C. X. Hansen and Peter Sørensen Vig led the United Church to establish an educational system as a fulfilment of one of its top priorities.
In 1894, Pastor Kristian Anker, then owner and principal of the Elk Horn Højskole, sold it to the newly formed Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America for use as a seminary and college.
Lillian (April 13, 1900-February 1968), Harold (May 18, 1902-November 1991), Paul (March 7, 1904 – August 29, 1971), Elliott (July 3, 1905 – August 26, 1987), Lois (December 11, 1906 – December 19, 1998), Winston (February 21, 1909 – January 16, 1995), Ernest (January 4, 1911-unknown) In 1894, he joined the faculty of Trinity Seminary as a teacher of secular subjects and, with the exception of the year 1896–1897 (the seminary functioned in Elk Horn that year, and Professor Hansen used this time to complete his work at Midland), he remained most of his life on the faculty.
The accounts which many former students give of his teaching indicate that he was a dedicated and effective teacher who managed to retain the human touch.
So intense was his concentration that he could hold a piece of chalk in each hand and work two separate problems on the blackboard simultaneously.
And to illustrate the human touch and sense of humor which helped endear him to his associates, the incident of the lazy student many well be cited.
The student in question had a habit of sleeping late in the mornings and finally C. X. went to his room to remedy the situation.