In 1820, the academic institution at which the Six Million Dollar Man first began his college football career as a defensive end thanks to an IU athletic scholarship, the Midwest school which now has nine campuses and nearly 90,000 students, the university we now know to be Indiana University, was founded. Founded, that is, first, as an Indiana seminary.
Classes began at this Hoosier seminary four years after the school’s founding.
Those early classes at Indiana’s university were held in Bloomington. Just as IU classes are held in Bloomington this autumn. While at that time – early in the 20th Century – at the onset of IU’s storied history, there had not yet been a university label affixed to our Bloomington school.
See, before Indiana University officially became Indiana University, Indiana University had been educating Hoosiers in the town of Bloomington as Indiana College. After initially educating Hoosiers in Bloomington as Indiana Seminary.
Our early Hoosier seminary. First established as Indiana Seminary. Later becoming Indiana College. Later becoming Indiana University.
Indiana Seminary became Indiana College in 1828. Four years after Hoosier students first attended classes at Indiana’s university. Then known as Indiana Seminary.
Eight years after the school which went on to transition into Indiana University was first established. And twelve years after an Indiana university was to be established in the Hoosier state. To be established, through Indiana charter. An Indiana university. The formation for a university, by way of Indiana’s state constitution, which was written in 1816.
Indiana University, Indiana’s university, that is, owning its designation as a university – officially becoming Indiana University – twenty two years after a doctrinal mandate for an establishment of an Indiana university.
So, Indiana’s university became IU eighteen years after the school’s founding. And “Iu” became IU twenty two years after a Iu was to be established. By way of state charter.
Indiana’s state constitution – which paved the way for an “Iu” and then IU – was written at Indiana’s original state capital. Indiana’s constitution…the framework for IU.
And in 1816, when Indiana’s state constitution was drafted, when the formation for an Indiana university was penned into state charter, Indiana’s state capital was not the state capital which Indiana has today.
While today, Indianapolis is Indiana’s state capitol, in 1816, Cordyn was the Hoosier State’s capital.
So, Indiana’s state constitution was written in Cordyn. And through that 1816 Hoosier doctrine drafted in Codyn, we have our legislative framework for what would go on to become an Iu. Later becoming, IU.
In Codyn, Indiana, with the use of a feathered pen…the birth of IU.
Four years later, four years after Indiana’s Constitutional Convention was held in Cordyn…the founding of IU.
Indiana’s university…
An Iu. First, Indiana Seminary. Later becoming Indiana College. Later becoming Indiana University.
IU. Where Steve Austin, aka, the Bionic Man, once played defensive end.
Classes began at this Hoosier seminary four years after the school’s founding.
Those early classes at Indiana’s university were held in Bloomington. Just as IU classes are held in Bloomington this autumn. While at that time – early in the 20th Century – at the onset of IU’s storied history, there had not yet been a university label affixed to our Bloomington school.
See, before Indiana University officially became Indiana University, Indiana University had been educating Hoosiers in the town of Bloomington as Indiana College. After initially educating Hoosiers in Bloomington as Indiana Seminary.
Our early Hoosier seminary. First established as Indiana Seminary. Later becoming Indiana College. Later becoming Indiana University.
Indiana Seminary became Indiana College in 1828. Four years after Hoosier students first attended classes at Indiana’s university. Then known as Indiana Seminary.
Eight years after the school which went on to transition into Indiana University was first established. And twelve years after an Indiana university was to be established in the Hoosier state. To be established, through Indiana charter. An Indiana university. The formation for a university, by way of Indiana’s state constitution, which was written in 1816.
Indiana University, Indiana’s university, that is, owning its designation as a university – officially becoming Indiana University – twenty two years after a doctrinal mandate for an establishment of an Indiana university.
So, Indiana’s university became IU eighteen years after the school’s founding. And “Iu” became IU twenty two years after a Iu was to be established. By way of state charter.
Indiana’s state constitution – which paved the way for an “Iu” and then IU – was written at Indiana’s original state capital. Indiana’s constitution…the framework for IU.
And in 1816, when Indiana’s state constitution was drafted, when the formation for an Indiana university was penned into state charter, Indiana’s state capital was not the state capital which Indiana has today.
While today, Indianapolis is Indiana’s state capitol, in 1816, Cordyn was the Hoosier State’s capital.
So, Indiana’s state constitution was written in Cordyn. And through that 1816 Hoosier doctrine drafted in Codyn, we have our legislative framework for what would go on to become an Iu. Later becoming, IU.
In Codyn, Indiana, with the use of a feathered pen…the birth of IU.
Four years later, four years after Indiana’s Constitutional Convention was held in Cordyn…the founding of IU.
Indiana’s university…
An Iu. First, Indiana Seminary. Later becoming Indiana College. Later becoming Indiana University.
IU. Where Steve Austin, aka, the Bionic Man, once played defensive end.