Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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HISTORY OF KALAIVIAZOO COLLEGE. HE early settlers of Michigan were largely from New England and New York, and regarded educational facilities, such as they had had in their former homes, a necessity. The history of the founding of Kalamazoo College is intimately connected with the early educational de- velopment of the state, and is of especial interest, as this is the oldest classical educational institution within the borders of Michigan The plan of founding such an institution originated with Rev. Thomas W. Merrill, a graduate of Waterville College, now known as Colby -University, who worked and travelled continuously for several years to raise the necessary funds, and to obtain a charter. Most valuable assistance was given him by Hon. Caleb Eldred. The original charter for The Michigan and Huron Institute, or, as it was later named, The Kalamazoo Literary Institute, was granted April 23, 1833. The French name, institute, was chosen instead of the English term, college, but the following extract from the charter makes the character of the institution sufhciently evident: Said trustees shall establish in said territory at such place as they may judge best, a Literary Institute, to promote the knowledge of all those branches of education usually taught in academies and collegiate institutions. The provision for preparatory instruc- tion was necessary, as there were few regular prepara- tory schools at that time. In 1835, the citizens of Kalamazoo contributed 32,500.00 and a large tract of land in the southern part of the city to the new institution. The first building was erected in 1836. Later the school was connected as a branch with the newly founded University of Michigan, but the connection was soon severed. The Baptists of the State, who had been from the hrst the principal supporters Of the institution, pur- chased the present grounds of the college in the western part of the city, and, in the years 1848-50, erected the main building, which is now used as a dormitory. In 1849, Rev. J. A. B. Stone, pastor of the church in Kalamazoo, was appointed Professor of Biblical Theology. He also served as principal of the institute from 1843 until college powers were added by charter in 1855, when he was elected president and continued such until 1863, when he resigned his office and Prof. Anderson was made acting president. The next year john M. Gregory, LL. D., was elected president, and continued until 1867, when he lay down the work to be taken up again later by Rev. Kendall Brooks, D. D., who Hiled the office nineteen years. Changes in the corps of professors during this period were as follows: Samuel Brooks, elected professor of Latin, Decem- ber, 1869, still serving, Henry M. Fish, instructor and principal of the preparatory department, Misses Catherine and Sarah Eldred, and Mrs. L. H. Trow- bridge, Professor VVilliam C. Morey and Instructors C. W. Bardeen, VV. W. Beman, A. R. Bretzel, Mrs. Estelle E. Davis, and Miss Carrie I-I. Daniells, Professors Wil- liam T. Stott and Lewis Stuart, lady principal, Miss Kate Brearley, instructors, Miss Minnie Brearley, Mrs. Bleaz- by, Miss Ellen Price, instructors, Howard G. Colman, Hutson B. Colman, E. J. W. McEwan, A. D'Armand, A -I. Teed, C. J. Toof, Mrs. V. A. Cadman, and Misses Sarah Howell, L. J. Newcome, Mary E. Clark,