Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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1 i ...v--0-1. --u-1-1-.4-W -. Rev. C. 15. Dall, H. M., B. D. PRo1EEssoR OF GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. EP' ' CLUMBUS HCRATIC HALL was born in Chili, J Miami county, Indiana, November 17, 1846. X His parents, Nelson C. and Letitia Griswold We Hall, the one from New York, the other from Vermont, both of sterling character, had come out to the New West, of which Indiana was then a part, allured by its enterprises and business opportunities. 'With the exception of seven years, which were spent by the family at Akron, Ind., the village of Chili remained the home of Prof. Hall in boyhood and early manhood. His father was the village merchant, and the 4' store,77 where he mingled with men, together with the banks of the beautiful Eel river, where he made acquaintance with nature, were his favorite haunts. . ln the year 1862 he was converted in the M. E. Church at Akron, and about two years later joined a Baptist church in the country. I . His early education was obtained in the village schools near his home and in the Peru High School. In the fall of 1866 he entered Ladoga Seminary. One year later he fol- lowed Prof. Wm. Hill from Ladoga to Franklin, where Prof. Hill was re-opening Franklin College. Here he remained until the .middle of his Senior year, February, 1872, when the college suspended. He, at once, with his fellow-classmen entered Chicago University, graduating in the following J une. In the autumn of the same year he entered the Bap- tist Union Theological Seminary of Chicago, and graduated therefrom. in April, 1875. The same year he received the degree A. M.-from the University of Chicago and Franklin College. He was ordained in the Prairie Vine Church in

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regiment, H15 Sgyvices ended upon his resignation, Decem- O ber, 1864, at lVinchester, Va. After returning from the War he took up his studies in the l Seminary at Rochester, N. Y., Where he con- Theologica tinued his Work until his graduation, in 1868. After laboring a year as pastor of the Columbus Baptist Church, he ac- cepted a position as teacher in Franklin College. For a year he was acting-president of the college, then for two years as at the head of the Department of Natural Science. On the resignation of President Waylaiicl, in 1872, he Was elected president of the college. In this capacity he has ever since XT served with honor and distinction. As an educator Dr. Stott is perhaps as Widely known as any man in Indianap He has been untiring in his efforts to raise the standard of education to the highest possible degree. As a teacher, in his depart- ment, he is excelled by none. His years of experience, his breadth of intellect and his concise method of expression, together with a high sense of duty, enable him to appear before his classes not only Without embarrassment, but With a consciousness of his fitness as a teacher and a leader of INCH. ' - X ,QQ ft . sim!! '

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Newton County, Ind., in May, 1874. Early in 1875, moved by his intense interest in the educational progress of his native state he gave up the cherished purpose of years, that of the -J ' 9 '1 itation to teach. in lfranklin pastorate, and accepted an iiv it College. In June, 1875, he was married to Theodosia Parks, and in September of the same year he began his service in the college. He taught in turn Greek, Science and Latin, but was permanently placed at the head of the Greek depart- ment in 1879. In 1885 he Was made vice-president of the college. In 1894 he spent several months traveling in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. In addition to his college Work he has continued to do some service as a pastor. He is now completing the nine- teenth year of his half-time pastorate of the Hurricane Baptist Church. He is alike enthusiastic both as preacher and as teacher, but the Work of his life, to which he has already devotednalmost a quarter of a century's toil, and the entire energies of his being, has been the service of Christian education as represented by our own Franklin College. . 3- N C- X. :G f A .