Talk:Augustana University/Archive 1

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I merged the text from Augustana College -- Sioux Falls to this one, as this is the somewhat older article and the other title is untypical with its double hyphen. Perhaps this article should be at Augustana College (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), and the other at Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois), as in the ELCA-box? Or perhaps the towns (Sioux Falls and Rock Island) in parantheses, without the states, are actually both enough and better to distinguish them (Augustana College (Sioux Falls) and Augustana College (Rock Island), respectively)? / up+land 07:10, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Hi, that sounds good. I was actually the one that contributed some to the Augustana South Dakota article and gave the Sioux Falls title. Thinking about it I agree with your decision to merge them under the title Augustana (South Dakota). Probably leaving the titles by the state names would be the best idea. Thanks for your help. User:angech01


 * OK, we'll leave them as they are for now. / up+land 08:43, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Why do we insist on the BNi thing? We mention none of the other things Augie does. It seems like the BNI people are a bit egotistical.

Infobox picture
Any chance of replacing that infobox picture with a pic of something that's actually on the campus? ObtuseAngle 19:58, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

That's what I came here to say as well. The picture is of the falls on the Sioux River, which are the city's namesake but are not remotely near campus. I find it misleading to have that picture under what some may interpret as a caption reading Augustana College. I couldn't find any publicity photos on the website, so I have emailed Admissions for directions to such or permission to use the photo on this page:. I will make the change once I have their authorization. --Mwillia9 16:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I've taken a picture of the campus and replaced it with that of the falls. If a better one is desired, let me know what I can do. --Hubie 21:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'd say that'll do. Thanks! ObtuseAngle 01:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Assessment
I changed the article rating to a B on all WikiProjects, since I think it is quite clearly a B. Slap me silly if you disagree. Or maybe just drop me a message. Phillip A (talk) 14:43, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Citation style
OK, I have changed all the web citations back to where the name of the website (usually "Augustana College") is specified in the "website" field, and not the "work" field. No idea if this is actually the correct way to do this (feel free to correct me), but the WP:MOS states that citation styles should be uniform, so I have done a Picard, and made it so. Phillip A (talk) 13:57, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Bolding former names and infobox
What are Wikipedia's guidelines on using bold in an article? I can't find comparable usage of bold text in other college articles. It's kind of distracting. Additionally, the "former names" section is rather extensive and something I haven't seen elsewhere.

Editor589 (talk) 06:35, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The bolding of the former names in the history section is a convention I have seen in a large proportion of articles on colleges (e.g. Florida State, Florida). As for the infobox section, I've never liked the placement of the "Former Names" piece at the very top of the box, but here are a couple of other examples of extensive lists of former names: Arizona State University, Duke University and University of Connecticut. I would support a change to edit the Infobox University template to move the former names section so that it's not so prominent, but that's a larger discussion. I don't see a great argument for excluding that information from the infobox for this particular article. &mdash; DeeJayK (talk) 14:50, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Makes sense. I suppose my thought would be that it would make sense to put them underneath when the college was established, but I don't know if there's any precedent for that. Editor589 (talk) 07:09, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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History and Citations Regarding Illinois State University (Springfield, Illinois) and Carthage College
According to the Augustana University page and official history at (http://www.augie.edu/about-augustana/history-augustana-university) it claims that it began as Hillsboro Academy in 1835 then became The Literary and Theological Institute of The Lutheran Church of the Far West in 1846 and then became Illinois State University in Springfield, Illinois at a 'short time later'.

According to the Carthage College page and official history at (https://www.carthage.edu/about/college-history/) it claims that it began as The Literary and Theological Institute of The Lutheran Church of the Far West in 1846, then became Hillsboro College and then became Illinois State University in Springfield, Illinois in 1852. Afterward it became Carthage College by a move to Carthage, Ill., in 1870.

In addition to this, the Illinois State University of Springfield wikipage Illinois State University (Springfield, Illinois) says "The college relocated again in 1870, moving to Carthage, Illinois and assuming the present name of Carthage College."

Which of these histories is correct, or are both correct? How can two separate institutions claim the same heritage officially? That seems like they are both appropriating the histories of predecessor institutions. In any case, what should be showed on the Illinois State University (Springfield, Illinois) page? Right it just shows the Carthage College as the official inheritor of those predecessor institutions. Randomeditor1000 (talk) 13:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Good questions. Augie's published history at http://www.augie.edu/about-augustana/history-augustana-university doesn't draw a clear line between the Hillboro - The Literary and Theological Institute of The Lutheran Church of the Far West - Illinois State University years and the Augustana Seminary - Synod - Academy - College - University years. It seemed to me that Carthage has a clearer claim to the ISU history because that institution moved in 1870 to Carthage and assumed the town's name. I couldn't figure out why Augie claims that history as well. They write "By 1860 ... For Augustana’s founders, it was time to make a move." But ISU was active in Springfield from 1852 to 1870. Were Augie's founders students or faculty members at ISU between 1852 and 1860? It turns out the answer is yes. Lars Paul Esbjörn was a Scandinavian Lutheran professor at ISU, which was a German Lutheran school. He left in 1860 to form a Scandinavian Lutheran seminary and synod. Carthage gets to keep the history as well as a continued German Lutheran influence. The Augustana colleges get to keep the history as well as their particular versions of the Scandinavian Lutheran heritage. Runner1928 (talk) 18:47, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * , I'm not sure that the wikipedia article Illinois State University (Springfield, Illinois) should ignore either/or claims to the lineage from that perspective. Even so their histories are inconsistent and refer to different years. For example, was Hillsboro Academy founded in 1836 as a predecessor to The Literary and Theological Institutte as claimed by Augustana or was TLTI a predecessor to Hillsboro College after 1846 as claimed by Carthage?


 * These both are reaching claims to suggest the same institutions in South Dakota and Wisconsin are the direct subsidiaries of the others. As you point out faculty left the ISU institution to later found others. Not every forerunner is the same organization as offspring. But then again, my opinion is not what the article should read as. Randomeditor1000 (talk) 20:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


 * It would seem that the Augustana founders parted ways with Illinois State in 1860 and founded their own institution, using that date as their beginning. As for the school now known as "Carthage College", the name "The Literary and Theological Institute of The Lutheran Church of the Far West" was only briefly used before being changed to "Lutheran College." In Hillsboro, the school was known simply as "Hillsboro College" or "The Academy". After "Lutheran College" moved to Springfield in 1852, "The Academy" continued teaching Hillsboro students until 1861 when the first local public school opened. The claim that The Academy was founded by "Scandinavian immigrants" is open to argument; the primary financial backer was John Tillson, and the initial faculty members were named Wetherell, Wetherell, Wyman, and Hadley– all surnames of English origin.   GWFrog (talk) 20:26, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Okay, is there a source we can use that explicitly states this? Also please, do not delete my posts/responses in the future. Randomeditor1000 (talk) 20:34, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Cited in my edited comment, above... Wikipedia must have deleted you in an edit conflict when we both saved... Sorry 'bout that... GWFrog (talk) 20:49, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I will revise soon to reflect the new source. I'm thinking the average reader is probably just as confused as I was. Randomeditor1000 (talk) 12:38, 18 October 2017 (UTC)