. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . der the name of the In-diana Baptist Manual Labor Institute, and is now CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA 285 one of the best equipped colleges for higher cul-ture in the State. Franklin College was chartered in 1835 underthe name of the Indiana Baptist Manual LaborInstitute. It was organized at a meeting of Bap-tists in Indianapolis, held in the First BaptistChurch, June 5, 1834. Instructions began in thesummer
. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . der the name of the In-diana Baptist Manual Labor Institute, and is now CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA 285 one of the best equipped colleges for higher cul-ture in the State. Franklin College was chartered in 1835 underthe name of the Indiana Baptist Manual LaborInstitute. It was organized at a meeting of Bap-tists in Indianapolis, held in the First BaptistChurch, June 5, 1834. Instructions began in thesummer of 1837, and the school was opened ina wooden building costing $350. While the in-dustrial element was prominent, literary and phil- large part of this amount was given by the Gen-eral Education Board of New York City, beingthe third appropriation which that board hasmade to Franklin College. It has been admittedto the Carnegie foundation, which is a markedrecognition of its standard of scholarship. Population of Johnson county in 1890 was19,561; in 1900 was 20,223, and according toUnited States Census of 1910 was 20,394, ofwhich 140 were of white foreign birth. There. Franklin College. Franklin, Johnson County. osophical interest, which were in mind from thebeginning, soon predominated, and in 1845 the in-stitution was chartered under the name of Frank-lin College. In the beginning, only male studentswere received. In 1842 a department for youngladies was established and the college has con-tinued on a co-educational basis ever since. Atthe outbreak of the Civil War, the students vol-unteered practically in a body and the school wasclosed. Because of financial difficulties, a stockcompany took over the school in 1872 and con-tinued in charge until 1908, when the college wasreorganized. In 1913 the college completed thelargest financial campaign in its history, raising$250,000 as an additional endowment fund. A were 5,287 families in the county and 5,203dwellings. Townships, Ci
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