Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . tion should be educated in an atmosphere of liberty, andto this feeling is ascribed in part the movement to establish thecollege at Carlisle. It was named in honor of John Dickinson,governor of Pennsylvania at the time, in memory of the great andimportant services which he rendered to his country, and incommemoration of his very liberal donation to the early history of the college was full of trials and vicissitudes,yet it has given the nation many distinguished men, including onepresident of the United States, five ca
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . tion should be educated in an atmosphere of liberty, andto this feeling is ascribed in part the movement to establish thecollege at Carlisle. It was named in honor of John Dickinson,governor of Pennsylvania at the time, in memory of the great andimportant services which he rendered to his country, and incommemoration of his very liberal donation to the early history of the college was full of trials and vicissitudes,yet it has given the nation many distinguished men, including onepresident of the United States, five cabinet officers and fiftyjudges. In 1833 it passed under the control of the Methodistchurch. The patronage received from that denomination hasmade it one of the flourishing colleges in the Commonw^ maintains a school of law which dates from 1834, and whichwas re-established in 1890. It was one of the very first to in-augurate the privilege of electing laboratory work for the Greekof the junior year and for the Greek and Latin of the senior year. 88. John Andrew Shulze Clergyman; elected to the Legislature, 1806;and again, 1821; State senator, 1822; governor,1823-1829 The Educational System To provide for the education of the people of German extrac-tion a college was chartered by the general assembly on March lo,1787, and named after Benjamin Franklin. Fifteen of itstrustees were to be chosen from the Lutheran church, fifteenfrom the Reformed church, and fifteen from other Christian de-nominations. It did not develop into a regular college until itsunion with Marshall College in 1852. Still another flourishing college of the present day may be saidto have a historic connection v,-ith the eighteenth century. Theearly settlers of Washington county were firm believers in highereducation. It is related of the wife of Rev. Joseph Smith that shegave up for school purposes the log cabin which had been addedto the house as a kitchen, and with restricted facilities for cook-ing s
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