The Roaring ’20s brought a social stage to Hillsdale, and the Ambler House, located between Broadlawn and the Alpha Tau Omega house, was the center of the social scene. “In 1920 a group of girls who had become quite satiated with the thrills of sorority life moved over to the Ambler House where they practice Domestic Science and have parties,”...
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Students build bridge to community over break
Thirty-five Hillsdale College students spent their spring break evenings sleeping on the floor at Hillsdale Free Methodist Church and their mornings doing service projects in the community. The students split into teams, visited eight philanthropic centers in Hillsdale, as well as the homes of several needy families by the end of the week. Students also hosted a vacation Bible school...
Cracking the Code: Hillsdale alum aided U.S. intelligence during world wars
Elizebeth graduated from Hillsdale College in 1915 with a B.A. in English, an annotated volume of Alfred Tennyson that she kept until her death, and an interest in Shakespeare that unexpectedly led her to become a pioneer in the field of cryptography. Elizebeth S. Friedman was born on Aug. 26, 1892 in Huntington, Ind. to John Marion Smith and Sophia...
Bringing the gods to life
What happens when an Irish Catholic priest heads west to 1864 Colorado to evangelize an American Indian tribe? In sophomore Caleb Eatough’s recently published book, “The Western Gods,” that priest falls in love with an American Indian goddess named Eithne, and other gods retaliate. “Sometimes things don’t really have a realistic solution,” Eatough said. “The last chapter of the book,...
The house that Reynolds built: 140 years later
When Lorenzo Reynolds heard the fire alarm, he ran the mile from his lawn to his insurance office in downtown Hillsdale. The building in flames, he hurried inside to recover his books. An explosion threw him out of a second story window and into the street, where he was resuscitated and carried back to his home. The former secretary...
A trip to the Hundred Acre Wood
Associate Professor of English John Somerville is seated in a leather armchair, one loafer resting against the opposite knee, a hardcover book in his hands. “Oh, that’s such a tender picture,” he says, lifting his eyes from the page. He sends the book to his right, indicating a small illustration in the middle of a break in the text. “Pass...
