Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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HISTORY In the year 1833, Rev. Henry Colclazer, Rev. Elijah H. Pilcher and Benjamin H. Packard, M. D., resolved to inaugurate a movement for the establishment of an acad- emy 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, locat- ing 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, locating 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. Stockwell, A. M., a graduate of Middletown University, was appointed principal. In 1849, the charter was amended by the creation of a Female College, so that the corporate name became Wesleyan Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute. The institution was empowered to grant degrees to wom- en only. In 1861, the original charter was still further amend- ed, 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 Epis- copal Church, six by the Michigan Conference, and four by the Society of Alumni. The President of the College is associated as a member ex-offcio. A special board or committee, as custodian of the En- dowment Fund, was created by act of the Legislature in 1865.

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8 ALBION COLLEGE CLARENCE WILSON GREENE, B. Pd., A. M., Professor of Physics. FRANK TRACY CARLTON, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Economics and Acting Henry M. Loud Professor of History. E. ROSCOE SLEIGHT, A. M., W. H. Brockway Professor of Mathematics, Acting Ezra Bostwick Professor of Astronomy. JOHN ZEDLER, A. M., Associate Professor of Modern Languages. FRANK W. DOUGLAS, A. M., Assistant Professor of Chemistry. ELEANOR T. AVANN, A. M., Instructor in Greek. CHARLES ALBERT LANGWORTHY, A. B., Instructor in English. ARTHUR E. RAY, A. B., Instructor in Mathematics and Mechanical Drawing. HARLAN J. COZINE, Director of Conservatory, Instruct- or in Voice and the Art of Singing. WILLIAM S. COLUMBUS, Instructor in Piano. EZRA HAROLD GEER, Instructor in Organ and Theory. JOHN B. MARTIN, Instructor in Violin and Orchestral Instruments. GRACE AUSTIN, Instructor in Piano. ETHEL ANNA WESBROOK, Instructor in Voice. GEORGE L. GRISWOLD, Principal of Commercial De- partment. NANNIE LANDON, Teacher of Shorthand and Typewrit- ing. SARAH ESTELLA WOOLSEY, Instructor in Art. WALTER S. KENNEDY, Athletic Director. ESTHER H. AUTEN, A. B., Director of Physical Educa- tion for Women. ROSA BALL, B. S., Librarian. JENNIE COLUMBUS, President ' s Secretary.

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LOCATION Albion is a thriving city of 6,000 inhabitants, situated in the central portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michi- gan. The postal, telegraph and telephone facilities are equal to those of the larger 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 Al- bion, giving us hourly communication with points east and west. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS The college campus contains eighteen acres. The old Central Building, through the generosity of George O. Robinson, LL. D., of Detroit, has been thoroughly reno- vated and enlarged so that it is in every respect an up- to-date building and now bears the name Robinson Hall. The entire interior of the old building has been recon- structed and an addition four stories in height has been built on the east side of the old building. This addition is 45 by 60 feet and is devoted to the Biological Depart- ment, containing Biological and Botanical Laboratories, together with work rooms and store rooms. The north building, situated just north of the fore-