Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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HISTORY In the year 1883, Rev. Henry Colclazer, Rev. Elijah H. Pilcher and Benjamin H. Packard, M. D., resolved to inaugurate 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 Academy, 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, 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. Stock- well, A. M., a graduate of Middletown University, was appointed principal. In 1849, the charter was amended by the creation of a Fe- male College, so that the corporate name became Wesleyan Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute. The institution was empowered to grant degrees to women only. In 1861, the original charter was still further amended, au- thorizing the institution to confer degrees on both men and wo- men, the corporate name becoming Albion College. In 1907 the charter was amended giving the institution en- larged powers. The management of the institution is vested in a Board of Trustees, consisting of sixteen persons, six elected by the De- troit Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, six by the Michigan conference, and four 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 Endowment Fund, was created by act of the Legislature in 1865. NOTE-1883 above should he 1833.

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8 ALBION COLLEGE FRANK TRACY CARLTON, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Eco- nomics 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 Lang- uages. PRANK W. DOUGLAS, A. M., Assistant Professor of Chemistry. ELEANOR T. AVANN, A. M., Instructor in Greek. CHARLES ALBERT LANGWORTHY, A. B., Instructor in English. HARLAN J. COZINE, Director of Conservatory, Instructor in Voice and the Art of Singing. ANNETTE M. SNELL, Instructor in Piano. EZRA HAROLD GEER, Instructor in Organ and Theory. JOHN B. MARTIN, Instructor in Violin and Orchestral Instru- ments. ELMA BLACKMAN, Instructor in Piano. MYRA SALISBURY, Instructor in Voice. GEORGE L. GRISWOLD, Principal of Commercial Department. NANNIE LANDON, Teacher of Shorthand and Typewriting. SARAH ESTELLA WOOLSEY, Instructor in Art. WALTER S. KENNEDY, Athletic Director. ESTHER H. AUTEN, A. B., Director of Physical Education 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 Michigan. The post- al, 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 Lans- ing 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 conections with points east and west. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS The college campus contains eighteen acres. The old Cen- tral Building, through the generosity of George O. Robinson, LL. D., of Detroit, has been thoroughly renovated 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 reconstructed 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 and Botanical Laboratories, together with work rooms and store rooms. The north building, situated just north of the foregoing, is 80 feet long, 50 feet wide and three stories in height. It con- tains four lecture rooms, quarters for the Commercial School, the Art Studio and two Literary Societies. The Chapel Building stands directly south of the Central Building, and is three stories high, 80 feet long and fifty feet wide. The second and third stories are wholly devoted to chap- el purposes. The first story is devoted to the work of the Con- servatory of Music and the Secretary ' s office. The Astronomical Observatory was erected in 1883, is two