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

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John Milton Potter came to us in 1942 at a period of crisis both for the country and for small liberal arts colleges through-out the nation. In his inaugural address Dr. Potter stated, This is my lifeas work? During the next four years Dr. Potter expended his entire eHiort towards the creation of a system of Christian Liberal Education here at Hobart that would stand as. an example of the American college system. Counselor, friend, scholar, philosopher and foremost, a man of vision and deter- mination, this was the president that we knew and loved. His sudden death on January 9, 1947 robbed us of one of the greatest Hobart men, but there remains a goal to be accomplished which in itself gives strength. No dedication in words can be complete. Our hope is that the pages in this book, recalling that which is Hobart, will be in itself a memoriam to our president, Dr. John Milton Potter.

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It progressed favorably until 1817 when its activities were suspended due to differences of opinion among its board members. A A The senior board member, Mr. James Reese, called a meeting in the winter of 1821 to propose that an endowment offered by Trinity Church of New York be used in the re-establishment of the Geneva Academy. In order to choose the site for the new, academy, it was also re- V solved that the 'location be picked by the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart. In 1822 the Academy held classes in Geneva Hall the first building to be erected. The rapid growth of the school soon led to the granting of -charters to form Geneva College. Then in the year 1852 under the conditions of a gift it was - suggested that Geneva College be thereafter called Hobart Free College in commemoration of him who is en- titled to be called its founder. On March 27, 1860 the name of the in- stitution was changed to the form which now stands, Hobart College. 1 6