makes for earnest, consecrated ministers of the Gospel. The very foundations of the school are a true and living Chris—... Show moreAUGSBURG SEMINARY. HISTORICAL SIYE T CII. HE aim of Augsburg Seminary, the first Norwegian E divinity school in America, is to meet the demands that a new people in a new country makes for earnest, consecrated ministers of the Gospel. The very foundations of the school are a true and living Chris— tianity, Lutheran profession, and a close alliance with the congregations and the people Such a school could not find a model in the institutions of the established church of Norway, as these were designed to educate ministers, who were the servants of the government. Nor could the American churches show anything that was satisfactory in every respect. It was, therefore, necessary to reach the desired end through personal experience, and the history of Augsburg Seminary is, therefore, the story of the trials and sufferings and final success of its founders in their effort to establish a school that relieves this urgent need for faithful and earnest pastors among the Norwegians in America. The beginning was insignificant. The congregations belonging to “the Conference,” were few and their mem- bers poor, and the school naturally shared their condi- tion. The years spent at Marshall, VVis.,were, indeed, full of troubles, and when Prof. \Veenaas, who was then the president, could, in 1872, move his school of nineteen students into a new and commodious building in Minne- apolis, the rejoicing was general. Through the persever- ing and energetic work of Rev. 0. Paulson, who was then pastor of Trinity Church, grounds had been secured and the west Wing of the present main building erected. But on this property, worth about $10,000, rested a debt of $5,000. The outlook was far from bright after all. The receipts were small and uncertain, and how could the money be raised to meet all obligations ? In spite of the Show less
