Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
ALMA COLLEGE YEAR
Will Open tuesday September
l7,-Many improvements on
Buildings and Campus.
M;NING ADDRESS WEDNESDAY
New Members of the Faculty Comes
Highly Recomended-H. J. Meyer
Succeeds Prof. SteinhseuSer.

The bell will ring on Tuesday, Sep
tember 18th, announcing the opening
OF the twenty-frst year. The day viii
be devoted to the classification o.
students and settling them in theii
rooms.
On the day following the chapel ex-
ercises will be resumed at s:45 A. Nj
The opening address will be de-
livered by the Rev. Roger M
Williams, the pastor OF the
Presbyterian church in the cap
ital city OF Gratiot county His
subject will be; Some Great Men OF
Wales. % After the address the dir
ect work OF registration, classified
ton, securing of books, etc, etc, will
be pushed as rapidly as possible so
that classes may meet on Thursday
and recitations begin on Friday. By
that time the college will be in full
swing and the joyous life with its
laughter and music, its hard work
and Publications, will again be wit
messed by us all. How silent and
dull is College Hill in summer!
How musical and lively is the whole
city for the rest OF the year because
the boys and girls are with usl
AS the old students return they
will notice important changes and i'm
provements.
a. They will be greeted by a
larger and more capable faculty than
ever before. By the pledge OF $4,000
from that father OF Alma as well as
of the college, Mr.. A. w. Wright, and
by the promise of like sum from
the Board OF Trustees the salaries
of some of the members of the fac
ulty have been increased and an adj
ditional professor has been installed
in the department of English. His
name and fame have been brought to
the attention OF our readers in an
other issue. His great work will be
to coach in public speech.
1t has been the dream of the auth
critics of the college that at some
time they might see that most grac
ious and accomplished musician, Miss
Ellen Ransom, at the head of the De-
partment OF Piano Music. That
dream, that hope is to be realized.
Another OF the new faces will be
that OF John w. Beach A. NJ, who
will take the place OF Instructor in
Latin and Greek. This gentleman
comes with highest recommendation
OF President Angel and Professor
Kelsey OF the University Of Michigan;
Professor John c. Rolf of the IN
iVersity OF Pennsylvania, and many
others, equally distinguished His
pastor, Rev. J. NJ. Gelston d. D., |
writes of him under date Of July 18th,
1907, as follows:
Having learned Mr. John w Beach
is an applicant for position at Alma
! write to recommend him heartily
to you as an earnest christian young
man whom you can depend upon in all
religious matters TO do his part and
10 exercise the right kind of influence.
He is a young married man OF con-
siderable experience as a teacher and
successful in his line Of work His
is unquestoncd. and his
varied equipment makes a very use
nj man. But OF these matters YOU
,an easily secure ample testimony
.CJm his teachers / write more es-
oecially to endorse him as the right
sort of man religiously, the thing
which / believe out weighs all other
considerations"
Mr.. II. ]. Meyer, OF St Paurs Col
ege. St Paul Park, Mimi, will be
he head OF the School OF Business.
4 seven years of work in the same {
exclusively business college and three |
'cars OF similar work in a college
ike our own, and the most unqualifi-
ID recommendation of those best ,
Qualified TO Judge, are a sufficient ev- /
dence that no mistake has been made {
n bringing him to Alma, then we may q
est assured that our work here /
nder his care will attain even greater a
eights of success than ever before I
No department OF the College has d
Interested the community more than
hat of the training of kindergarten \
'eachcrs. The enthusiastic princip- +
Is, Miss Mingens and Mrs. Periam. d
ave, by the kindness of hte citizens I
{ Alma, been able TO add second
Kindergarten, both TO serve as mod I;
Is to the young ladies in the pro-
css of training. In the work Of pres n
ling over these Kindergartens the Il
rincipals will be assisted by Miss Il
wa Simms, a graduate Of last year. (,
nd by Miss Stella Laing and Miss b