1900 — The legendary “Grand Old Man of Hillsdale,” benefactor, professor, and theologian Ransom Dunn is laid to rest before the community, in a symbolic conclusion of the 19th century for Hillsdale College. 1914 — The night before a rival football game, a “procession” of Hillsdale students marches downtown and burns a contrived Albion College...
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This week in Hillsdale history
1863 — Hillsdale student and soldier of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry Don A. Hubbell writes to his brother about camp conditions: “I have been very lucky as yet as I have not lost anything but my inkstand and necktie. Others had lost their coats and blankets and even socks off their feet and money from...
The 3-Minute Interview: Nancy DeBacker
DeBacker is the director of Alpha Omega Women’s Care Center, a life-affirming pregnancy resource center on Howell Street in Hillsdale, Mich. The center held a fundraiser called “Spice of Life” Oct. 19 at Hillsdale United Brethren Church with speaker Kirk Walden. How did you personally get involved with Alpha Omega? I was a young...
This week in Hillsdale History
1966 — Ground is broken for the much-needed Mary Proctor Randall Preschool, serving the entire Hillsdale community, town-and-gown. The “spaceship’s” namesake had graduated from Hillsdale College 60 years prior. 1975 — In response to increasing federal control over higher education, Hillsdale College’s board of trustees drafts its famous resolution to “with the help of God,...
This week in… Hillsdale History
1875 – “American Artisan,” a New York publication, praises the large, complex clock within the newly-constructed Central Hall of the Hillsdale College campus. Likewise, a reporter of Chicago’s Inter-Ocean praises the view from atop: “What a happy thought it was, locating a college on that hill, the Parnassus of southern Michigan.” 1918 – Hillsdale graduate...