Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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Reverend George IZ. I-IunTing was called Tronn The pasToraTe oT The I:irsT PresbyTerian Church oT Kalamazoo, Michigan, To serve as The TirsT presidenT. Qld records sTaTe Never was There a more lovable man aT The head oT any college, nor one who had more inTeresT in The well being OLD ADMINISTRATION oT The sTudenTs under his care. I-Ie served Tor b.uT Tour years being succeeded by The Reverend AugusT IZ. Bruslce oT The I:irsT PresbyTerian Church in Sagniaw, who served Tor TwenTy-one years and may well be called The TaTher oT our insTiTuTion. The Third presidenT oT The college

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REV. GEORGE E. HUNTING, D.D. generous gills and The Presbylerian Synod of Michigan rneeling in I886 al Grand Rapids accepled Jrhe gills and wilh The following words Resolved, Thal in view ol all Jrhe lacls before us we will wilh God s help eslablish and endow a college wilhin our bounds learning Ed liliifilll luflllr ii r ir iil f Iii M i i T 35 4 -lllllf fi-ai ' Alma College was born inlo Jrhe sociely ol inslilulions ol higher - ,A-1,12 13' ,:f- Tlfxffl min' 1Ym 'hf-1 I 'Eg A :lawn ll-uilullim lun whlw ii 'll-l1f L,i Nr ' l -E i li 'I fl , WNW lggi? Mil! 'EEE li Uiulli I I 1' 22-f?,, lf E ll' kz Tl-IE OLD GYMNASIUM

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CHEMISTRY BUILDING was Dr. Thomas C. I3IaisdeII, who served Ior Ihree years and was Ihen relieved by Dr. I-Iarry Ivieans Crooks in I9I5. WiIh Ihe coming of Dr. Crooks came a new era of expansion for AIrna CoIIege which was rudeIy inIerrupIed by Ihe evenIs of I929, Ihe eIlIecIs of which we are sIiII feeling. Aiurer having served Ior IwenIy-Ihree years, The IongesI span of any of Ihe presidenIs of Alma College, Dr. Crooks announced his resignaIion -in JuIy of I937, Ihe IasI year of Ihe Iirsi half cenIury in Ihe hislrory of our schooI. The resignahon became e1CIecIive January IirsI of onIy Ihis year. Unusual is The IacI Ihalr fXIrna CoIIege's Iiimrh presidenjr, iusI as Ihe Iirsjr head of our college, was called away Irorn Ihe pasIoraIe of Ihe I3irsI Presbylrerian Church in Kalamazoo. JusI as Reverend I-IunIing direcIed Ihe school during Ihe opening year of our Iirsr years so does Dr. John WirI Dunning, AIma graduaIe of IQO4, Iead Alma CoIIege Iorward in Ihe IirsI year of our second IiIIy years. ShouId Ihis new period prove