. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. alongside 58 The Pennsylvania-German Society. and the school farm in the rear of the house covered manyacres. There were at one time as many as one hundredand fifty students. However, after an experiment ofabout twenty months, it was found that Germantown wasnot the place for this work. Living was as expensive asin the city and all material had to be bought at city , again, in 1832 Dr. Junkin was called to the presi-dency of Lafayette College at Easton. In April he movedto Easton to enter upon his new duties and took with himthe pr
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. alongside 58 The Pennsylvania-German Society. and the school farm in the rear of the house covered manyacres. There were at one time as many as one hundredand fifty students. However, after an experiment ofabout twenty months, it was found that Germantown wasnot the place for this work. Living was as expensive asin the city and all material had to be bought at city , again, in 1832 Dr. Junkin was called to the presi-dency of Lafayette College at Easton. In April he movedto Easton to enter upon his new duties and took with himthe professors and nearly all the students of the ManualLabor Academy. His system and curriculum of studywas so different from the usual routine then in vogue thatit contributed greatly to the success of Lafayette College,consequently we can justly claim that Lafayette Collegereally began in Germantown. The charter of Lafayette College dates from 1826, andwas named in honor of Lafayette who had made a tri-umphal visit through the country at that
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