Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

 - Class of 1910

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IO TI-IE GARNET. 1910 During the first nine years of her life Union had three presidents, all noted divines and able scholars, John Blair Smith, Jonathan Edwards and Jonathan Maxcy. In 1804 there came to the presidency a young Presbyterian clergy- man, Eliphalet Nott, who had already become nationally famous through his wonderful sermon on the death of Hamilton at the hands of Burr. Dr. Nott was a man of almost unparalleled executive ability. When he came to the college, it was still in a very weak condition, but his work as pres- ident soon made it the foremost college in the land. As early as 1825 Union had outstripped even Yale and Harvard in number of students and in educational advantages yielded the palm to none. Dr. Nott had a wonderful insight in dealing with men, for his was a wonderful personality. He was the first college president to put students on their honor regarding personal conduct. He believed in trusting men. He even went so far as to admit to Union students expelled from other colleges. An anecdote is told of him that well illustrates his ideas along this line. When asked one day by a friend, H But what do you do with the scalawags? Dr. Nott replied, Make men of them, sir. And the history of the college shows that he did make men of them. During his long presidency of sixty-two years, Dr. Nott had a Wonder- ful influence in moulding the lives of the young men who came into contact with him. It is right that we should revere the name of him who has justly been called H The Nestor of College Presidents. Moreover, it was Dr. Nott that picked out our beautiful campus. He was the first to see in that delightful stretch of land an ideal home for the college. He realized that the brook, the bit of woodland, the rows of stately elms, and the view of the gently gliding Mohawk in the distance would add charms of delight to any college campus. It was in 1812 that this site was chosen, for the college, and a year later a plan for grounds and buildings was adopted. The design was the work of a Frenchman, Jacques Ramee, the most noted landscape architect then in this co t . H 1 ' ' U un ry e rad previously been employed by the United States government in planning fortifications and in developing the city of Washington It was in accordance with his plan that the two old gray buildings North .Coll d . , , ege an South College, were built. During Dr. Nott's declining years the active work of the college was in the hands of Dr. Laurens P. Hickok, who became president at Dr. N ottis death. Dr. H1ckok's ability w th f ' as. at o a deep scholar. By his work as teacher and author he has profoundly influenced some of our co untry's greatest thinkers, and

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T1-IE GARNET, 1910 9 A Mlimpav intn 1Hnin11'a limit Eg Samurai 11151. Glnuvrt, 'III 'M 'p EARLY one hundred and fourteen years ago there was founded in ' 1 the old Dutch city of Schenectady, known as H The Gateway of the Mohawk, the' first college ever founded in America on a f X fb non-sectarian yet Christian basis. ln keeping with this funda- mental idea in the founding of the college the name H Union was given to her, signifying that all who should gather here, of what- 1 urxnyw ever sect or creed, should be one in the broad principles of Christian unity. A Forlsixteen years after the stormy days of the Revolution A and even while the strife for independence was still in progress, the citizens of the Mohawk Valley had been untiring in their earnest efforts to have a college founded there, until in 1795 their toil was crowned with success. Schenectady and Albany were rival claimants for the location of the prospective college. Albany was larger and had better facilities, but the deci- sion was Hnally in favor of Schenectady, partly because her citizens were more enthusiastic supporters of the plan for a new college, and partly because of the influence of General Philip Schuyler, who, although himself a resident of Albany, yet saw clearly that her sister city would be likely to prove a more favorable location. The first home ofgUnion College was one little building that stood at the corner of Union and Ferry streets. Rev. Joseph Sweetman, D. D., the vale- dictorian of the class of three that was the first class graduated from Union, has told of the event of the transformation when this old building became the home of the college. l-le writes, H I-lad you been there, you would have witnessed a joyful night, when the old academy was metamorphosed into Union College. Bells were rung. On all sides there were demonstrations of joy. The whole city rejoiced at the glad tidings that there was to be an institution of higher learning in her midst. Small, indeed, were the beginnings of the college. One instructor seems to have comprised the entire faculty. The students during the first year were only nineteen in number.



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TI-IE GARNET, 1910 11 well deserves the honor of the title accorded him, H The Prince of American Metaphysiciansf ' Dr. l'lickok's presidency was the period immediately following the Civil War. The war was a sad blow to Union. The Southern students, who had flocked here in great numbers because of Union's unrivalled popularity in the South, left, naturally enough. The Northern students, on the other hand, gave ready response to .their country's call to arms. On the campus the brilliant young Professor Peissner drilled a company of student soldiers, who were popu- larly known as H The College Zouavesf' So many leftwthis Union to defend the Union of the Federal States, that only a few students comparatively, were left behind. . Union's next president was Dr. Charles A. Aiken, an eminent scholar and clergyman, who was succeeded in, 1871 by Eliphalet Nott Potter, the grand- son and namesake of Dr. Nott. During his presidency Nott Memorial Hall and the Powers-Washburn Hall were built. The foundation of Nott Memorial I-lall had already been laid for someu years, this building being a part of Monsieur Rameeis plans, but the work had been given up on account of lack of funds. Work was begun on it anew during the Hrst year of Dr. Potter's administration, and the building was speedily completed. Not until about twenty-five years after its completion was it used as the college library. The expense of its final adaptation for this purpose was defrayed by a gift of Andrew Carnegie. The corner-stone of the Powers-Washburn Memorial I-lall, commonly known as H The Red Building M was laid in 1881. The central part of the I-lall was intended for the library and was used as such until it was transferred to H The Round Building. The crowning event of Dr. Potter's presidency was the development of Union College into Union University in 1873. Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, and Dudley Observatory had already been in existence several years as separate institutions. The Medical College was founded in 1839, its location at Albany offering excellent advantages in the way of hospi- tals and clispensaries, which are available to the students for clinical and surgical purposes. Albany Law School was founded in 1851, and her graduates are now found in the highest positions of trust. President McKinley is the alumnus of whom our law department is most proud. The Gbservatory was opened in 1856 for the purpose of astronomical investi- gation and student post-graduate work. The College of Pharmacy was added

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