A Brief History Of Milton College

The success of the Academy had proved its worth to the community, and in the winter of 1847-48 a group of citizens combined to secure a charter for the school, placing it under the control of a board of trustees. It was named "The Du Lac Academy, a name that was never popular, nor used beyond the charter and the correspondence of the officers of the school."

Shares of stock were $5 each; instruction was not to be given, nor meetings of the corporation held on either the seventh or the first day; the trustees met individually the deficits of the school for teacher's wages. The building was engaged by the trustees from Joseph Goodrich without rent if they hired a college graduate as principal.

From the opening of the fall term 1851, A.C. Spicer had supervision of the Academy for most of seven years, with the assistance of his wife, Mrs. Susanna M. Spicer. Their compensation was derived entirely from tuition fees.