Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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as friendly and lruihful as lhe pasl live decades we can wilh Jrhe greal- esl of confidence revise The slalemenl in lhe lirsl college bullclin of IS87 lo read Alma College IS a COLLEGE lilce Princelon or Amhersl or any olher college wilh a nalionally recognized repulalionf' Any hislory oi Alma College which does nol lake nolice of Jrhe won- derful benelaclions of Mr. Arnmi W. Wrighl is doing violence lo lhe lacls. Noi a Presbylerian, he virlually carried The college for a number of years and loecause he was lrue and gracious in his gills Jrhe college owes ils conlinuance lhrough lhe years. ' HOOD MUSEUM

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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

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Friday and Safurday, Ocfoloer l4fh and I5fh, I937, was fhe occasion of fhe Golden Anniversary Celebrafion of our Alma College. l-lun- dreds of alumni, friends and sfudenfs gafhered during fhese fwo days fo honor fhe founders of fhe school which foday ranlcs among fhe loesf in fhe sfafe. WRIGHT l-TALL The fwo-day program opened wifh a dinner fo fhe Synod of lviichi- gan followed by fhe Thursday evening service af which fhe chief speaker was Dr. l-larold McAfee Robinson, Secrefary of fhe Chrisfian Board of Educafion and one of fhe nafions 'leading educafors. The celebrafion reached ifs peak on Safurday morning wifh fhe Com-