Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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Was founded through the efforts of Bishop John Henry Hobart. It was granted a provisional charter on April 12, 1822, and on February 8, 182 -; was granted a per- manent charter. Corporate Name Hobart College, Geneva N. Y. PRESIDENTS Rev. Jasper Adams 1825-1836 Rev. Benjamin Hale 1836-1858 Dr. Abner Jackson 1858-1867 Rev. James Kent Stone 1867-1868 Dr. James Rankine 1868-1870 Dr. Maunsell Van Rensselaer 1870-1876 Dr. William Stevens Perry 1876-1876 Rev. Robert Graham Hinsdale 1876-1883 Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter 1883-1897 Dr. Robert Ellis Jones -I9OI Dr. Langdon C. Stewardson 1903-1912 Dr. Lyman Pierson Powell I9I2-I9I7 Dr. Murray Bartlett I9I9-

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TRUSTEES OF HOBART COLLEGE The Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Brent, D. D., LL.D., Bishop of Western New York. Chancellor of Hobart College. Douglas Merritt, A. M., Chairman of the Board. First Term Elected Expires John K. Walker, A. B., Buffalo 1903 1920 Alanson B. Houghton, Esq., Coming 1917 1920 Powell Evans. A. B.. Philadelphia 1917 1920 Charles R. Wilson, A. M., Buffalo 1893 1921 William M. V. Hoffman, Esq.. New York 1897 1921 William Ross Proctor, Esq., New York 1915 1921 The Rev. Alexander. Mann, A. M., 1). D., Boston 1910 1921 Thomas H. Chew, B. S., Geneva 1910 1922 Douglas Merritt, A. M., Rhinebeck 1883 1922 Theodore J. Smith, A. M., Geneva 1907 1922 Henry Axtell Wheat, B. S.. Geneva 1907 1922 Edward J. Cook, B. L., Geneva 1917 1923 Daniel M. Beach, Esq., Rochester 1918 1923 Mrs. William Temple Orr, B. A., Brooklyn 1918 1923 The Rt. Rev. David L. Ferris, A. M., S. T. D.. Rochester 1913 1923 William B. Read, B. L., Philadelphia 1917 1924 Henry B. Graves, Esq., Geneva 1907 1924 Mrs. Anna B. Comstock, B. S., Ithaca 1907 1924 Henry A. Prince, A. M„ New York 1910 1924 O. J. C. Rose, A. M., Geneva 1920 1925 The Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Brent, D. D.. LL.D., Bishop of Western New York, ex-officio. The President of the College, ex-officio. 13