others who were in the work of building up colleges. If a teacher does the work of two men, or attempts to do it, it matters not whether he receives half of one salary, a whole salary, or a double salary; in future years the result is sure to be a shattered system or an impaired constitution, which time may or may not repair.

The college has been sustained from the first by voluntary contributions, furnished by the liberal friends of a liberal education. Dr. Stone has often remarked that during his entire connection with the institution he has frequently been surprised at the interest taken in the educational work in Kalamazoo, and the readiness of friends to make what were really very generous contributions at a time when money was scarce in a new country, and wealth unknown, and the personal necessities of most persons absorbed their income. There were several friends on whom he could always rely when emergencies arose. As he remembers with grateful pleasure, he never asked such tried friends as Leonard Slater, S. H. Ransom, J. P. Marsh, Mrs. Delia Bulkley, Hon. F. W. Curtenius, Hon. Allen Potter, and Hon. Caleb Van Husen, of Detroit, and many others in different parts of the State,-never even suggested a specific sum as very desirable at this particular time, but it was forthcoming.

The funds to defray the expense of erecting the women's college, or "Kalamazoo Hall," which was dedicated in November, 1859, were contributed almost entirely by the citizens of Kalamazoo village, except one thousand dollars, which was donated for that purpose by Hon. Caleb Van Husen. A partial endowment-fund was raised by the sale of scholarships, which were sold for one hundred dollars each, and entitled the purchaser to the free tuition of one student annually for twenty-five years. These scholarships, having been sold twenty-five years or more ago, have now expired. Considerable sums have also been contributed by the Eldred family for an Eldred professorship; by Hon. John Burt, Caleb Van Husen, Rev. T. W. Merrill, and others, towards the establishment of other professorships. Efforts are still made for the same purpose, but the institution has not been able hitherto to find a sufficient number of friends to place it in a situation of permanent pecuniary independence. The interruption to the work of endowment caused by the war was very unfortunate for the success of the enterprise. Efforts, however, are still being made and pressed with energy to complete the work.

Among the literary societies connected with the college, the Sherwood Rhetorical Society is the oldest, having been founded some thirty years ago. It has a considerable library, and a permanent fund was given by Dr. Adiel Sherwood, the interest of which is given annually as prizes for the encouragement of rhetorical excellence. The Philolexian Society has also a library; its exercises consist largely in forensic discussions. The Eurodelphian Society, in the female department, is in some respects similar to the other two societies, its membership being confined exclusively to the young women of the college.

After the work of conferring degrees was begun and the Faculty was enlarged, the number of students continued for some time to increase. In the catalogue for 1857 there were, in all departments, four hundred and seven students,

one hundred and twenty-seven being in the college classes. The names of the Faculty were as follows: Rev. J. A. B. Stone, D.D., President and Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy; Rev. Samuel Graves, A.M., Professor of Greek Language and Literature; Edward Olney, A.M., Professor of Mathematics; Daniel Putnam, A.M., Professor of Latin Language and Literature; Morris A. Page, A.M., Professor of Rhetoric and History; Nathaniel A. Balch, A.M., Lecturer on Political Economy and International Law; J. Adams Allen, M.D., Lecturer on Chemistry and Physiology; Rev. R. R. Prentice, A.M., Professor in the Scientific Department; Chandler Richards, B.A., Principal of the Preparatory Department; Mrs. L. H. Stone, Teacher of History and English Literature; Miss A. H. Wilcox, Teacher of Mathematics and English Language; Miss Elizabeth Robinson, Teacher of Latin and French; Miss Anna M. Woodbury, Teacher of Mathematics; Miss Sarah Willboe, Teacher of Penmanship; Miss Sarah A. Fisher, Teacher of Instrumental and Vocal Music; Mrs. Mary B. Graves, Miss Mary Forbes, Teachers of Painting and Drawing.

The next year the requisites of admission were increased, and there were only three hundred and one students, ninety-six being in college classes. In 1859 the college classes contained one hundred and ten, and the preparatory department one hundred and fifty-nine.

During the academic year of 1859-60 we find the largest freshman class which has ever been admitted, embracing fifty-five members, twenty-three of whom were young men and thirty-two young women. As this was the last year before the war, we give again a list of the Faculty, as it had undergone considerable changes since the last one we have. recorded: Rev. James A. B. Stone, D.D., President and Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy; Rev. Edward Anderson, A.M., Professor of Greek Language and Literature; Rev. Theodoric R. Palmer, A.M., Professor of Latin Language and Literature; Edward Olney, A.M., Professor of Mathematics; Daniel Putnam, A.M., Professor of Natural Sciences; Liberty E. Holden, A. B., Professor of Rhetoric and Principal of the Preparatory Department; Nathaniel A. Balch, A.M., Lecturer on Political Economy and International Law; Foster Pratt, M.D., Lecturer on Physiology; Mrs. L. H. Stone, Teacher of History and English Literature; Mrs. Martha Osborn, Teacher of Latin and Mathematics; Miss Ella Fletcher, Teacher of French, Painting, and Drawing; Miss Jennie S. Finney, Teacher in the Preparatory Department; Mr. J. Maurice Hubbard, Mrs. Sarah Hubbard, Teachers of Instrumental and Vocal Music.

On the breaking out of the war a considerable number of the young men, both in the collegiate and preparatory departments, enlisted in the army, laying aside their books to shoulder the musket, and exchanging their comfortable dormitories for the hardships of the tented field. One of the professors also entered the army,-Rev. T. R. Palmer, afterwards Col. Palmer, of the Michigan 13th. Other professors were ready to go, and the president was anxious to be counted in for the defense of his country, but he had just returned from a tour on the Eastern Continent, undertaken on account of failing health, and it was thought better to

accept, in his stead, two of his sons, then students in the college, who remained in the service, as many of the students did, until the close of the war. Of nearly or quite one hundred students who, in the course of the four years of the bloody conflict, made haste to fly to the protection of their country, too many, alas! fell on the battle-field or died of disease while in the army. A tablet placed in the college chapel commemorates the names and the remembrance of the following students who fell in the service of the Union: James Allen, C. S. Burge, Judson W. Carter, George W. Carter, Seymour A. Cornell, Samuel Crooks, Edwin B. Easton, Richard H. Eldred, Lucius F. Handy, Alfred S. Handy, Joseph W. Hinsdale, William H. Lamb, Charles Porter, Walter Prouty, George A. Wilson, W. J. M. Woodward.

The derangement of financial affairs incident upon the war was a great obstacle in the way of efforts made for an ample and permanent endowment. The minds of the young men of the State were diverted from educational purposes, and many, instead of going to college, went to the South to fight for their country. Still, the college was not deserted. The catalogue of 1862-63 shows an attendance of one hundred and ninety-four, ninety-three being in the college classes, the young women considerably outnumbering the young men. In the graduating class of 1863 there were still eighteen members, the young women being in the majority here also.

The entrance at the next academic year was considerably larger than for some years previous. But an event occurred Nov. 4, 1863, which caused a temporary derangement in the college affairs. President Stone and Mrs. L. H. Stone at this time sent in their resignation. This determination had been taken some time previous on their part, but only two or three of the trustees were aware of it, and not a single student in the institution had any suspicions of their intentions until their resignation was tendered. The trustees were surprised, and proposed a committee of conference, but this was declined. As the resignations were peremptory, they were finally accepted, and a resolution was passed that "we assure them we shall ever cherish for them the warmest sympathy and Christian affec tion, and we recommend the appointment of a committee to make each of them a proper expression of our feelings.' It is not necessary here to enter into the reasons given at the time for these resignations, tendered after more than twenty years of service in the institution. Dr. Stone had long been of the opinion that there were some unwise counsels among a portion of the trustees, there being a decided difference of opinions, especially in reference to the management of the female department. Their long connection with the school, and their services having been largely gratuitous, had been to the doctor's pecuniary disadvantage. They felt that they had tried to do their full share in building up a successful institution, and their friends could well afford to excuse them from further service. Mrs. Stone also wished, if she spent any longer time in teaching, to do it in accordance with her own convictions of the best manner.

At a subsequent meeting of the trustees the following resolutions were passed:

"Resolved, 1. That the triumphant success, both in completing the building for the female department, and in the department itself, amply vindicates the wisdom, as his own sacrifices and untiring labors proved the earnestness of the zeal, of President Stone in establishing the female department.

“Resolved, 2. That in the opinion of this board, to the tireless energy, self-sacrificing labors, and able conduct of Dr. Stone and his earnest and accomplished wife, it is, under Providence, largely due that the village of Kalamazoo is adorned, its prosperity enhanced, and its social attractions so greatly increased, by this institution of learning."

In a historical sketch of Kalamazoo College, prepared at the request of the trustees by Rev. S. Haskell, the secretary of the board, and published in 1864, we find the following description of the work done by Dr. and Mrs. Stone in their connection with the college:

"To Professor J. A. B. Stone fell the lot of following Dutton; and the short course of the one is in contrast with the long course of the other. Dr. and Mrs. Stone commenced their labors in 1843; and they twain have been one flesh and one spirit in these labors, uninterruptedly, until the present time. Their work has been multiform and multiplex. There is nothing which they have not touched, from the gravel beneath all material foundation stones to the finial of each pupil's edification in learning and character, their means, the while, spreading as diffusively through the work as their labors have done. With the entrance of the institution upon its full college career Dr. Stone was appointed its president, and has so continued through these nearly nine years, Mrs. Stone throughout occupying the position of principal of the female department."

Professor Edward Anderson was requested by the trustees to act as president pro tem. until a permanent president should be appointed. After the resignation of Dr. and Mrs. Stone a difficulty arose between the students and Faculty. The students had known nothing of the resignation until after it occurred, and being disappointed and dissatisfied, without knowing the reason of their resignation, a large number of them, somewhere from a hundred and twenty to a hundred and fifty, determined to leave the college and petition the Faculty for a dismission. This movement was regarded in the light of a mutiny, and they were expelled, unless they returned to the institution. The trustees at first sustained the Faculty in their vote to expel them. Dr. Stone, who was still president of the board of trustees, called another meeting, made a statement of his understanding of the case, assuring the trustees that there had been no communication between himself and the students before their request to be dismissed, the students also making a statement that they did not wish to break the laws of the institution, but thought that they had a right to withdraw peacefully, without giving their reasons, when a unanimous vote was passed that the Faculty should give them, on application, an honorable dismissal. Quite a number of those dismissed graduated at Adrian College, at Olivet, at the universities at Rochester, Ann Arbor, Chicago, and elsewhere.

In April, 1864, Hon. John M. Gregory, who was at that time State superintendent of public instruction, was elected president. After arrangements had been made to guarantee his salary,—for he did not propose to follow the example of his predecessor in the matter of salary,-he accepted the

office, and entered upon his duty some time afterwards. Mr. Gregory was a graduate of Union College, was already favorably known as an educator, enjoyed the confidence of the public, and, bringing great energy to his work, could scarcely fail of success. The disturbance connected with the loss of so many students was a misfortune for which he was not responsible. But the property of the institution, the grounds, the ample buildings, some start towards an endowment, and the prestige which the school had already attained rendered his situation a more comfortable one than that of his predecessor twenty years before.

Dr. Gregory infused great energy into every department of the college, and made an effort to secure an able and effective Faculty. The catalogue of 1865-66 reports the whole number of students in attendance two hundred and seventeen, the young men being nearly twice as numerous as the young women. The students of both sexes in the collegiate classes were fifty-nine, the remainder being in the preparatory department. The members of the faculty were as follows: Rev. John M. Gregory, LL.D., President, Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy and History; Rev. Daniel Putnam, M.A., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature; Rev. H. L. Wayland, M.A., Professor of the Greek Language and Literature and Instructor in Chemistry and Physiology; Charles D. Gregory, B.A., Principal of the Preparatory Department; Robert H. Tripp, M.A., Instructor in Ancient Languages; Austin George, Instructor in Bookkeeping and Natural Science; J. W. Caldwell, Instructor in Mathematics; Joshua S. Lane, Instructor in Grammar and Arithmetic; Miss Julia A. King, Preceptress and Teacher of German and English Literature; Mrs. Martha L. Osborn, Teacher of French and History; Miss Letitia J. Shaw, Teacher of Drawing and Painting; Prof. J. Maurice Hubbard, Mrs. Sarah Hubbard, Teachers of Instrumental and Vocal Music.

President Gregory's career as an educator in Kalamazoo was not destined to be a long one. He was invited to become president of the Illinois Industrial University, which office he accepted after his resignation of the college presidency had been accepted. The trustees parted with him reluctantly, and passed the following resolutions indicative of their high esteem of his services :

"WHEREAS, Dr. J. M. Gregory has been called to another field of labor, and under a sense of duty has tendered to this board an unconditional and immediate resignation of the office of president of Kalamazoo College; therefore

“Resolved, That we hereby accept his resignation of said office. "Resolved, That we hereby express our deep regret that his official relation to us and his present connection with our beloved institution are now brought to a close, disappointing our hope of his continued co-operation in this important work of Christian education, and depriving the institution of services which we had come to think so essential to its prosperity; and that we tender to him our heartfelt thanks for the energy, devotion, and self-denial with which he has prosecuted his mental labors among us, and assure him that he has our high esteem and full confidence as a fellow-laborer in the Master's vineyard; and that he bears with him to his new field of labor our affectionate regards, while our earnest prayers shall ever go up to the throne of grace that the richest blessings of heaven may descend and rest upon him, and that when the Great Teacher shall gather his disciples into his heavenly home we may together receive the crown of life.

"Resolved, That ever recognizing the hand of God in the history of our beloved institution, and calling to mind the oft-repeated de

liverances which he has wrought for us in the past, and especially in the advanced position which he has enabled us to gain under the leadership of President Gregory, we are enabled to say, 'Hitherto the Lord hath helped us;' and believing that now, as in the past, he is on our side, we take courage and go forward, assured of his abiding favor, and feeling that the circumstances under which we are placed should only cause the friends of Kalamazoo College to gather more closely around it, with earnest prayer, increased faith, and enlarged liberality."

After the resignation of Dr. Gregory the institution was without a regular president for a year or more, Professor Putnam filling the place as president ad interim, and after his resignation this situation was occupied by Dr. Silas Bailey, who was then connected with the Kalamazoo Theological Seminary. During this time the number of students remained about the same as during the preceding year. Many plans were devised for an increase of the endowment fund, and for the general enlargement of the institution and increase of its usefulness. But the favorable time for a successful movement in this direction had not yet arrived. Dr. Samuel Graves, of Connecticut, had been called to fill the president's chair, but he declined. An invitation was also extended to Dr. Lemuel Moss, of Lewisburg University, but he did not accept the proffered honor.

The next effort in this direction was more successful. Sept. 28, 1868, the trustees voted unanimously to elect Rev. Kendall Brooks, D.D., of Philadelphia, president of the college. Dr. Brooks is a native of Massachusetts, a graduate of Brown University, and also of Newton Theological Seminary. He had been for some time a pastor, and had also experience as a teacher, having formerly been a professor in Waterville College. He was favorably known in Philadelphia as an editor and a man well versed in liberal studies. With such a reputation he entered auspiciously upon his presidential career, which has been continued until the present time.

In August, 1869, Professor Clark died, greatly lamented, after an illness of three months. The chair of Latin, vacated by his death, was filled in November following by the appointment of Rev. Samuel Brooks, A.M., a graduate of Brown University of the class of 1852. Professor Brooks was instructor in Greek in Brown University in 1854–55, and was instructor in Hebrew in the Newton Theological Institution in 1860-61. He has held the professorship of Latin in Kalamazoo College from his appointment to the present time.

During the early part of 1869 an effort to add fifty thousand dollars to the endowment of the college was completed. This effort was commenced in connection with the call of Dr. Brooks to the presidency, and was chiefly under the direction of Professor Clark

In October, 1869, Dr. Bailey, who had served the college three years, was laid aside from his work by sickness, and in December following he resigned his professorship. His health was never restored. He died in Paris, June 30, 1874, at the age of sixty-five years. He was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1849 by Madison University, and a Doctor of Laws, in 1871, by Franklin College.

In August, 1870, Prof. Wayland (who was made a Doctor of Divinity, in 1869, by Brown University) was chosen president of Franklin College, in Indiana, and re

signed his chair in this college. After a service of two years in Franklin, he became editor of the National Baptist, which position he now holds and adorns.

William C. Morey, A.M., became an instructor on the resignation of Dr. Wayland, and soon after was selected Professor of History and Political Economy. He resigned this chair in 1872, to accept a professorship in the University of Rochester, where he remains till now. On his retirement, Rev. William T. Stott was made Professor of Natural Science. But after accepting the appointment, and having served the college one term, he was called to the presidency of Franklin College, and resigned. He still remains president of the college which has twice deprived. Kalamazoo of an able teacher to fill that office.

Austin George, A.M., of the class of 1866, was employed as temporary Professor of Rhetoric and Literature during the college year 1872-73.

Howard G. Colman, A.M., of the class of 1869, was appointed Professor of Chemistry in 1873, and still holds that chair. Lewis Stuart, A.M., of the class of 1872, was appointed Professor of Greek in 1875, and remained in that office till 1879, when he became Professor of Latin in the University of Chicago.

In 1869, Rev. Thomas W. Merrill, A.M., endowed a professorship, the income from which endowment was to become available in five years from that time. The professor supported by this endowment was to be college pastor, and to teach in such departments as might be assigned him. In 1875, Rev. Nathan S. Burton, D.D., was elected Merrill professor, but at the close of the college year 1876–77 it was found that the endowment was not yielding an income; the professor obtained leave of absence for a year, and at the end of the year resigned his chair, as the endowment was still unproductive. In 1869, Mr. Merrill established two scholarships of five hundred dollars each, and in 1874 twenty-eight others of the same sum, the income to be given to students in the college preparing for the Christian ministry. Only the first two are as yet productive.

In 1873 the college received a legacy of two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars from the estate of Lewis A. Taft, of Wauseon, Ohio, who had been one of its students, the income of which is to be appropriated to students needing pecuniary assistance.

In 1878 the sum of eight thousand dollars was received from the estate of Mrs. Hannah Davis, of Allegan.

In 1877 it became apparent that the south tower of the new building was not sufficiently supported. It was removed and a new south front erected, and the whole building thoroughly repaired and greatly improved.

The number of students enrolled for the current year (1879-80) is one hundred and forty-five. The Faculty as at present constituted is as follows: Rev. Kendall Brooks, D.D., President and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy; Rev. Samuel Brooks, D.D., Professor of Latin; Howard G. Colman, A.M., Professor of Chemistry; Clarence L. Dean, A.B., Instructor in Literature and History; Alexander Hadlock, P.B., Instructor in Mathematics; Frank D. Haskell, A.B., Instructor in Greek; Alice M. Northrup, Instructress in French and German; Z. S. Harrison, Instructor in Vocal Music.

MICHIGAN FEMALE SEMINARY.*

On the 15th day of December, 1856, a corporation was formed in the village of Kalamazoo, consisting of gentlemen of various Protestant religious denominations, " for the purpose of founding and establishing a female seminary within the township of Kalamazoo," in pursuance of an "Act to provide for the Incorporation of Institutions of Learning," passed by the Legislature of Michigan, and approved Feb. 9, 1855. In the articles of association it is provided that the institution "shall be known by the name and title of the Michigan Female Seminary." Its object was

"To establish, endow, and control a seminary of learning for the education of young ladies in the higher branches of a thorough female education, having reference to the entire person, physically, intellectually, morally, and religiously considered, and shall be essentially modeled after the Mount Holyoke Seminary, in Massachusetts, and the Western Female Seminary at Oxford, in the State of Ohio."

The control of the institution was vested in a board of twenty trustees and their successors, to form

"A body corporate and politic, with all the powers, privileges, immunities, and liabilities which are given and granted in the Act above referred to, the said Trustees to divide themselves by lot into four classes, holding their offices for the terms of two, four, six, and eight years respectively, each Trustee to continue in office until his successor shall be appointed, and all subsequent elections, except to fill vacancies, to be for the term of eight years." It was expressly provided, however, in Article 6, that "All elections of Trustees shall be subject to the ratification of the Synod of Michigan, or of such other Synod as shall have jurisdiction, and within whose limits said Seminary is located."

This provision insures the complete and permanent control of the institution by the Synod.

In accordance with the original design, the board of trustees in 1856 selected and purchased a tract of about thirty-two acres of land, situated on the east side of the Kalamazoo River, as a site for the proposed seminary. It is a fine, healthful, and commanding location on the slopes and uplands of the bluff, which here fall away gradually to the river valley below, and the grounds are made more beautiful and picturesque by a scattering growth of foresttrees, mostly white oak. Upon the plateau overlooking the village and a large extent of the surrounding country, it was determined to locate the building, which, according to the original plan, was to consist of an immense brick threestory edifice, 219 by 140 feet in dimensions, nearly in the form of a Latin cross, and to have basement and attic stories. The style was to be Norman, and the plan included a large central building and two wings, connected by broad corridors, the whole to be finished and furnished with all the essentials of a first-class institution of learning. It was to be heated with steam, supplied with hot and cold water for bathing and other purposes, lighted with gas, and to accommodate three hundred pupils and a corps of twenty teachers. The estimated cost was placed at one hundred thousand dollars.

The work of construction was commenced in 1857, and proceeded, with various delays and intermissions, until 1860, when it was suspended, and not renewed until after the close of the civil war.

In the spring of 1866, Rev. John Covert was appointed

* Taken mostly from a history of the institution published in a Kalamazoo directory for 1867.

to take charge of the work and finish the building already erected, so that it might be used for school purposes. Luther H. Trask was subsequently appointed superintendent, and W. H. Codington assistant. The centre building was completed, and a school opened on the 30th of January, 1867, with the following Faculty: Miss Jeannette Fisher, Principal; Miss Sarah A. Greer, Miss Jane W. Smead, Miss Julia Esty, Miss Laura E. Newhall, Miss Fanny O. Guernsey.

The wing upon the south side of the building was erected in September, 1874. Messrs. Bush & Paterson were the contractors. This building is of wood, two stories in height, and about sixty by twenty-four feet in dimensions. It is calculated to accommodate thirty-two pupils, and has no recitation-rooms. The main building contains the chapel. and recitation-rooms. The original intention was to expend about one hundred thousand dollars, but a variety of causes contributed to prevent the full consummation of the plans. The total expenditures, as the property now stands, aggregate about sixty-five thousand dollars for land, buildings, improvements, furniture, and apparatus. The institution has accommodations for about one hundred pupils.

The average number of pupils per term for all the years since it was opened, in 1867, has been about sixty, and the present attendance (January, 1880) is about thirty-seven.

The following is a list of trustees since the organization : Board of Trustees, 1857.-Rev. George Duffield, President; Rev. O. P. Hoyt, Shubael Conant, Rev. Alfred Bryant, F. W. Curtenius, Rev. S. D. Pitkin, E. B. Ward, Rev. Henry Neill, H. G. Wells, Rev. H. S. McElroy, James Taylor, Rev. Wm. S. Huggins, John Milham, L. H. Trask, Allen Potter, Wm. L. Booth, D. A. McNair, Hiram Arnold, W. A. Tomlinson, C. H. Hall, Rev. J. J. Slocum.

Succeeding 1857 is an interim of nine years. The board for 1867 was as follows: Rev. George Duffield, D.D., Detroit; Rev. Job Pierson, Kalamazoo; Rev. Milton Bradley, Richland; Rev. W. Kellogg, Washtenaw County; Rev. A. Bryant, Berrien County; Rev. E. S. Wishard, Tecumseh; F. W. Curtenius, H. G. Wells, Wm. A. Tomlinson, Allen Potter, C. W. Hall, James Taylor, L. H. Trask, John Milham, E. H. Van Deusen, M.D., H. O. Hitchcock, M.D., H. Arnold, Kalamazoo.

1868-69.-Rev. William Hogarth, D.D., Detroit; Rev. Calvin Clark, Marshall; Rev. E. S. Wishard, Battle Creek; Rev. Milton Bradley, Richland; Rev. Job Pierson, Ionia; Rev. Joseph A. Ranney, Three Rivers; Rev. Norman Kellogg, Stony Creek; Rev. H. H. Coolidge, Niles; Edward B. Ferry, Grand Haven; Allen Potter, Hiram Arnold, C. W. Hall, H. G. Wells, F. W. Curtenius, L. H. Trask, H. F. Cock, H. O. Hitchcock, M.D., James Taylor, John Milham, Wm. A. Tomlinson, J. Parsons, Kalamazoo.

In 1870-71, Hon. A. Sheley's name is added, and H. F. Cock's does not appear.

1871-72, Rev. William Hogarth, D.D., Detroit; Rev. George Duffield, D.D., Saginaw; Rev. Calvin Clark, Marshall; Rev. J. A. Ranney, Three Rivers; Rev. Milton Bradley, Richland; Hon. H. H. Coolidge, Niles; Hon. Alanson Sheley, Detroit; Elisha Taylor, Detroit; Edward P. Ferry, Grand Haven; Edward S. Moore, Three Rivers; C. W. Hall, Allegan; Hon. H. G. Wells, Jonathan Par

sons, F. W. Curtenius, John Milham, James Taylor, Hiram Arnold, L. H. Trask, William A. Tomlinson, Henry Gilbert, Allen Potter, Kalamazoo.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1873: Hiram Arnold, Rev. Milton Bradley, Hon. H. H. Coolidge, Niles; Jonathan Parsons, William A. Tomlinson, L. H. Trask.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1875: Rev. William Hogarth, D.D., John Milham, Hon. Edward S. Moore, Rev. J. A. Ranney, Hon. H. G. Wells.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1877: Hon. F. W. Curtenius, Rev. Calvin Clark, Edward P. Ferry, Allen Potter, Hon. A. Sheley.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1879: Rev. George Duffield, D.D., Henry Gilbert, C. W. Hall, Elisha Taylor, James Taylor, Rev. George D. Baker.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1881: Rev. Milton Bradley, E. O. Humphrey, Jonathan Parsons, William A. Tomlinson, L. H. Trask, Hon. H. H. Coolidge.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1883: Rev. A. T. Pierson, D.D., Hon. Edward S. Moore, Rev. J. A. Ranney, Hon. H. G. Wells, Rev. J. H. France.

Class going out Dec. 24, 1885: Hon. F. W. Curtenius, Hon. O. M. Barnes, Hon. Edward P. Ferry, Hon. William A. Howard, Hon. Alonzo Sheley.

The executive committee has been composed as follows: First, 1857.-Rev. J. J. Slocum, Hon. H. G. Wells, Hon. F. W. Curtenius, Hiram Arnold, James Taylor, continued until 1867.

1868.-Hon. H. G. Wells, Hon. F. W. Curtenius, L. H. Trask, C. W. Hall, William A. Tomlinson, continued until 1870.

1871.-Hon. F. W. Curtenius, Hon. H. G. Wells, William A. Tomlinson, L. H. Trask, Henry Gilbert, continued until 1879.

The present officers are as follows: Hon. Alanson Sheley, President; Hon. H. G. Wells, Clerk; Hon. E. O. Humphrey, Treasurer.

Executive Committee: Hon. F. W. Curtenius, Chairman ; Hon. E. O. Humphrey, Clerk; Hon. H. G. Wells, L. H. Trask, Esq., Henry Gilbert, Esq.

Teachers.-Miss Jeannette Fisher continued as principal from 1867 until 1879, when she was succeeded by Mrs. E. E. Thompson, a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary, South Hadley, Mass., who is the present principal. The other teachers, commencing with 1867, have been Miss Julia Esty, Miss Sarah A. Greer, Miss Laura E. Newhall, Miss Jane W. Smead, Miss Fannie Guernsey, Miss Mary O. Chase, Instrumental Music; Miss Sarah Clute, Domestic Department. In 1867, Miss Sarah E. Felton appears as Teacher of Music, and Mrs. F. S. Mott, Domestic Department. In 1868, Miss A. Amelia Smead appears as Assistant Principal, and Miss Martha H. Cleveland, Miss Mary McLellan, Miss Lucy J. Beebe, Miss Aristina D. Webster as Teachers, and Mrs. Anna Williams, Domestic Department. In 1869, Miss Mary E. Cram and Miss Alice E. Campbell appear as Teachers, and Miss L. L. Bradford as Teacher of Music. In 1870, Miss M. B. Bradford appears as Assistant Teacher of Instrumental Music for a part of the year. In 1871, addititional teachers' names are Miss Sarah E. Dorr, Miss Julia T. Parsons, Miss Martha A.