Oberlin: the colony and the college1833-1883 . prime of their manhood—Professor Finneyforty-two years of age, President Mahan thirty-five,and Professor Morgan thirty-two. Professor Finneywas born in Connecticut, removed early to CentralNew York, was trained for the profession of law,and entered the ministry after brief study with hispastor, Rev. George W. Gale. President Mahan wasborn in Western New York, pursued study at Ham-ilton College to the end of the junior year, andtook his theological course at Andover. ProfessorMorgan was brought to this country from Ireland, atthe age of eleven, was
Oberlin: the colony and the college1833-1883 . prime of their manhood—Professor Finneyforty-two years of age, President Mahan thirty-five,and Professor Morgan thirty-two. Professor Finneywas born in Connecticut, removed early to CentralNew York, was trained for the profession of law,and entered the ministry after brief study with hispastor, Rev. George W. Gale. President Mahan wasborn in Western New York, pursued study at Ham-ilton College to the end of the junior year, andtook his theological course at Andover. ProfessorMorgan was brought to this country from Ireland, atthe age of eleven, was brought up in Philadelphia andNew York, prepared for college at Stockbridge, Mass.,and graduated at Williams. His theological studieswere pursued privately in New York. Thus Oberlinexperienced a sudden enlargement and took a newdeparture. President Mahan came to Oberlin about the firstof May, followed a month later by his family and alarge number of the students from Lane. For thepresidents family, the first log house erected here /, §-H. THE ACCESSION FROM LANE SEMINARY. 6? was vacated and made ready, and this house they oc-cupied several months, until the Presidents House,at the south-west corner of the square, could be the students who came from Lane, special pro-vision was made. A building was extemporized,called Cincinnati Hall. It was one story high,one hundred and forty-four feet long, and twenty-four feet wide. Its sides and partitions and ceilingsand floors were of beech boards fresh from the the outside it was battened with slabs retain-ing the bark of the original tree, which gave thebuilding a decidedly rustic aspect. One end of the Hall was fitted up as kitchen and dining-room,and the remainder was divided into rooms twelvefeet square, with a single window to each, and a dooropening out upon the forest. This structure wassituated a little west of the site of the Old Labora-tory, its west side corresponding with what is nowthe east side of Prof
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