remained nominally affiliated with the Baptist tradition until 1970 when the college catalogue no longer described the school as a "Christian college". Images Notable people Alfred W. Anthony (1885), pastor, professor, and author George H. Ball (1847), pastor, teacher of President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield John Jay Butler, Arminian theologian, professor at Cobb and Hillsdale George Colby Chase, second president of Bates College Oren B. Cheney (1846), abolitionist, founder of Bates College Lewis Penick Clinton (1897), African Bassa prince, missionary in Liberia George T. Day (1847), pastor, writer at the Morning Star, professor at Bates Ransom Dunn (1840), President of Rio Grande College and Hillsdale College, teacher of President James A. Garfield John Fullonton (1849), Professor and Dean at Cobb Divinity School Frank Sandford, preacher, founder of "The Kingdom" See also Smithville Seminary References Anthony, Alfred Williams, Bates College and Its Background, (Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1936). External links Cobb Divinity School records at Edmund S. Muskie Archives & Special Collections Library, Bates College Freewill Baptist records at Edmund S. Muskie Archives & Special Collections Library, Bates College Info about the Divinity School Bates Religion Department Former Cobb Divinity School Building 1870-1894 Former Cobb Divinity School Building 1894-1908 1908 disestablishments in Maine Bates College Defunct private universities and colleges in Maine Educational institutions established in 1840 Free Will Baptist schools Seminaries and theological colleges in Maine Seminaries and theological colleges affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA Educational institutions disestablished in 1908 1840 establishments in Maine Universities and colleges in Oneida County, New York