Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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HISTORY. In the year 1S83, 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 insti- tution 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 mem- ber ex-officio. A special board ot committee, as custodian of the Endow- ment Fund, was created by act of the Legislature in 1865.

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8 ALBION COLLEGE FRANK TRACY CARLTON, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Economics and Acting Henry M. Loud Professor of history. E. ROSCOE SLEIGHT, A. B., W. H. Brockway Professor of Mathematics, Acting Ezra Bostwick Professor of Astronomy. JOHN ZEDLER, A. B., Associate Professor of Modern Lan- guages. FRANK W. DOUGLAS, A. B., Assistant in Chemistry. HARLAN J. COZINE, Director of Conservatory, Instructor in Voice and The Art of Singing. WILLIAM S. COLUMBUS, Instructor in Piano, Organ and Theory. HARRIET F. REYNOLDS, Instructor in Piano, Organ and Musical History. PRANK HOFFMAN, Leader of Band. ANNA HOFFMAN, Instructor in Cornet and Wind Instru- ments. ARTHUR E. BRYCE, Instructor in Violin and Viola. GRACE AUSTIN, Instructor in P iano. SARAH ESTELLA WOOLSEY, Instructor in Art. WILLIAM RICH PITKIN, Principal of Commercial De- partment. NANNIE LANDON, Teacher of Shorthand and Type- writing. WILLIAM D. CHADWICK, A. B., Instructor in English and Director of Physical Education for Men Students. EMMA J. PARMATER, Director of Physical Education for Women Students. ELEANOR T. AVANN, A. M., Instructor in Greek. ROSA BALL, B. S, Librarian.

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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. The Jackson Battle Creek Electric line passes through Albion, giving us hourly communication with points east and west.