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HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.

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Hope College, at Holland, is under the patronage of the Dutch
Reformed Church. It was begun in 1851,and in connection with the
ordinary branches of learning, it has a theological department. In
1877 it had 10 professors and teachers and 110 pupils. Up to 1875
there had graduated, in the preparatory department, begun in 1863.
95; in the academic, beginning in 1866, 53; and in the theological,
beginning in 1869, 24. Value of real estate, $25,000; of other property, above incumbrance, about $10,000; the amount of endowment paid in is about $56,000.
Kalamazoo College, headed by Baptists, is situated on a five-acre
lot of ground, and the property is valued at $35,000; investments,
$88,000. There are six members of the faculty, and in 1878 there
were 169 pupils.
Hillsdale College was established in 1855 by the Free Baptists.
The "Michigan Central College," at Spring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845. It was kept in operation until it was merged into
the present Hillsdale College. The site comprises 25 acres, beautifully situated on an eminence in the western part of the city of
Hillsdale. The large and imposing building first erected was
nearly destroyed by fire in 1874, and in its place five buildings of
a more modern style have been erected. They are of brick,
three stories with basement, arranged on three sides of a quadrangle. Their size is, respectively, 80 by 80, 48 by 72, 48 by 72,
80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they contain one-half more room than the
original building. Ex-Lieut.-Gov. E. B. Fairfield was the first
president. The present president is Rev. D. W. C. Durgin, D. D.
Whole number of graduates up to 1878, 375; number of students
in all departments, 506; number of professors and instructors, 15;
productive endowment, about $100,000; buildings and grounds,
$80,000; library, 6,200 volumes.
Olivet College, in Eaton county, is a lively and thorough literary
and fine-art institution, under the joint auspices of the Presbyterian
and Congregational denominations. Value of buildings and
grounds, about $85,000. Fourteen professors and teachers are employed, and the attendance in 1878 was 190, the sexes in about
equal proportion. There are five departments, namely: the collegiate, preparatory, normal, music and art.
Battle Creek College, conducted by the Seventh-Day Adventists,
was established in 1874, with four departments, 11 professors and
teachers, and an attendance of 289. It is practically connected
with a large health institution, where meat and medicines are
eschewed. In 1878 there were 15 instructors and 478 students.
Special attention is paid to hygiene and hygienic medication.
Grand Traverse College was opened at Benzonia in 1863, as the
result of the efforts of Rev. Dr. J. B. Walker, a prominent divine
of the Congregational Church. The friends of this institution
have met with serious discouragements: their lands have not risen
in value as anticipated and they have suffered a heavy loss from
fire; but the college has been kept open to the present time, with