Manchester College (IN) Changes Name

Manchester College in North Manchester, IN will become Manchester University on July 1, 2012.

Manchester College traces its origin to the Roanoke Classical Seminary founded by the United Brethren Church in Roanoke, Indiana in 1860.  The seminary became Manchester College when it was moved to North Manchester, Indiana in 1889.  Representatives of the Church of the Brethren purchased the campus in 1895 and deeded it to four State Districts of the Church in 1902.  The number of supporting districts increased until, by 1932, Manchester College served the five-state area of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Trinity College (Burlington, VT)

The University of Vermont Libraries Center for Digital Initiatives offers a number of photographs of Trinity College.  The institution was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1925.



Trinity College Alumni & Friends maintain a web page with brief history of the institution.

Colorado Name Changes

Anthony Cotton has an article in The Denver Post exploring several of the recent changes in names at Colorado institutions. Cotton focuses on Metropolitan State College becoming Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Western State College change to Western State Colorado University.  The article also notes changes in the past year for Adams State College to Adams State University and Mesa State College becoming Colorado Mesa University.

Grand Island College (Nebraska)

An interesting article by Jim McKee in the April 8, 2012 issue of the Lincoln Journal-Star offers a history of Grand Island College.  The Baptist institution closed in 1931.

Jones' Commercial College (St. Louis, MO)

The 1854 Circular and Catalogue of Jones' Commercial College in St. Louis, MO is available through Google Books.  The institution was incorporated in 1849 and offered instruction in bookkeeping, commercial law, commercial calculations, and penmanship.  A particular emphasis in the publication is placed on the preparation of bookkeepers for the steamboat industry.

The tuition is listed as $30 for a full program with an additional charge for night pupils of $1 to cover the cost of gas for lighting.

Enrollments are provided for a five year period:

Year	# of Book-keeping Students
1849	163
1850	191
1851	216
1852	250
1853	258

The names and origin of students enrolled in 1852 are also provided and a summary is copied below:

St. Louis	75%
Outstate MO	10%
Illinois	7%
Iowa	2%
Kentucky	1%
Louisiana	1%
Massachusetts	0.4%
Mississippi	0.4%
Montana	0.4%
New York	0.4%
Ohio	1%
Tennessee	1%
Wisconsin	1%