A sickness and a silver crown: How Saint Louis University survived the cholera epidemic of 1849

I came upon this story about SLU and the cholera epidemic of 1849 on Twitter and found it quite inspirational. Maybe you will too. Here’s the link to the story embedded in the tweet. While we all know that there are controversial chapters in SLU’s history, (I’m thinking slavery in particular) other historical gems like this remind us that we’re in a learning community that’s survived and thrived for more than 200 years now.