Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

Page 13 text:

HISTORY. In the year 1833, Rev. Henry Colclazer, Rev. Elijah H. Pilcher and Benjamin H. Packard, M. D., resolved to inau- gurate a movement for the establishment of an academy of higher learning in Michigan. Spring Arbor was chosen as a location, and in the spring of 1835 the Legislature granted a charter under the corporate name of Spring Arbor Seminary, locating the institution on the site of an old Indian village, in the town of Spring Arbor. In the spring of 1839 the charter was amended, lo- cating the school at Albion and reconstructing the Board of Trustees. In November of 1843, the first building was completed and opened for the reception of students. Rev. Charles F. Stock- well, A. M., a graduate of Middletown University, was ap- pointed principal. In 1849, the charter was amended by the creation of a Female College, so that the corporate name became, Wes- leyan Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute. The in- stitution was empowered to grant degrees to women only. In 1861, the original charter was still further amended, authorizing the institution to confer degrees on both men and women, the corporate name becoming Albion College. The management of the institution is vested in a Board of Trustees, consisting of sixteen persons, six elected by the Detroit Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, six by the Michigan Conference, and three by the Society of Alumni. The President of the College is associated as a member ex-officio. A special board or committee, as custodian of the Endow- ment Fund, was created by act of the Legislature in 1865.

Page 12 text:

8 ALBION COLLEGE ELLEN JOSEPHINE CLARK, A. M., Instructor in English and Latin. JOHN ZEDLER, A. B., Instructor in German. CLYDE W. EMMONS, A. B., Instructor in Mathematics and Greek. MRS. NANIE K. BEAN RANSOM, A. B., A. M., In- structor in French and English Literature. MARTHA E. COGSHALL, Instructor in History. FRANK WILBUR CHACE, Doctor of Music, Director of Conservatory, Instructor in Pipe Organ and in Voice. MRS. CLARISSA DICKIE-STEWART, Teacher of Piano and Harmony. HARRIET F. REYNOLDS, Teacher of Piano and Musical History. MRS. MARTHA REYNOLDS-COLBY, Teacher of Violin, Viola and Violoncello. MRS. AURELIA EDWARDS CHACE, Teacher of Ele- mentary Harmony and Sight Reading. RALPH RANSOM, Instructor in Art. GUSTAVUS SYLVESTER KIMBALL, M. Accts, Prin- % cipal of Commercial Department. MARY E. LUCAS, Teacher of Shorthand and Typewriting. NANNIE LANDON, Teacher of Shorthand and Typewriting. WALTER S. KENNEDY, Director of Physical Education for Men Students. EMMA J. PARMATER, Director of Physical Education for Women Students. ELEANOR T. AVANN, A. M., Librarian. ROSA BALL, B. S., Assistant Librarian. Resigned March, 1905.

Page 14 text:

LOCATION. Albion is a thriving city of 6,000 inhabitants, situated in the central portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The postal, telegraph and telephone facilities are equal to those of the largest cities in the State. Albion is on the main line of the Michigan Central Railroad, 95 miles west of Detroit. The Lansing division of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern crosses the Michigan Central at this place, providing direct connection with the main line of the Lake Shore on the south, and at the north with the Grand Rapids division of the Michigan Central, the Pere Marquette, the Grand Trunk and other lines.