The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-05-16
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structors are employed as occasion re
quircs.
II would be culpabls omission mol
to speak, in this connection, OF the ser
vices OF Lorenzo p. Reynolds, who fo
nearly fourteen years has filed tn,
combined Offices OF Secretary ant
Treasurer. To his faithfulness and
diligence as financial manager, with
the cooperation OF the Financial Com
mittese, is 10 be attributed the proud
fact that "the College has never lost Q
dollar OF its endowment, and is with
out the embarrassment OF indebted
ness. The tact and energy manifest
ed by Mr.. Reynolds have done more,
perhaps. than any other agency to nc
complish the wonderful amount OF ro-
building which has been done since
the great fire two years ago.
Immediately upon the removal OF the
College TO Hillsdale in 1853, measures
were taken to raise an endowment
For this the religious denomination
Freewill Bsptist-under whose auspices
the enterprise had originated, was re-
lied upon. Bnt unforeseen ciroum-
stances restricted the field OF solicita-
tion to less than half the membership;
so that, instead OF having sixty thous-
and communications to sustain them
in this effort the trustees OF the Col
lege found themselves limited to twen-
ty-dve thousand, many OF whom never
theless generously responded to the
cal for aid. BY actual gifts or the
purchase OF scholarships, OF rarely
moro than 800 in any individual case,
about sl25. 900 in all have been placed
at the disposal Of tho College for the
support instruction. The Alumni Pro-
fessorship Of Rhetoric and the David
Marks Profsssorship of Homiletics aud
Church History are still incomplete;
but it is confidently hoped that the
amounts required for these important
chairs will be raised before the close Of
this year
AS soon as the College was fairly un.
der way. arrangements we're made 10
secure theological instruction to those
students who complete the ministry.
Agents were employed 10 raise SIC, 900
TO be named the Burr Professorship OF
Theology after the lamented VIM.
Burr. who. for SO many years was con-
nected with the Morning Star. This
frst appears on the catalogue for 1862,
with the Rev. Ransom Dunn as incum.
bent. q position which he has since
held with unwaning popularity and
success. The next year the gratifying
announcement OF its completion was
made. The Theological Department,
as sucb. was established in 1870. the
catalogue Of that year giving the fol-
lowing list OF instructors, viz: Presi-
den Calder as Professor OF Pastoral
Theology; Ransom Dunn as Professor
OF Biblical Theology; DIR. ID. NJ. Gra-
ham as Professor OF Systematic Theol-
o2y and Church History; and III. T..
Whipple rs Professor OF Sacred Rhet-
oric. Although this is an imposing
list, the exigencies OF the College and
the small number of students who were
exclusively devoted to theological study
allowed these gentlemen TO give but q
small portion Of their time TO that de-
partment. A beginning, however, was
made, which has steadily progressed
until now three full professors, viz:
Drs. Dunn, Butler and James, arc pre-
pared to devote their entire energies
to theological instruction. With pro-
per aid from the denominationsl Edu.
cation Society, extended to ministerial
students, the Theological Department
will bs permanently established.
Among the attractions of Hillsdale
College not the least are the facilities
furnished for those who desire n bust
ness education. In 1860 the proprie-
tors OF the wsll-known business Col
lege in Oberlin. o., after visiting all
the important towns In this State, look
ing for a suitable site, selected Hills
dale as the best place for another insti-
tuition having the same object. For
several years it hourished, first under
the Presidency OF Prof. Charles =.
Griffin, and subsequently under that
OF Prof A. G. Rideout. "A PROPOSE
tion to connect the school with Hills
dale College, which had besn under ad-
visement from time to time for a year
OF two, revived in May. 1870; and after
the annual meeting Of the trustees OF
the College an arrangement was agreed
upon, and during the summer follow
ing a portion OF the College building
was rehtted for the uses Of the new de-
partment. The removal was effected
in August of the same year, and the
department was opened for the recep-
tion Of students ut the beginning Of
the Fall term. A large quantity OF new
furniture and fine selection Of costly
electrical and telegraphic apparatus
were added for the use OF the classes.
Ii may now be said that for purposes
Of commercial education Hillsdale
College has no superior, and flr in.
struction in telegraphy no equh,, west
OF the Allegheny mountains.
The Ave literary societies eon stituto
by no means the weakest attraction in
Hillsdale College. Three Il these
the Amphictyon, thr llpha Kappa Phi.
and the Theologicn. are exclusively
for gentlemen, while ,l,e LaG .es' Liter
sry Union and the Oermane Sodsles
furnish similar opporl unities for the
other sex. They are mostly organized
under q statute of the Legislature, and
though connected with the College and
subordinate 10 its government, have an
independent existence, and possess
rights and immunities provided for by
that statute. Although like all other
organizations. these societies are liable
to abuse, yet, when conducted upon
iudicious principles. an auxiliary to the
daily clsss-work, and not a substitute,
they supplement the culture furnished
by the textbook aud living teacher
with q kind Of training greatly needed
in Subsequent life. Habits of self.re-
lance and skill in using knowledge al
ready acquired by daily study. together
with n readiness in administering af-
fairs, nre among the benefits Of society.
Ii is probably owing 10 the training
/ furnished by them that the graduates
at Hillsdale compare SO fsvorably in
oratory with those from other colleges
IL is held that students from no other
institution have won so many prizes
/ for composition aud delivery IN our
| State University as have those who
we're formerly connected with Hills
dale. One Of the strongest supports
/ to the College after the fire was found
/ in the societies. The attractions fur.
/ nished by them contributed in no small
! degree 10 hold the students. when the
smoking ruins Of the old bnilding pro-
phetically pointed 10 temporary expe.
dients and inconvcnieni arraneemen's q
/ for the next two or three years. They
rallied Robly to the rcscne, summon.
ing in various ways their former mem.
bcrs who had gone forth into the activf
scenes Of life 10 the help - their ALMA
MArEI,.
The attendance at Hillslale has sl
Ways been large. Being the first ir
Michigan TO admit women 20 the col
lege classes, II has from the beginning
been favored with large number oI
that ser. Before the close of the frs,
week after the opening in November