Hillsdale College - Winona Yearbook (Hillsdale, MI)

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lowed by Dr. Graham, who held V ,tts-tffiissabx , . the presidency again until 1874. --M -irl 'MX .,. . ,. . ' X - Dr. D. VV. C. Durgin was then 9 5 -- , , , IQ., - 1 president until 1885. On his res- 5, xffsug 2 rw- ,g g 'd ,hx - G53 'xiii xiii 'fx ignation, Dr. Ransom Dunn be- li I A, fm ,. -V A .V V ? Z. I , 14, ,? came acting president, as he had Ai- already been once or twice be- Q ' .E ' fore, and the present incumbent' f ' Q2fgZgj, ,,,, entered the office in 1886. H E fp .,, ' , L 5, ,L .:.- 1 ,Q iff : ,-.. Dr. Dunn was actively en- , iz , , , , M. L, ,i p I 5 4, Y . gaged in originating and devel- : . 1 i 4: . a,.f ,gig W oping the college, and he has .I , been connected with it until the ,, present time. He has been es- JL h a f ' pecially active in collecting its -3 endowment. It was no easy . , FINE ARTS HALL. task in a new country suitably to endow a college. The most of its endowment has been gathered in small sums, and while the increase has not been rapid it has been constant. A report made to the Board of Trustees in 1895 shows that in the decade 1855-65 it had arisen from o to S4S,III.Q6Q in the next ten years the increase was S39,987.41g in the next ten the increase was 850,388.18 and in the last ten years, ending June 1, 1895, it was 391,669.89 Its present endowment fund is 3230,- 107.35, manifestly a small sum considering the large and varied work that the modern college must do. The greatest calamity that has ever befallen the college was the tire in March, 1874, which destroyed nearly all its plant. Previous to that time the buildings were practically under one roof, and the dormitory system prevailed for both boys and girls. In re-building, the group plan was determined upon, and its various halls or build- ings are now known as College Hall, Griffin, Knowlton, East and Fine Arts Halls. The gymnasium is also on the campus, but the college church is one block south of it. Educationally the college has always aimed to keep in line with true progress. In this respect its history divides itself into three periods, which Prof. Haynes, a former member of our faculty, but 22

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Glue Qiollege. A HISTORICAL SKETCII. .ii 1 ii7WN Ef ll5?3i f i 1 a will El is il si AEE is is E Q 'Pa is ls 5 ,M 5 : EEE 15 le it 2 fl si - ' . IIILLSD.-X LH COLL:-zcze. IQ37. Hillsdale College is not a bad example of the evolution theory. lts germ was the old Spring' Arbor Seminary, wliicli lirst appeared in the town of that name in 1844. It was soon changed to Michigan Central College, and has been developing' ever since. lt was soon found that the town of Spring' Arbor was too small and too incon- veniently located to satisfy the ambition of the institutiong so it was moved to Hillsdale and recliartered under its present name in 1855. lts first term opened in tlie autumn of that year, and it lias main- tained an unbroken existence since that time. Among' its students at Spring ., , .9 5 Arbor was tlie late General Clin- ton B. Fiske, a brave soldier and ' izlmiini reformer, and General lasper N761 . . , ' , Packard. Dr. Daniel M. bra-- lwxwmwnu W. naming.: ham was its first president at 1. 911 A, llll, Snrino' Arbor,.and Dr. Edmund 1 - .l.f.... .,,.,t - HA-.-1 , . ...nlli l Z: 1-Q-W. li Fairfield its first president at il . . . K,llll,i5r W 1 Hillsdale. Dr. Fairneld served ,fi MNEXQ L Z L QJJEQ7 lfrom 1855 to 1869, and was sue- 314-j'l-if Lis' i fun. ti fi' CO LLIZK' E CH A PE K., ceeded by Dr. James Calder. who retired in 1871 and was lol- 1

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now in the State University of Minnesota, designates as the period of 'fold methods, the transition period, and the period of new methodsf' By the old method, Writes Prof. Haynes, is meant that method by which each student was required to take the same course of study, and in which there were no electives permitted and no laboratory work required, or at least but very little-the course was a sort of Procrustean bedstead, and the teaching, however corn- mendable in many instances, gave little scope for the development ofthe individual student in the direction in which he might be most ff, . 5 1 . K ,A-liQ5',e,,f' . ' ' ' A A? f.erQ'S4 - ,. A . X f J.4lh5fll.5ifliif 'if - A f V ':f.g,.:.-125121 lla fl 2- ws: fv'...11f I A A -WMV ,,,,t:'L5fgi,gs afpqpg piggy' jc ff egg, aqz-' UIQ 37:51. 3 'g ::,1. ,512 In , lg'-, :Vi g 'A if +15 ' v:4:EL.y A 'A ,.fEV:V:fa. sfctl- -,-T-lie? V 94 2911 X: ' if. .J if? .5 :Vw ,Z 51. A1-,-41 VL, l'TX.:,i P1-EE N 4: -XR , Y -. x A ' -'- f ,T -' if, V- '. as'-. V- Vf,'-.L:te.-- 'Lil I ,a.S,- f tg -,J 'ag ,, ' ,' 7, f:L. .e f-,ff-' ,gafg-f'i'ifie A, Vm f- .fx--53Ri.f X- ' fy- ,' ,-fzL'-.,::- 341, A' ' 'A .M 'i' f Ak ,Y p f ,,VqV- V, ,Vg .41 ,, .. ts -- ,Vw , 1 .V 9 . -, A . 1-'s , ,, . -i-- f 'V 1 s W 1 ' ' ' 'L 43 .lf , T -, M. A,:x.,.. Q -',, 1,Aq:3'-V-1 -' ,., , V., 3, , ,g3.A- A, .,'-if I m5rff-'-A- '-- Vis' 'ww .l ff ,A . was , , iV,.,,'gf . .fs.,v.,..x. ., . s . M .V . .1 VV AR A fWV1'+, f g-' Fug 1- 3 If iff: f Vs in .,,, ,gi , .N i jt! ' ',A'- AV -V EP Viz 1423215 i .,,. 5 ziisce ' f i A- .., t - -'ei A - 1 .. fi ' A A ,ww- Q1 s-V -- ago.. M y 2 W t w .Vw aku: vw .4i'1f1V V' . V. V n..--. -V ,. A favs., ,-Ms.-i., 43 :g V., V+ 23-Z9 -,-.xjzg :P V Qs 3,134 fm-.i iw ':- , V,:, .E.V- r A V 4221-f A fa, Eiga Q ,:I.ts.,1 V -RQ COLLEGE CHURCH. ' successful. But the educators of those days did noble work in spite of these handicaps, and impressed upon their pupils their splendid personality in a degree hardly possible with the present methods. However, the progress of science and the demands of the times have revolutionized both our methods and means of instruction. This new or modern method may be aptly termed the laboratory method. It seeks to make every student an investigator, and sur- 23