Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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REV. GEORGE E. HUNTING, D.D. generous gills and The Presbylerian Synod of Michigan rneeling in I886 al Grand Rapids accepled Jrhe gills and wilh The following words Resolved, Thal in view ol all Jrhe lacls before us we will wilh God s help eslablish and endow a college wilhin our bounds learning Ed liliifilll luflllr ii r ir iil f Iii M i i T 35 4 -lllllf fi-ai ' Alma College was born inlo Jrhe sociely ol inslilulions ol higher - ,A-1,12 13' ,:f- Tlfxffl min' 1Ym 'hf-1 I 'Eg A :lawn ll-uilullim lun whlw ii 'll-l1f L,i Nr ' l -E i li 'I fl , WNW lggi? Mil! 'EEE li Uiulli I I 1' 22-f?,, lf E ll' kz Tl-IE OLD GYMNASIUM

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Reverend George IZ. I-IunTing was called Tronn The pasToraTe oT The I:irsT PresbyTerian Church oT Kalamazoo, Michigan, To serve as The TirsT presidenT. Qld records sTaTe Never was There a more lovable man aT The head oT any college, nor one who had more inTeresT in The well being OLD ADMINISTRATION oT The sTudenTs under his care. I-Ie served Tor b.uT Tour years being succeeded by The Reverend AugusT IZ. Bruslce oT The I:irsT PresbyTerian Church in Sagniaw, who served Tor TwenTy-one years and may well be called The TaTher oT our insTiTuTion. The Third presidenT oT The college