1.0Augsburg Now/nowStephen Jendraszak/now/author/jendra/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ntdFYDSlqR"><a href="/now/2017/11/16/looking-back-decades-of-augsburgs-history/">Looking back: decades of Augsburg’s history</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/now/2017/11/16/looking-back-decades-of-augsburgs-history/embed/#?secret=ntdFYDSlqR" width="600" height="338" title="“Looking back: decades of Augsburg’s history” — Augsburg Now" data-secret="ntdFYDSlqR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /now/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/11/Featured-Image-Looking-Back-Decades.jpg7555081857: 160 Years Ago Fifteen years before Augsburg moved in next door, Edward Murphy donated land for the first city park in Minneapolis—what is now Murphy Square. For years prior, the parcel had been used as a cow pasture.   1937: 80 Years Ago Augsburg elected an erudite and scholarly teacher, Bernhard Christensen ’22, ’25,