Term Expiring in 1891. Isaac Cappon, Esq., Holland, Mich. Rev. Lawrence Dykstra, Orange City, Ia. Term Expiring in 1892. Arend Visscher, Esq., Holland, Mich. Rev. Wm. H. Phraner, Irving Park, Ill. Rev. S. L. Gamble, Pekin, Ill. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. President-Rev. P. Lepeltak. Vice President-Rev. T. W. Jones. Executive Committee-Rev. Chas. Scott, ex officio; Rev. Dirk Broek, secretary; Rev. Peter Moerdyke, Rev. Thomas W. Jones, and Isaac Cappon, Esq. The council meets regularly in April and in June. The executive committee every month. There are standing committees on investments, real estate, etc. THE THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT is now known as the "Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America," but remains as a part of the college corporation. By the last general synod, in June, 1886, it was placed under the care of a separate "Board of Superintendents," consisting of fourteen members, of which the president of the college is one, ex officio, and was made president thereof for the current year. The instructors are: Rev. M. N. Steffins, D. D., professor of systematic theology, teacher of Hebrew and Homiletics; Rev. Peter Moerdyke, lector in Greek, Exegesis, and Archaeology; Rev. Henry E. Dosker, lector in Sacred and Church History. In June, 1885, Rev. Daniel Van Pelt of East New York, N. Y., was elected professor of Oriental Languages, but declined the appointment. The Theological course is for three years, and the number of students in 1885-86, eight (8). Much importance is attached to this seminary, for pastoral training at the West, and efforts will be continued until it shall be suitably endowed and manned. THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT is hereafter to be known as the " College" Department, and the classes somewhat increased in size. 1. The Faculty has not changed since my last report, and consists of seven professors and no tutors. Those branches of study assigned to each also remain the same. 2. The Students. Seniors, 6; Juniors, 7; Sophmores, 7; Freshmen, 11; total 31. The degree of A. B. has been conferred on six; that of A. M. upon eight. Total number of graduates since 1866, one hundred and twenty. 3. Course of Study. This also remains essentially as published in your report of 1884 and 1885. Measures, however, are being inaugurated for more extended scientific instruction. THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. is to be the "Grammar School" department. 1. The Faculty has not changed. Religious instruction and singing are in charge of the regular teachers. 2. Students. A Class, 19; B Class, 32; C class, 36; D class, 27; total, 114; and these added to those in the other departments, make 153 in the Insitution. 3. Course of Study. Again I would refer to the report of last year, or of 1884. The branches. of study are unchanged. 92 The library fund is small, only sufficing for the care of the library and reading room As usual, donations in books, etc., have been continued during the year. A larger and better library room is being fitted up. One hundred bound volumes have been added, making the whole number about 6,500. For the use of the library no charge is made. INFORMATION. The new building for recitations has not yet been begun, nor have the needed funds been secured. The buildings we have are being improved from year to year. All the expenses at Hope are kept as moderate as possible. The fees are only $15 per annum, and the board, rooms, washing, fuel and The students maintain studious lights need not cost more than $110-$125. habits and a good moral deportment, and their surroundings in Holland are favorable to the development of their better and higher nature. As will be seen above, the college continues to grow in size ani usefulness, and is destined to fill an important place among the institutions of Western Michigan. DE HOPE. The college newspaper called De Hope is now published by R. Kanters, Esq., of Holland, under the editorial supervision of Mr. G. Schelven. CONCLUDING NOTE. The receipts and expenses, given in this report, do not include the amount. of $2,500, both received and expended for the theological school, making a total of $14,012.40. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES SCOTT, KALAMAZOO COLLEGE. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. HON. THEODORE NELSON, Superintendent of Public Instruction: SIR,-In compliance with the requirements of law, I submit the following report concerning Kalamazoo College for the year ending June 16, 1886. The work of the College was prosecuted during the year with vigor and the usual success. The members of the Faculty and other officers were as follows: Rev. Kendall Brooks, D. D., President and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. Rev. Samuel Brooks, D. D., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. Jabez Montgomery, Ph. D., Professor of Natural Sciences. Alexander Hadlock, Ph. M., Professor of Mathematics. Francis D. Haskell, A. M., Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. Miss Marion A. Chase, Instructor in History. Clara P. Anderson, B. S., Instructor in French. Helen M. Brooks, Ph. B., Instructor in Painting and Drawing. Prof. Samuel Brooks, Librarian. Mr. W. E. Power, Janitor. The number of students was as follows: There are three courses of instruction, each extending through four years. 1. The Classical Course, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 2. The Latin-Scientific Course, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. 3. The Scientific Course, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. The following schedule includes all the studies, both prescribed and elective, in all the courses. Required studies in the Classical Course are marked (a); in the Latin-Scientific Course, (b); in the Scientific Course (c). Besides these each student must select for each term, a sufficient number of studies to make up together with those which are required, three daily recitations in addition to his rhetorical exercises. But no student will be allowed to pursue more than three studies at the same time, in addition to his rhetorical work, except by special permission of the Faculty, granted on the student's written request. In the Latin-Scientific Course, Greek may be substituted for Latin. FRESHMAN YEAR. 1. Greek-Homer's Iliad, books II-VI. Selected Orations of Lysias. Selections from the Greek Historians. (a). 2. Latin-Cicero de Senectute and de Amicitia. Livy. The Odes of Horace. (a) (b). 3. Mathematics-Olney's Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. Olney's University Algebra, Part III. Olney's Advanced Geometry. (a) (b) (c). 4. History-England from the Accession of Henry IV to the death of Elizabeth. England during the reign of the Stuarts; also leading events in the history of France and Germany during this period. England from the reign of the Stuarts to the present time. Text-book, Green's History of the English Poeople. (b) (c). 5. Biology--Packard's Zoology and Gray's Structural Botany. This work will be a study of life as manifested in both plants and animals, and will combine text-book and laboratory work. (c). SOPHOMORE YEAR. 1. Greek and Latin-The Edipus Tyrannus, or the Antigone, of Sophocles. Second Term. (a). The Satires and Epistles of Horace. Third Term. (a) (b). 2. Mathematics--Olney's General Geometry. First Term. (a) (b) (c). Olney's Calculus. Second Term, (b) (c). Olney's General Geometry. Third Term. (c). 3. French-Grammar, Modern French Literature, Corneille and Racine. (a). 4. French-Literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Moliere, Bossuet, Madame de Sevigne, etc., Essays and Dictation. (b) (c). In this department the aim is to give the student a practical knowledge of the French language and literature. Special attention is paid to pronunciation and to the study of the best French authors. 5. Literature-Arnold's English Literature. Lectures upon English authors of the nineteenth century and upon American Literature. In this department the students are required to make the text-book a basis of work and to study the authors carefully for themselves. Lectures are given frequently during the third term by the teacher, and students are required to write essays each term. The students of each course are required to take Literature the first term,-those of the Latin-Scientific and Scientific courses, the second term, and those of the Scientific course the third term. JUNIOR YEAR. I. Greek and Latin-The Prometheus of Eschylus, or one of the Comedies of Aristophanes. (a). The Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, or Juvenal. (a) (b). 2. German-Continued through the year. (b) (c). 3. Chemistry-Barker's Chemistry. General Chemistry, first term. (a) (b) (c). Applied Chemistry, second term. (c). 4. Natural Philosophy-Olmsted's College Philosophy, Kimball's edition. Mechanics, first term. Physics, second term. (a)(b)(c). |