The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-19
THE CORPORATION.

The members of the corporation of Mid
debury college have, from the first, been
selected from among the most prominent,
wise, discreet and public spirited citizens
of Vermont and Eastern and Northern
New York, as the following names will at
test Nathaniel Chapman, Rev Heman
Ball, D. d.. Hon. Gamaliel Painter, Hon.
Israel Smith, Hon. Stephen r. Bradley,
Hon. Daniel Chapman, Rev. William Jack
son, d. d., Rev. Job Swift, Rev. Thomas
A. Merrill, Hon. Horatio Seymour, Hon.
Chauncey Langdon, Rev. Asa Burton, D.
D., Hon. Asa Adds, Rev. Richard Skin
ner, Hon. Zebulon X. Shepherd, Hon. Joel
Dolttle, Rev. Absolom Peters, ID. d. Rev.
N. s. Prime, D. D., Rev. N. s. S. Bee
man, ID. D., Hon. Charles X. Williams,
Hon. Rollin G. Malary, Hon. Samuel
Swift, Rev. W. b. Sprague, D.. D., Rev.Wil-
lard Child, d. d., Rev. Charles Walker,
d. d., VIM. Page, Hon. Isaac f. Redfeld,
Hon. Sias II. Hodges, Hon. Zimri Howe,
and other well-known citizens.
The present members of the corporation
are of a like class of men Prof. w. II.
Parker, Hon. John w. Stewart, Rev.
Joseph ID. Wickham, ID. D., Rev. Geo.
p. Tyler, Rev. Elijah W. Plumb, ID. D.,
Rev. A. b. Lambert, ID. D., Hon. John b.
Page, Rev. Aldace Walker, ID. D., Hon.
Walter Z. Dunton, Rev r. S. Cushman,
D. D., Rev. c. b. Hubert, Rufus Vain.
wright.
IT'S PRESIDENTS.
Reference has already been briefly mad,
10 the first president of the college, Jere
miah Atwater. ID. ID. He was born ir
New Haven. Conn, in IVA, graduated a,
Yale college in 1903, and was tutor in tina
college from 1894 to 1900 president o
Middlebury college from 1900 to 1909
president of Dickinson college, Carlisle
Pennsylvania, from 1909 TO 1915, and die
at New Haven, Conn, July 90, 1858, a
the age of 81.
Henry Davis, the second president, wa
born at East Hampton, n. Y, 10Th SEP
TENDER, 1901 graduated at Yale coileg
1896 tutor at Yale and Williams college
years professor of Greek in Union co
lege from 1906 to 1909, when he was elect
ed president of Middlebury college in 1906
and retired in 1917 to become president c
Hamilton college at Clinton, N. Y, whic
he resigned in April, 1888 He died q
Clinton. n. Y, Sth March, 1852, at tn
age of 50.
Joshua Bates, D. d., the third presider
of the college. was born at Cohasett, Mass
March 90, 1776; graduated at Harvar
university in 1900. He was settled az
NJ Tall,a,,, Mace in 1902 xrbnt
he labored successfully until elected pre-
idcnt in 1918. He retired from the pre-
= idency in 1889. He was subsequent
, chaplain of the United States senate on
session, and settled rs pastor at Dude,
Mass, where he died January IA, 1854,
3 the age of 7S. He was eminent as a scholf
| and divine, aud was highly successful as
college president. He occupied the pres
Dental chair for the period of 81 years.
Benjamin Lsbaree, ID. d., LII. D., III
fourth president of the college, was boz
. at Charlcstown, N. H., June 3. 1901; gra
ated at Dartmouth college 1928; Andov
theological seminary in 1881 professor {
f Latin and Greek in jackson college. CO
G umbia, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1885, al
president of that college 1886 to 1888
president of Middlebury college from 49,
: to 1906, when he became pastor of Il
: Congregational church in Hydepark, Mass
4 from 1860 to 1871. He has since occupit
4 his time in delivering lectures on moral al
: mental philosophy at Dartmouth and sew
l. raj other colleges.
: Harvey ID. Kitchell, d. D., the fif
president, graduated at Middlebury cole
in 1886. He was pastor at Detroit, Mic
igan, and Chicago, Illinois, for many yeaI
President of the college from 1868 to 1877
| Io 10 Sr1t a., ,h., hoe
- the presidents chair.
s Rev. CALVIN b. Hurlbert the presidel
IS elect, who is to be inaugurated at the pre-
n ent commencement is native of SwantO
graduated at Dartmouth college in 1856;
: settled as pastor at New Haven, in t
west and at Bennington.
sEMI-oBNTENNIAL CLASS.
q The class who graduated so years ago a
:, widely scattered, and majority of the
u deceased. Some of those living intend
I. be present at the commencement, one
n whom is already at Middlebury, Rev. II,
: veyO. Higley, who has a son, =. ii. Hi
ley, professor in the college. The nam
IS of the class of 1925 are as follows
n Horace Eaton, Joel Fisk, Chauncey
% Fitch, George ID. Gordon, Walter Folle
Israel Hamilton, Merritt Harmon, Hen
&c o. Higley, Herman Hooker, Ezra L. X
ID ney, Job II. Martin, Arson Rood, Steph
b. Sheldon, John Spaulding, Job s. Swi
"a Asahel G. Washburn, James b. WilcC
Twelve of the seventeen members of I
Is class entered the ministry. Two of
Of class attained considerable distinction,
ry Gov. Horace Eaton of Vermont and RI
r. Herman Hooker, ID. d., of Philaielph
=, an author and preacher of some note.