Alfred University - Kanakadea Yearbook (Alfred, NY)

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V 5 Y' 'xx i .. M-an , . 1 X - X, X A Y N. -'K' i i ,M . ' 'xv lx ',,.n,fl 'KSN I'v-NKWLQI -'-.4-I'- HK-ex --M '-2-.L .,.---as----C,,-.f-'eff-1..-,,: .. A-', --- --- -nu-' s -..tI,,v.-in ---. 'xi y I N X fi ru ru- X 'A A V V V J 1, .LV . T, ,, , - - lf QL, 'i A ,lf f-A ze' ,Jw ., s , 1 ' 'WH' V -,,94-Q5,-1,.-ww X A,fXXuf,X s5 mi ........- i,,.,,.urf .,nLW,.... ,4,,NY,,, 1 ,ww -1 X. WILLIAM COLGROVE KENYON JONATHAN ALLEN First President of AU'red University . President of AUred University 1857-1867 1867-1892 Makers andpounders of Alfred Tradition is the incarnation of sentiment, loyalty, and reverence. It instills the spirit of devotion in the Hold , impels the spirit of loyalty in the new.,' As a whole, it serves to maintain ideals of yore and to inculcate those ideals in the present. Because this issue of the KANAKADEA is dedicated to Tradition, it behooves us to present a concrete digest of the significant stages in the evolution of Alfred Univer- sity in memory of those Alfredian educators who founded our University in toil, cemented her with blood, and nurtured her through yearnings and tears. Our University began its organization as a select school on the fifth of December in the year eighteen hundred thirty-six. At that time, thirty-seven serious-minded lads gathered in an upper room of one of the humble dwellings of Alfred Center, under the tutelage of a young student of Union 'College-Bethuel C. Church. The first organizer of Alfredian education, then, began his career with a vim and vigor that made its prosperity inevitable. Mr. Church was a man of great ability, and through his indomitable enthusiasm and perseverance, the first select school at Alfred reached the height of its first evolutionary growth. He was succeeded by James R. Irish at the completion of the Hrst school building at Alfred in the year eighteen hundred thirty-seven. Mr. Irish maintained the stand- ards of his predecessor, and through his tireless efforts the select school assumed the title of The Academy two years after his appointment. At this juncture, pastoral duties necessitated Mr. Irish's resignation of his principalship. - William C. Kenyon, another student at Union College, was offered the vacancy occasioned by the departure of Mr. Irish. The final act of the academy's incorpora- tion, however, did not take place until the thirty-first of January in eighteen hundred y f -- Ye e '. 'J g fr ft - A 'K , 1 . IL ' L' - -ft if' t ,'- 56 mfg-T In ' H f 1 if -- AL I JC -'AXJ ' ll 'L i n I Ir- f Twenty-one , ,iw ...Law n.,-...-1:-.n,...,ws..L,...- y1f4,.t,....-e1-,,g.d--A

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Rx 4 514.24 , x t s , A , A . A 4 effrfi-ret - . A ,-A. A y If-cfs-S S size I A AA I r ssfwsessfpsfeigj A X 3 f A 5 t Y , t fi O S ROGERS B. FRANK LANGWORTHY . BRA ' F irst President of the Board of Trustees Presvtdent of the Board of Trustees l I I Board of Trustees l T y OFFICERS if y ORRA S. ROGERS . - - - President I FRANK L. GREEN . . If zce-Preszdent T l D. SHERMAN BURDICK . . Secretary , CURTIS F. RANDOLPH ..... - TWU-5'11 C ' ty T A UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION t V The Board of Trustees of Alfred University is a governing body consisting of it thirty-three members. They are elected by the Alfred University Corporation, which . is composed of the members of the board and of those who have subscribed one hun- ' 4' dred dollars or more to the permanent funds of Alfred University. The members of l .,A: I the board are chosen for three-year terms and are elected annually. Eleven men are , chosen at each election, so that at no time are more than one-third of the group inex- b A perienced in confronting the problems Of the university. It is the duty of the Board 'I of Trustees to manage the affairs of the university, to have charge of the university M 3 property, and to elect the president and members of the faculty. The Board of i' p A Trustees of Alfred University is the legislative and executive body of the institution. 5 ttrf ltr! lltl l it l l vL 'nfffW '--f...,,f :wx ,Q--f-----. .-f- -M. ity? drgrst 2-qw-F.,gS.,..,- '- 1-r..M, f't,,A.-.. ' t l li byff44Er 7Lfi3,,,rf'i',I1r I I g .?'j.:Sf' Twenty lr. fr Xt Pt A A Qi t f 1 1 it rt i pt llr , gl 'fl we l I U 5 . t t , J A ,tt it lt lt tri i 1 at sr

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f3f.fl, rff.-, s- i Vey if if .ff af if is ' f c s L, is an - W I ALPHEUS B. KENYON ARTHUR ELWIN BIAIN Acting President of AU'1'ed University Presidellt Qf -'mired-I '11l'eV-W!! 1892-1893 1393-1390 forty-three, when it Was directed that The Academy thereafter be called Alfred Academy and T eachers' Seminary. 'NIL Kenyon, with the co-operation of a staff of enthusiastic colleagues, promoted a great intellectual influence through his stirring addresses in the vicinity of Alfred. In View of his loyalty and devotion, Alfred Acad- emy attracted many new members and its influence was established in Western New York. Consequently, in eighteen hundred fifty-two, steps began to be taken in con- sideration of the establishment of a college to supersede the academy. Feeling aroused enthusiasm, and enthusiasm the incentive to act. with the result that the Legislature of the State of New York finally granted a University charter to Alfred on the twenty-eighth of March, eighteen hundred fifty-seven. Mr. Kenyon then assumed the duties of president which he fulfilled capably until his death in eighteen hundred sixty-seven. Upon the death of President Kenyon, a unanimous vote bestowed the honor of succession upon Jonathan Allen, a devoted loyaltee of the l'niversity's faculty. President Allen guided the fortunes of the University until the day of his death on the opening of the school year in eighteen hundred ninety-two. During the period of his services, Alfred University prospered greatly and her influence spread to many parts of the land. President Allen directed the University's affairs for twenty-tive years in tireless effort, loyalty, and devotion to the Alina Mater he had loved so well. He died at his home in Alfred on the morning of September twenty-first. eighteen hundred ninety-two. K Professor Alpheus B- KQHYOU, Head of the l7epa.rlinent of iilatheinaties. was aPP0111ted Acting President of the University at the death of President Allen. Presi- fI1iLdE?yon performed his duties with great faithfulness and eapahility while guid- tifn au d gligiifsity s Welfarevduring the year eighteen hundred ninety-I wo. llis devo- n u 1 u carel . . iave gained for hun the .idlnlralion of all true .Xlfred1ans. , .-,x,,f-f-.AX pf,-in-A , S ,v -F. F .kt N V..-.--e New ., V- ., K 1 , , .. fx ,f-sg. .X A -: .x .-A ,..,,. e ,W . - , I f:,..3s,ff,ff . . A- f.. Twenty-two f it it l .his 'A pl f l A P ii ll 1 ,4 .ig gl il le - i' f 4 5 l lk N in its if E fx? . Zi N 1 if V 'N H u if lx