. History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903. ich we haveany record was held July 27, 1853. * This deed was executed hy Mr. Buchanan, June 28, 1853. CONFIRMATION OF THE UNION. 147 The act of the Legishituro ronfinninp; the union withMarshall College was signed hy the Governor April 29,1850. The amount paid the trustees of PennsylvaniaCollege for the Lutheran interest in Franklin College wasduly applied to the endowment of the Franklin professor-ship of xcient Languages, and the Rev. F. A. Muhlen-b
. History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903. ich we haveany record was held July 27, 1853. * This deed was executed hy Mr. Buchanan, June 28, 1853. CONFIRMATION OF THE UNION. 147 The act of the Legishituro ronfinninp; the union withMarshall College was signed hy the Governor April 29,1850. The amount paid the trustees of PennsylvaniaCollege for the Lutheran interest in Franklin College wasduly applied to the endowment of the Franklin professor-ship of xcient Languages, and the Rev. F. A. Muhlen-berg became its first incumbent. The Lutheran Synod,at its meeting in Pottsville, in 1850, heartily approvedof the arrangement. Fifty years ago the union of the colleges was some-times playfully referred to as the marriage of Sir ^Lir-shall and Lady Franklin; and in after-dinner speechesthere were pleasant allusions to the youthful bridegroomand his somewhat venerable bride. Pursuing the aniiontanalogy, we now beg leave to introduce the knight whocame from afar to woo and wed the lady wiiose story wehave tried to tell. MARSHALL CHAPTER XII. THE HIGH SCHOOL. TuE Chaeter — Theological Seminary — Classical InstitutionAT York — The Principal of the School — IjITebaby Societies. The charter of Marshall College was granted by theLegislature of Pennsylvania during its session of 1835-1836, receiving the signature of Governor Josepli Ritneron the 31st of March, 1836. In this charter the firstarticle declares: That the High School of Gennan Re-formed Church, located at Mercersburg, be and hereby iserected into a college for the education of youth in thelearned languages, the arts, sciences, and useful litera-ture. It must, therefore, be our first purj)ose to givesome account of the High School which was thus honored,though it may be well to premise that the latter institutionwas itself derived from the Theological Seminary of tlieReformed Church. Though it is not our pu
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