Wilmington College - Wilmingtonian Yearbook (Wilmington, OH)

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w 88C88888CR88'8888Q8M Wilminqtu niuultilt88888888 8188888831: BRIEF HISTORY OF IVILVIINGTUN COLLEGE The history of XVilnlington College dates from 1870, when the Friends secured control of Franklin College. which had been started in XVihnington five years previously. In order to trace the history of XVihnington College from its inception down to the present time it is necessary to tell something of its predecessori Franklin Col- lege. In the fall of 1865, three brothers. Thomas D.. James IL and H. Carson Garvin, came to XVilmingttm with the idea of securing a location for a college in this rity HFranklin College. They assured the citizens of XVihnington that they would permanently locate Franklin in the town if twenty thousand dollars could he raised to purchase suitable grounds and erect a building. This amount hav- ing been subscribed by citizens. Franklin College was now an as- sured thing for XVillnington. The corner stone was laid on July 4, 1866, but it was not until September 22, 1868, that the building was formally opened for the reception of students. But Franklin C01- Iege lived only a very short time. The trustees of the college were unable to collect the necessary funds, and Franklin College closed its history as an educational institution. The buildings and grounds were purchased by the Society of Friends for twenty thousand dol- lars, and began a new career under the name 01' XVihnington College. Since 1871. the college has been conducted under th - administra- tion of seven different presidents. The first president was Lewis A. Estes, a graduate of Bowdoin College. and a former professor in Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. His successor was Benjamin Trnehlood. who held the position for five years. and resigned to he- come president of Penn College. Afterward, President Trueblood became distinguished as the editor of the Advocate 0f Piace. In 1879, the third president was David IV. Dennis, who after two years resigned the position in order to continue his studies. He was sue- eeeded by James B. Unthank. whose long administration of twenty- two years was one full of honor and solid work. He was succeeded in 1903. by Albert J. Brown, then pastor of the Friends Church at Indianapolis, Ind., and a graduate of Leland Stanford Jr. I'niversity. Under President Brown, the college was strengthened materially during the ten years of his Luhninistration. The sixth president and successor to Albert J. Brown was Samuel H. Hedgin, a graduate of Guilford College and Harvard University. During his administra- tion the college was reorganized and the charter amended so that the institution became administered under a board of nine trustees appointed by XVihnington Yearly Meeting. President lImlgin re-I signed in 1915 and was succeeded hy J. Itdwm Jay, a graduate of Earlham College and Yale I'nlversuy. 8818 88:8 8888 18 8.8 8888 8:8 8 8 1 83818828 881888 8188 88:8 83:8 88 88 818:8:8 81888 88 8 8 81818 8 888 8,8 88 8 88:8 88:8 88885181811783!- I D. 88818737851781 871' nnnixxu 8388188211 888;! 8388887833858? 118 8788811! 3:3?le 3! nxmntxx 881n11ln188 8 58V 583:8 8 8 8 ID 818 K K38 tKKktKCx 8 88 8.888883 8 K!CiUI l 9 2 1- 55388818 8 8 8 8 8'88 8 885883818288 8 8 8t