wr n fff7 W SF se$Era i'jar "se rf..'sjL,war'',i -JLv-.iawr'rys. i ' - ' y - --, j - ,5 -r-'3-fr " ( " rrrv "'?. iss COLLEGE CENTENNIAL. The One iltiiitlrei.lli Year or Franklin ami Murthall. CROWNED Will TI1K LiORD. AND BAV1 Hi Levlag Hum Assemble te Hener Their Alma Mater. AN EDUCATIONAL EPOCH IN LANCASTER. Hkelclicfier the Men Who llitve Made the (MIIcke Famous. BI3T1NQUISIIED I'EOI'LK U AITOIM A lllwet ihaMiitainam harlir Fianklln Mil Marahall Uellfe Wf ltnlt1, Willi Nrparata nketrtma at Kth luatlluttnn. Tha lateltr. Netlu ami III llUlln- Rtiltlinl HnrrMir-Tha I'rra- iit Tftarhlhg Veir. Lancaster colehrntea the greatest event In It educational history thla week In the ublle centennial exercises of Franklin ami Mar. shall mllrge. An Institution which ha been lu Hit city ler euti hundred year t quire mera than a pwltiR nollce at the handael the progression no spacer, anil It la there lore proposed In hrlilly mini up thner-n. tlal facta In the history of thu preaent sple n a Id eotlcge. The celoliiatlen rrmea all the mere IHly new because In rocegulrlng the oenteuiilal el Fiatikllti college, we are also reminded that it In the centennial of the Marshall Institution. Franklin Millien waa the outgrowth nf a sentiment ler hotter odiiiMtlenal Uelllllea for thn German people of Pennsylvania. In 1751 the colebrated inlastnuary, Mlchiel Sjhlatter, vHlfxl l.iiro;e In the intoreat of thn ltrnrimd chiirrlica el Aiunrlea; and In cen-Miiinnrnit lilt pilillilied appi'al, a Iiitk" mil nl iiiency kh i-eIIim-IihI for Iho ondow endow ondew inont of chiKilr. Gim of tlit wicullml " Charily M'hiail " vt.ih i-nlatilliihn.l in lin etater ; and arciirdln te a repert nmdn In 17fi0 by l'rnvet SuiUli, It waa atlnndeil by alxty-tlve uplla The nmil ft whiN In thtwn nrj (U 4 t-hewn by the wlillnn of the IC-iermiil uiliii'iTln I7v-te the mjikmIh fr lln land te i-.uMMi a lil;h n hixd In IMnuajlVdiili. rnNKi.is r im.kiii: Franklin iiille 4i originally rlnrterfvl en Match 10, I7s7, 'y thn K.niral Kmnhly uiiilrr Ihelllln el "An Act te Incorperatothn (lerman Cillmtfi and t'hnrity Sfhoel In thn Ituroeti of l.tiiCKOliir. " II wm the out. growth el Iho ne-'iilty frit by thn i-arly Iiiitheran and r.ffnruie.1 inliiitU'ra of n literary liiKtltutUm te mint the demand ter educatixt nilri IkIiith. It waa iiuvcr Intondeil te iwtatilWh a purely (lermaii iiistltiitlen, but It was Iw'lltivfd that liy thn '.repxr rnltlvatleti of both laiiKiiaK" it inlshl Iki pesalble te bring the (lerrnaii and i:ni;lshi'ill7tiiB inore cleaely liignthtir. Iti-nJ iinlii Franklin took a deep Intorext in the nor initltullim and waa IhelarKOMl Individual I'outriliuter te it en dowment, hla Kiiliacrlptlen tating VM In hla honor thniMlleKO waagiven hla name ami he laid the oeruor.il'iuu el the earlleat col lege liulldliiK. A rtverd et IhU event waa prraerved by a French author, lln-ter Ht. Jean ('rovei'oiir, who aaya In hla bixik of travela: "In thn j(ar 17-7 I aii-empmilfd thn vennrabln Franklin, ut that tliue gover nor et I'linii Urtnl, en it Journey te litn catr, where he ha I been invited te lay the 77. corner-atone of a cellrge which he had founded therefer the Germans.'' In the charter the title la aet forth aa fellows : " Frem a profound reapect for the talents, virtues and service te mankind In general, but mere eapeclally tn this country, of hla excellency, llenjamin Franklin, eai , presi dent or the aupreme executive council, the aald cellegealiall be and horeby la denomi nated Franklin college.'' The Institution waa formally dedicated en June 10, 17M7, the caremeuleH, In Herman and F.ngllrh, beluir very elaborate. Thn ttrat beard of trustees of tbe college con tained among ethera : liens. Themas Mif flin and Thomaa McKeen, Kevs. Jehn II. 1!. tleliutith, Uaaner Wolberg, Henry Muhlen. Iwg, William Hendel, Nlohelaa Kurlis, Geerge Treldelner, Jehn Herb.t. V. K. Nchuli., aud Meaars. Jehn Hubley. Joaeph tl-..u- A.l.. 1BI . " .. ' Hetter, Adam Helt-art, Jasper Yeatea, Htepben Chamber, Kebert Merrla, Geerge Clymer, William Kawle and Lewla Fanner. Tlie ctergyinen were generally the foremost men in the Lutheran and Keformed OLiiri'liea, and Included in the Hat were number of dlatinguUbet Revolutionary etUcers and at least four algnara of the Declaration of Independence, Kev, 11. K. Muhlenberg, D. D., waa the II rat president or the college. Ue waa a eon el the Kev. Dr. 11. M. Muhlenberg, the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America," Fer Ihlrly-nve yeara he waa pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, liancaater, and he is celebrated aa one of the foremost of American belanlt The early faculty Included aeveral ether Jama Mam, aHBB'lHkJb the author of Uie celebrated Latin gram, mar, which hi compiled while at thla In In alltutlen. INAIIKIjtlATK t'UNlia, On the 27th of February, 1788, an act was passed for " vesting the public atore atere atore heuae and two Ieta of ground la the bor ough of the county of Lancaster In the trus tees of Frank llu college ler the uae of eald Inatlluilen. " Thla atere heuae waa altua ted en North Queen street, near Jameai It waa long employed aa a college building, hut waa dually divided Inte dwellings, aud waa known aa Franklin Hew. " Then waa aeiiie dissatisfaction beeauae the glfta of the assembly did net Include an appre prlatlen In money. The landa were, at that time, unsaleable, and the old atere beuae re quired extensive alterations before It could ha made available aa a college building. The friends or the college went te work and considerable aunt waa collected for Ita en dowment. It la te be regretted that we have no account of the auma eecured In thla way. An Intereatlng memorial of theae tlmeawaa found In the Jaaper Yealea napera In which Individual autwrrlptlena te the amount of JL'-Tt, Hi, ,1J. were noted. The dedication day nne hundred age muat have been a memorable one Judging Irem the remarkable printed pregramme of the oc casion, a few copies or which are atlll extent. Mere la the llntilUh veralen of It, It being printed alan In German : Ometit vr I'm sin AMI PttllLII) WnKMItl- Te he Oliiertnllnltir DKIIIUATION or Ht.NKI.lN COI.I.KIir, liitlm Hennitfh and Cen nl y of I.ANUAHTKIt. I'MlailelithUt. I'rlntcil by fit.lchetr Hlnlner, In Itarn Ht he- laei'ii riiumi aim lima nirvuia, I77. rmmcLiM CiatKni. A meetlnir et thn Tru-tee of franklin Colleen te he I old at the Court II 'Use, In Lancaster, en me ..vii in .niiiu, ui .i i) mecK in inn afternoon. ----"-"-""."-, -.... '"" ... . tv...yi., cTr "hi t!;ViiiiBii ba it" ' ""u l" 'Clm-' On Wrdllfl(lAV. Ihn li;ih nf .Innn. nf Nlnn o'clock In thn Mernlnif tint ilnnl'ittnnn inin. tlnnedlnthn follewlnir ilrder of I'recei'tmi are te ineil nl thn Court lleiiif, and precnwl tlionce two anil tae te ttm (Inrinaii I. iiIIhtuti church. KIIANKI.IN ANII MAUSIIAI.I. I'Ol.t.KIIK. i'rorenfeii. t. "hi'TliTanil Corener of the Ceiiaty. 8. I'llplN. s. racnlty of thn Cellrim. I'neMunl, Vlra I'rrt'Ment and frmtiry of lb llmidef Tru-tii; Munlicr of tha lleurd, txennd two ft Corporation et the ItornnKhamlJiittlcea of the I'eacw t.. Contiuer thu ItoferincdChtiroh, I'riMldnt, fi-cnitary, and Mt.tntr, twotiudlve 7. I'orixintli.nef II. e i iitlinr.iii Cliurrh, K. Kldnrn and (IIHciTsef the KnKlL-h I'reiliyln rliin C'onLtri.tiilen '.). TbuUMIturiet thn ICeniui Catholic Cenvrr K'tlen. I. The VrMryuinn and church Wardi'm otthe i-rniK.iniu jiimiimi uniinr.'K'illen. It 'I he OlllrnrHOf thn .Moravian Cinf;rcKAllen. 1 1. Corporation el Ihu ISe ennutl ciiuKrui'a. tlen. II Kvnn. I nthnran Mlnl-trv II. Ciinnty l.liiiitiuiantiind eillrrrs et Mlllil-i. 15. I lUi.naund ntninvtiiH. Altur Ihey nte i.iti'd In Itinrhurrh Iho IIihII ration la te iHiceniliicU-d lu thn foliewlnt; inau nrr 1. t'nni'r llnfnr.i thn Altar In licrmin '.'. An (l.lnli, Rntrll.l,. 1. A Hymn In (lirinan. 4 A .'rmnn In itnriiiu. i. A o!e. 'Iho lint strephn et the tiurman llliin. :. A s 'ruien In Klult.h. 7 A Mile. llinfucnnil -ilrnphenf thn Kni;!lli llyinn.rfpnili'd In ilciinmi. . rmji'f laifore thn Aliar In Cnxll-h. 'i Dr. atl' linltiitleii or t'arnphru.-oef thn l'lh and I1M I'mlina fprliitt'd tu full). n An thin In liiTiimn. 11 A collection ter thu henctlt of the Inttltu Inttltu tlen. Th prncn.-Klnn te return te the court home tn thu Ien h'"l"K eiilur. ritKCAIUOl'.S timi:s. Frnnkliu roiiege had a procarieuaexiAtence for Heme limn, and it reached Ita lewnat ebb from the yeara lS'JS te K't'.i, when the I.ancaa. ter county academy nourished en North I. line atrnet between Orange and Cheatnut atreeta. Moneyed Mllalra became eaaier, how ever, In the latter year and It waa reanlved V7 te purchase the property et the academy, and en the I5tb or May, 18.111, In purauance or an act of assembly authorizing the transler, ita buildings were conveyed te the trustees of Franklin college. In the succeeding year theae buildings were remodeled, aud the In stitution reopened under I lie new arrange ment. A most excellent kcuoeI waa thn re sult. MAIlSIIAT.f. COI.I.KdK. Marahall college, before Its removal le Lan caster, waa located In the village of Mercers- burg, In Iranklln county, renna. It grew originally out of the high aoheol or the Kefermed church which had beeu rounded In 1S1I, at Yeik, 1'a., where the theological aemlnary was at that time located. Aa Iho Institution became prosperous there waa a general desire te raise it te tha rank or a cellrge. It was once proposed te establish it In Lancaster, In connection with Franklin college, but at that place the institution would have been under the control nf several de nominations, an arrangement which had already proved unsuccessful. I'repratala were received from aeveral places, and as theae preaented by the citizens of Merceraburg appeared te be meat liberal, the new college was founded In that beautiful mountain Tillage. It waa Incorporated In J8t by the legUlature of Pennsylvania, wblch at ibe eerae time voted an appropriation of twelve theuaand dollar towards Ita endow ment. The Institution waa named In honor of C'bler Justice Jeba Marahall, of Virginia, who waa then la the xanltb of hla lame but illtd tbe earne year. Ker. Dr. If. A. Kauea, who bad prevleualy bKwUaliaaaawri)l)aeaaBata TUT, LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 13, I88T. first president of the college. He waa bera la Germany, la 1800, aad for some time before hte emlgraUea bad beea professor extraordl extraerdl aary M Glraeea. Dr. Haucb waa a dia. tlngtilahed acbelar who, by the Introduction of hla "Psychology," may ha Mid te have Introduced thla science te the attention of American students, lie died In 1811. Itev. Jehn Wllllatnaen Nevln, O. I)., LI !., who bad In the prevleua year become profeaaer In the theological aamlnary, succeeded Dr. lUucu aa praaldent of Marshall college and held tbla poaltlen until 1853. The following gentlemen at varlena tltnea held profeaaerahlpa In Marahall cellege: Hamtiel W. lliidd, Jr., Thomaa D. Hair, ear-, Theodere A peel, D. D., Joaeph V. Ilerg. I). II , Albert Hmltb, William M. Nevln, I.U D , t'hlllp Mehan, D. D , Traill Green, M, D.i and Thomaa C. 1'erter, D. D. PIIANKMN ANII MARHItAt.l.. The act autherising the union of Ibe two oelltgea, Franklin and Marahall, waa peaaed In 18.V), but It waa net until May, IBM, that they were actually united. The formal opening took place en the 7th of June, In Fulton Hall. Addreaeee were delivered en thla oecMlon by Den. A. I.. Uayea, Hev. Dr. J. W. Nevln and the Ktgbt Ker. Alenzo Tetter, D. I), l'roteatant Kplaoepal Ulahopef Ihedleceae of l'ennaylvanla. Until 18.uthe exerclaoaef theoellegea were conducted In the building en Mine atreet, originally belong ing te Franklin college, but In the mean time a lund or !T,000 waa ralaed by the frlenda of the Institution In the city and county of l.vicaMer, and the present col lege building erected en greuuda purcbaaed for that pur-man. Thla building originally oet f I'.i.OOO, but It haa alnee lieen Improved and extended. It waa dedicated en the IGtbef May, IS.V1. Audreaam were delivered by Kev. Dr. K. V. Gerbart and l:mlen Frank lin, ei. At the time of the removal the prraldency waa tend oral te Hev. Dr. 1'blllp Neball, et Mercerahurg. lie declined the call, and the elllce waa vacant for mere than a year. Kev. i:. V. Gerhart, D. I)., waa elected In the fall nf lft.l. anil nnlArn.1 llnnn lila ilultAa In Iho . -..f .. -.- .--. .arv.. w H...av ,H Buv Hptlag of the following year. He waa preel- uviifc mini inFi, wuen uv waa aucceeueu vy Kev. Dr. .1. W. Nevln, who bad been preal- dent or Marahall college tiefere Ita removal. Dr. N'evln'a aecend terui et aervioe iron. tlnued until 1S70 He waa anoceeded by Kev. Tbninaa G. Apple, D. D , proleaaer In the tbenleglyal aemlnary, who ta the preaent Incumbent. The ollewlng gentlemen have held pro pre pro feaaorahipi In Franklin and Marahall ellrge: II. V. Gerhart, I) 1 , Jehn W. Nevln, D. D , I.I. D,Tlieiu4 G Apple, D. D, l.t.. D , Wlllla.n M. Nevln, l,lM D., Tnoelnre Appel, D. D, Thomaa ;. 1'orler, D D., I.U I) , Adelphna I,. KtMippen, A. M,, Jehn U Atlee, M. I), 1,1, I), Froilerirk A. Gaat, D. I)., Jehn H Stalir, I'M. I)., (,'harlea II. lludd, M. I, Danlel M. Wolf, A. M., Walter K. Kretit, A. M . Nathan I' Schavtler, I'b. II., Jeaeph II. Dutili', I) I)., IVoderlek K. Smyth, a. II, Jelin I! Kixtler, I'h. I)., Jef- roraeti K. Korahner, I'd, I), and Oberge F. Mull, A. M. The Intercut bearlnc endowment of Frank lin and Marahall coIIpke at the preaent time la about fl.10.CMH). Itoaidea thla the college ewna an eatate In the w eater n part of the atate, which ia worth from f.SO,000 te 100,000. The property or the college In Lancaster la estimated at f 110,000, without reckoning the value el libraries, apparatua, eta, making the total roeeurcea or the institution ap proximate alieut f.1."0,000. The Kefermed theological aemlnary connected with the college haa a aspirate eudewmenL Among the meat liberal of the recent benefactor of the college have been the late I.ewla AuUonrled, of I'hlladelpbla, who by a ho he ipteat of f.'t'i.WH) feundeil the Audenrled prnfeaanrahlp, and the Wilhelni family, of (Somerset county, who preaented the Institu tion an extenalve landed eatate. Twe yeara age Mra. A. M. Heed, nf Frederick, Md., by a gilt of (10,000 feunded the Daniel HcUell observatory, new completely equipped, and Mr. unarina Nanlee, or Philadelphia, con tributed (10 000 in the endewmeut. The pre pre ent (fathering of the anna et the college will doubtless tie Instrumental In largely increas ing the endewmeut. There Is no debt en the Institution. rum mi ame tu THiiarnKit. Tha Treaaurer'a Krpnrt I'matitM-Staliis el tha Wlihalm Kaiate. A a we went tn press en Tuesday, tha beard of trustees were in session at Ibe First He He lermed church Contributions additional te these of Jacob llsusman, Charles Hantee and Jacob Y. Diet, were announced, swelling the aggregate te about (10,000 Theae addl addl tienal contributions were made In the name or churches and many big Individual sub sub ecrlptiena were among them. A committee or three, Kev. Dr. J. O. Miner, A. uerr Numb, and J. V. Wicker. sham were appointed te receive Governer Heaver at the railroad atatlen en behalf of the iMktrd. Treasurer Jacob lUuaman'a report ahnwed total renelpta ler Ibe year front all aeurcea or f I7,MVi is ; W,s7fi paid en account et salaries ; f.'i.Wl.fiS alumni endowment fund ; balance ler Investment, ('J, I7fi W ; total Investment, im.aieaj. Kev. Hellman, committee of the Homeraet county Wllhelm eatate, given te tbe oelleue. reported total reueipte el (007.04, te Wbleh waa te be added another special payment of (08 aa The- nt receipts et tbe estete were named aa (.177 "!. M r. Cessna aatlaaated that 1,000 seres of thla estate at f 13 an acre, and the remaining IKXI acres at (ste an acre would at the leweat llgure be worth oeaablned (40,000. Thla would lie exclusive of the uiln. oral value el the land which could be re tained. Ne action waa taken en the report, and the beard adjourned te bpld Ha nest bueiaeaa aaaatea en Wedaeedaj at tbe oel-letoUpelatna.Bi. Tmmt.irmJuaM w.KmriH, ':i"!iii'!i!lr Hkatcti or tha Ileail Leader el tbe lttferiiii.il Church A t"ewm In His Time. The late Dr. Jehn W. Nevln, wna born February 20, ISCrt, In Franklin county, P., el distinguished parentage from that sturdy se-called "Scotch- Irish" stock, which furnished he many pioneers el the moral as well as the material development In the early daya of Pennsylvania. Hugh Williamson, LI,. D. brother of his paternal grandmother waa one or the algnera el the Declaration nl Independence, and elherwIseadiatlngiilHhrd man or the revolutionary period. Dr. Nevin'a rather waa a farmer, but a cel I ego graduate ; his inotber was or distinguished family and much originality or mind. J. V. Nevtn was the eldest of his lainlly, The first te die or tbe sons and brethers, who have given the name ita wide lame, mw next le tbe youngest or them Thee, 11., presi dent or the First National bank or Allegheny, a leading manufacturer and distinguished philanthropist or Western Pennsylvania. Healdesthe Illustrious subject or this sketch and his younger brother, there were born and still survive Prof. William M. Nevln, LU D., who has long held the chair el lx.1 lx.1 leatettrea In Franklin and Marshall college, this city, and Is a writer or graceful P.ngUMi that compares with the beat or Charles Lntnb; Kev. Daniel K. Nevln, a Presbyterian clergy man and teacher, el Hewlckley ; Kebert P. Nevln, author and rdlter, founder or the Pittsburg 7'imc.i. Tbe sisters of the lainlly are Margaret, wife of Dr. Jehn K. Finley, of Miles, Mich. ; F.tlzibeth F., wire or Kev. Dr. Alex. It. Drewn, aforetlme president of Washington and Jttlersen college, and Mary Martha, the wlle el Jehn Irwin of Howlcklev, IM. Gver fifty years age, en New Year'n Diy of 1M.", Dr. Nevln was married te Mia Martha J., second daughter of Hen. Keht. Jeiiklna, Iren master at old Wiriitaer place, near Chtirchtnwti, congressman from thin district Heenly-lltn yeara age, and otte el the foremost reprtacntatUe de-n-emlmitH el that Heed of superior Weli-li iiiHnl;niUeti which (Tiired no thretliih the ('heater val leys and reached Its tipmeat limit of rnttln ilient where li-rkr, Cheater and LinciMcr cniintleajriln, Mra. Nevln It well known in Heclal and literary circles ai one of their meat popular and vivacious meiulicii with Heclal brilliancy and unabated iKiAers bi u writer and conversallenaliat. Dr. Nevin'a father had been graduated from Dickinsen, and bis keen appreciation el tbe advantage of a liberal education di rected bis son te Union college, and sutiso sutise iuently te Princeton aemlnary and the l'rcn. byterian ministry. Between bla graduation from bis college course, at an early age and with high honors, and his entering iien thu theological career which baa wen ler lilrn fame coextensive with Christendom, thore were several years of se vera bedly preit ra tion, which was cured by recreation und communion with nature, in the woodland and en borseback. Frem the outset he attained distinction us a Hebrew scholar, and ler two yeara, while Dr. Hedge was in Kurepe, be tilled hii chair. He wrote his "Wbllcal Antiiultit" In 1S'.7 and In lS-iS waa licensed te prt-ucli by the Carllale presbytery. He was a radical tcmncrance reformer nearly aixty years age when seriil nbiHoier Ilijuer required great plainness et ajiecrh. He supplied a Preibyterian congregation at Kig (Spring, Cumtierland county, for a low mouths, but In Iv-J, seen arter tils fiither'a death, accepted aud entered upon thedutlei of the chair of Biblical ll'erattire In the I'res I'res byterian theological aemlnary in Allegheny. There he remained for ten yeir.H, touching, preaching, writing, publishing ; and bruving opposition and popular denunciation, II net physical violence Irem theso who rerouted bis vigorous expressions against infidelity, irreligious amusement", slavery, the degen erate drama, etc. with all the Intlfxltmity and hereiam et the boldest New Kngliinil " reformer." KNTKHH Till'. ItKIOUMCIl I lit IK'll He heatd, as from tbe Lord, bis imII te a new sphere In the Invitation te the protector pretector protecter ship of theology in the Herman Kofermed aemlnary at Merceraburg iu IS 10 lie ac cepted, and the prime or his li'e was devoted te thirteen years' service in that mountain home ortlie church's theological and literery Institutions. They were yeara or gieat ac tivity of development, aud et controversy. There he was associates! with Dra Umcliaiid Hcbatl, and Irem that modest Institution wrre rulmtned thunderbolts which shook tbe world or thought In ISM the Anxious Bench" controversy arose; and his lameus publications followed in ijuick Hinveiiien about that period, AS A T II EO 1.0(1 1 AN. Very seen be realized for the Kelermed church and its Institutions, deploring the death of Dr. lUucb, that his gilt lilted him 10 take tbe place of that brilliant geniui whose dreer was se brier; and le the little college and seminary at Morcerpb.irg wai at 1 1 acted tbe attention of the whole theological world ; and there was laid the bisli of n theology which became known the world ever as "the Merceisburg system " F.u F.u dewed with a philosophic mind nf hlnh order, he was attracted te tbe profound philo sophy of Germany, and began In psychology and ethics where Dr. Kaucli lelt oil. lle lm gan as commentator and eduoUer, butai Dr. Appel says, after thoroughly ncislerlnic these subjects, " be roprexluced them lu hW own mind and with Ills superior knowledge nl the swret reaoureea of the lOn l;1 l-li language preaented a tnore distinct unit Hatiafactery vlew el German philosophy tlian could be seen through German uutherH themselvea." II Is writings have been presented tntlie pub lic mainly through the discourses of tiie cla-a and lecture room, the pulpits et the Kefermed church, the pageant the Slerceritmry llevitw (new Jltermeil Church (jitditerly), mid lu lliecelumua of the Mtsienyer. AllattemptH bi compile tuem and repriatuce In sjstnmtttle Innn have leen thus far a failure. Their au thor hlun-ell never bad lime nor Inclination for this, U Indeed he felt ready te present them as a complete aud litiUlutd Hjatotnel philosophic thought. IN t'ONTltOVKUSV, Fer a considerable portion of bla llfe and during the time et his most active lalair Dr. Nevln was very largely engaged In contro versy upon the phases et religious thought, which engaged hi profound attentien. Ilia disputation with Kev. Urestea llreuwn, D. I)., attracted very general attentl n. Hla expo expe aitlnn or the Heidelberg catichism excited most earnest discussion lu the church of hla adoption, and et which Tern generation be haa been reoegnlred as the leaning thinker; aud later tbe adoption el a liturKlcal form of worship and the doctrinal questions which It aeemeu te nave iiiveivimi we ihe iujccih of great controversy In which he took a le.id. lug part. Ilia teacutngei me spiritual real presonce i Christ In the Lord's aupper, aud that the church waa a oentinuoua living institution developing llaell from the tlmoef the npox npex ttea down tn the present day, led te hoiiie controversies, among which u netable eue was that iimducted bet neon him aeir lu the Mtxiewier and Kev. Dr. Berg In the Protestant Jlamier, lll"Mys ticafPreaencs " engaged him in ceutrnveiay witb Dr.C.A Hedge in the yVi'nrclim Kcvitw, tiuttne neai anone all theae controversies was that which arose out of the Anxious Bench " track and tbe criticism ensiilncr from it and evoked In return upon that system nf religious revival. Kev. Appel, In hla book, baa given an account of tbe proceedings In tbe election of Iter. Mr. Kamaey, a revivalist, te the Kefermed palpltln Merceraburg town ; et the corn apondeuee between him and Dr. Nevln i el Kauiaey's declination, bla lieree lettec aipUlBlag u ana tbe resulting oeatro- !:' ' versy which engaged tbe attention of tha Methodist, Heformed, Lutheran and Presbyte rian churches. With the advance of yeara and tbe settlement of tnanr mutations whlnh had been disputed, mid wittt his retirement from notlve work aud regular writing, Dr. Nevln ear pod llie storm or enntrnveraj which hn ImJ an long breasted I and In the later years et his llfe all the pcwerul and mel lowing Hccempnulmcnts of a happy old age worn his let llneminnrnled theunlverwal re- "i7 nt an iionetnin.ttions for bis Integlty of Llirlsllan character, his elovated scholar. shliiandlorlheiMirltvnr hla private life. lie illed en Jtinu n, I8MI, In Ibis city, and his death was the cause or universal mourning, his funenil being attended by rlergymen of. all creisla and mople or all conditions. HKV. TIIUH.t IIII.MOUIS Alllr, II. D Tlie I'rrnhlrnt nf franklin and Marahall CelKga anil .kke t h of III Ufe. Themns Gllinore Apple, who lakes hte mlddlu name from a niollier or .Scotch-Irish bleed, wm tiornef n Pennsylvania German line en the paternal side and the original name Aplel, Is new variously spelled with a tendency tn teturu tn Appel. Ills native place was Ka-iten, Pa , but when he was a boy of ten the fimlly remeved te Haeger Haoger Haeger tewn, Crawford county, Pa., en French crcek, crossing the atate with a Journey in thoeld civcred wagons. Thore he weiked foratlme in his father's mill, coming back tn attend the school el l)r. Jehn Vandervees, l. D , who was a leading educator In Kast Kast ern Pennsylvania ler ever a quarter of a cen tury. Yeung Apple ontered MarshalUcol MarshalUcel MarshalUcol lege et Mrcerburg, a Junier, In ISIS, when he was tiniler Uljnirsef age, and waa gradu attsl In K',0. I la studled theology, but buiore he eulnreit uMn his first pastoral charge at (Iriensburp, Westmoreland enmity, lm taught school in Norrls'.ewn, alio alie alio ceeded Dr. Vnndervers as inptructer In tbe Kisten ncAilemy and supplleil Kerermed eharijrH In that noighhirheod. He had brief pastorates In GrismshurK and Mechanics- niirtr, 'v nioreland county, and then settled In Greencastle, Franklin county, Pa. I'.y this tlme he Inul ceme te attract the gi-nernl netice of the church as a student of t lien ! lit, h clear, eArius. and H.'hnlarly prea-lier Hnd a theologian or rare pirta. When llie iiiow.iueul was started te organize a rnlli'gnat Mircanbiirg In InI'i, hn was the natural siilei tl hi of its regents ler president, and contluiieil t'i till that position with great a'-ccptability until llie thoelotfleal seminary was removed te l.incister lu ls71, and he wh c.illed te the chair et clnir:li history aud Nnw Tratanient exegesis ; bis services were also added te the teaching forceol the faculty, and when Dr. Nevln retired from the presi dency lu ls77,' Dr. Apple's election te the succession wms ratitled by the hearty assent of the church and tbe alumni. He haa filled the tirealdency ever since, and his special line of teaching bAS included ethics, leithet ics, moral philosophy and all the branches ei metaphysics, auueu te his instruction tu the anmiuarv. Kev. Dr. T. V. Apple is as widely known as a preacher ami writer as an Instructor. His composition is very lluent and easy, his thought strong and fercelul, ami his capacity for work is enormous. He is a favorite proacher, net only in the cellege chapel, but en all sjiei'ial occasions throughout the church ; and whlle his ornate, clear and vig orous style hover falls te oulertaln, the earn estness and logic et his Christian discourse always curry conviction, lle lias been a rdthtul pupil of Dr. Nevln, hut with ether theologians nt flie church tun oxpeundod ami established the Curlstolefiicrfl system upon a firm and enduring basts, nnd attracted the rejpect of the whele theolejtlc il world, Slnce Dr. Harbaugira death In 107, be has edited the lfrrri''UW Jltritn; new the llefermeil 'nirrU Ijuit'trrli, Ksv. Dr. J. M. Tn.sl, asscelate editor ; he Is n frequent writer for the Metseiwer and ethor jierloil jierleil icals ; he Is gcnerally a doleate te synod and alwaa te the ceneral syued ; bit was sent te the Kelermed Alllaucelu Philadelphlalti KS0, unit te Iho Pan 1'rcsbyterian alliance iu Bel fast in KS I, when with Kev, Dr. Bailsman, Killer Utorge W. Hunsel and ether friends he inade a general tour of llurepe, which greatly impressed him, and el which be has written ami lectured, much te thn entertain ment ami instruction et his audiences. Kver slnce the orgini7tlen et the Cliosephic so ciety in social circles of this city he has been its president Dr. Apple was married in lSTil te Miss Kmuis Mstilda Miller, of F.ne F.ne ten, and ament; their children are .lehn W, and Wm. N. Apple, esq-., et the Lancaster lur. wit: rmsurr. r. hbuikut, i. it. l'rnleser of Sifttrniattc and Prartlral Threlo Throle Threle KJ One el ihu I'liuiiitcra el the lllag niillilaii tllrrury snrUty. Hev. Kmaniifl V. Gerhart was born en June 13, 1S17, nt Frcebnrg, then Union coun ty, new Huyder county, P.t, where hla father, the Kev. Iao (lerbart, was serving bla llrst pastoral charge. In lSI'.i the latter resigned and became pister lit Lykens Val ley. Dr. Gerhart'a iMiyhoed and youth were pasaed iu presence el the mountains and en the banks nf llie Susquehanna. He went te school summer and winter in the village of Mltlemhurg. The young man left home In IiIh sixteenth y enr, lu May 1S.1I. and became a student iu .he lil;;li pchoel nt Yerk, Pa , of which the Kev. Dr. K. A. Kaucli waa then princlp-il. Tliere he continued two and a half years. Iu 1S3I he was nne of tha founders of the Dlagiiethlaii Illeiary aoclely, which Is nearly two jeim eldor tliitu Marahull cel. lege. In thn full of 183.-1 the lilli school was re, moved te MercerHburgHinl iu ls.'lii erected Inte Marshall cellegn. Continuing hla ronnee. tlen with the college, he was a monitor or the second grmlunting class in 1K3S, tittmberlng k1, el whom four survive, lu (Vtober 1MH he accepted the position et teacher In thn female ceuilnury el Mercers, burg, Mm. Harah A. Yeung principal. In O.-tnber 183'.), he was appointed assistant reo ree reo ter et the propatatery ilnpartmeut of Mar Bliall college, a pcaltlen held three years. In the female aenunary Inuryeais were spent Meanwhile he was pursuing his atudles In the thonleulcal Nnmmarv Irem IS. IS tnlSII. lle was licensed Oju 1SU and ordained Au gust lSli Fer nne year Isl2-:l, be was paater et churches lit Franklin county, re aiding In Fayettevllln. Then for six yeara be waa pastor at Gettysburg, I'i from May 1813 tn July 184U. lu 1S4U ba aoeepted an appointment from f "" SsZgSp!:' BBBBBBBBSBSBl BBBBBBBBBBBBBB-1' '''H''.-,'.''',' . ' '.l 'i ' . '" i i ' . -J swiiM ; the beard ?VfcJhta Whc tK!S In Oct ls.v), he waa eleetarf -- .. tetnatln theology mthe tbirJlitaSi fJHUn.Ohla The beard eMrastia. 1Z SmlnaVand KS7S P?erVlW. i?i.,he tuxJLlKl .he WMatectad te the presidency of Franklin and Marshall oel. "K& lie removed te Lancaster and entered en the duties or Ibe office in April Istf. lie was the first president and waa In elllce eleven years, from IBM te 18(10, at the same time .occupying the chair of mental and moral nnlloaenhv. Aftur vnatin .. nt tlVAatt ... !. .. . . ' . ..117 tu.-A ...', "" oenunnea i we years longer, m-J0.5 'WW, performing the duties "of th.tP..?l?r?.u,piw.hen nwlgnatl. Hlnce whh iJSfJili11" h.d. D1 orKnle connection h i'nlln and Marshall college. In March ions ih mni t .- . . church in ih? United Ht.i, in aeiilen at .tii'.i'l?,iecUK,I)r- (,er,lirt Profeaaer or systematic and practical theology fn the thee- ?.lnC;L,?m.ln,WneI, lncte,, la tercerabirgT trnZde? " r""le ,n ''- remevei "i l i.Ls .n( ,or three years dlt ThWen'i16" 0hl, ch,,r l '"at pliia. frSm M?"0l?, "0,,ll"ry was transplanted r"m Mercersburg te Lancaster In the fallef I?.; i "meVnK ',clc 'uncaater In that year he has since then eccut.led theuhalrte which be was chosen In ISfls, at the sain" t me acting as the president el tha laculty el the seminary, fiVt'te"!'"'" th0 revern doctor KH5 . . ,1,i"'lr W' i but during the last four months or that period he also aeVved the nKg'UC.nerhli"n,tcu,irR6 ,n franklin ntei. ,I'er years he was a church pastor In Pennsylvania and for two yeara a missionary In Cincinnati, thus Illustrating nine yeara In the exclusive capacity of minis ter of the kosdeL Slnm Miv t.-.i . r. pore than 30 yeara consecutively our subject baa been teaching In colleges and theological seminaries or the Kerermed church. He has held many positions et trust In that t1?; Is at preaent the president of tbe synod or Ibe Kefermed church in tbe United Htelea, often called the mother synod because the eldest body. Dr.Gerhart haa written many I notable articles for reviews, nnarinriiea mnlt encyclopiedlas which bave attracted marked attention, and hn is considered one or tbe meat scoelarly tnen of hia denomination in this country. wm. jr. nmriH, maij, v. e. The Kmcrites Protaaser el K a filth Ltteratate el the Cell(s. Wm. M. Nevln, esq., LU D., Is or Scotch- Irish ancestry, and waa horn February 7, InxI, in Franklin county, Pa. After having spent hia freshman year In Princeton cel lege, be left that institution and entered Dickinsen college, took hla first degree In the arte with hla classmates in ls'i7. He gave soine attention thereafter te the study of medicine, but afterwards declining this, he devoted himself mere assiduously te that of law, and at the conclusion of two years was admitted te the Mil practice or the same in its courts. But he proferred le deyete hlm hlm aeir te teaching, as being mere congenial te his peculiar mood and taste. He thus em ployed himself afterwards successively in aeveral academies as principal or assistant; llrstin Michigan and Ohie and then latterly in the western part et Pennsylvania, until finally, iu 1810, he was elected te till the chair of anclent languages nnd belles letters iu Marshall college, Morcersburg, which p-wl-tinn he continued te held and lultill Its dutie till 1.-03, when that institution was trans ferred from Merceraburg te Lancaster, there te be united with that of Franklin college, of tbe latter place. On tbe consolidation again or these two Institutions, constituting new Franklin and Marshall college, be was re-elected te the same chair he had held at Merceraburg, and which he continued te occupy till 1872, when he was chosen by tbe alumni and appointed by tbe beard el trustees proreaaer or Kugllsh literature and belles letters. Along with this teaching, however, be atlll continued tn give aeme instruction in the ancient clas sics In connection with that of the regular professors of that department elected suc cessively from time te time, until at the com mencement ei tne present college year, new terminating tn tbe centennial, when by the reception Inte the faculty et an adjunct pro fessor (Prof. Geerge F. Mull) bewaa relieved from giving sny further Instruction In the ancient classics and con lined wholly,and that ten only In part, te that el Kngllsh literature, being new appointed emeritus proleaaer of tbe .same. Mar. ,IUUN H. MTAUP. D. I). - - -' - i . limbunr el Natnrll HdinM. nhmnlilrv. and ar .k. ..... t.A.n... .... -. .naB.. llAt. Tnlitl M MlAlir Tl n nmlMuv nf .... . ... - I . . , r.-. . natural science, chemistry, and et tbe Ger - man language at the college, waa born In Bucks county, Pa, December 2, 1841, ofGer - efGer - man anceaters, whose residence In this atate dates from 173!) or 1740 ; one of bis grand fathers aerved In tbe Revolutionary war. Tbe young man received a geed publle school education and commenced te teach before be wm sixteen years old. Ue taught seven annual terms In tbe same school where be had been a pupil Just before. He attended the Bueks county Nermal and Classical 1' "choel at Quakertown, where he prepared for I euiiVKO. neeuwreu me iiiniurciaaaui rn. I ,, A .,... n . u..i.nh ici-. lln and Marshall college In (September, 18(15, and from this institution was graduated In law. . , It was hla Intention te atudy theology Im mediately after graduation from college, But at tbe very time of graduation the chair of German and history became vacant through the resignation of the Bay. F. W. Alexander FaJkrPh. D., and at hla recommendation Prof. Htehr waa appointed te succeed blm, at Hrst as tutor and afterwards aa adjunct pre- faMOTs In 1871 he waa elected principal of tbe Keystone State Nermal aoheol, but declined the call. In tbe asine year be waa elected te the chair of natural science la Franklin and Marahall college by the beard of Iras tees, which appointment be accepted, and still holds. Yeung Htahr'a intention of etudjlag the ology at Mareanbtug havlag thua beta la- SL te be ealsslaaati I iasaaaaJ tai. LSSs? 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Tn IAS 1, when net sixteen years or age, he was chosen from tha high school as assistant teacher In the once celebrated academy at New Oxford, Pa., under tbe care of Dr. Pfelfler, who seat forth a number of able scholars, ameag whom la Prof. Ulmer of Dickinsen milage. , In tbe spring of 1853 he entered Franklin and Marshall college at Its Unit opening, and was graduated with honor in 1850. In tha fall of the same year he began bis theological atudles In the seminary at Merceraburg. Later be taught ler two years, having charge of Mf. Dempsey academy. In October, 1859. he became pastor or the New Helland eharge. Lancaster county, where he remained naiU M",CJJ' J80?'. mbee hrlnf n cemaite. sinned chaplain or the 43th Kegt or Pennsyl. vanla volunteers, or which Governer Beaver , was at one time the colonel, h a au. kl army, continuing in tbe service unUl mas tered out with his regiment Alter bavin "er.vd.for.twe year" M P"ter e e Londen aud 8t Themas congregations In Franklin county. Pa., he took charge or tbe preparatory department of Franklin and Marshall celiete In September, 1807. At this pest be remained till 1871, when be became a teacher In the college, though only for one year, having In the meantime been elected tutor in tbe thee. logical seminary Just tbeu transferred te Lancaster, and reeling constrained te devote' all bla time te tbe duties or hia new efnee. When In Octeber, 1873, tbe theological tutor ship was con verted Inte the professorship or Hebrew aud old Testament theology, he waa called te Mil that chair, the duties el which ha has performed without Interruption ever since. In the year 1877 he received the boa. erary title of Docter of Theology from Wsynesburg college. He Is a Fellow of the American Institute of Hebrew, and a mem ber or the society el Biblical. Literature aad I'.xeiteaip, ei we tendon weclety ef-JUbueal Archaeolesv. and of tha InstttntA nr fiftiasa. HMPn.u.00Dl,T n. department Key. 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ITAraihiiAr fftta mavtfaBBBaafiB) mathematlca and director of tbe DaoUlSeboU 'S ntapw.tnnt las . fAa.tai nAimrv haw Ulae !," fattier was formerly county treasurer and Ida' Hsv family Is one or tbe substantial Refemett fS element which has contributed se lanrelvla Sw the membership of the inttltutloes here aad w"; tn the best citizenship of .the commonwealth. ".JV Youns Kershner always bad special antltnda 3f: for mathematics, but be held tbat lead lib eral view of education which respects culture ler Ita own sake. Alter bla graduation In 1877 he took a two yeara' course In theology te em brace tbe better opportunities thus afforded for tbe better stndy of mathematics. While mraulng the pest graduate course at Yale, le was appointed a teacher in Ibe astronomi cal denaxtment there. and he had the desired opportunity te perfect himself In tbe praetV 5?v cat aide of tbe study. He made tha j university calcinatien ler wn uuaervauuai of 5vj, the transit or Venus aud tbe professor la 'fi- kn-A nlllllnfl. l.aniu.li. mm. mmn &. uiiaiKv .I......H mvw-.. wu.uw ww.w ar !!. bestowed upon Professer Kerabnar tbe uigueai uuwiiiiuicui wt uh icaiiuiua, aaaia aw rare skill in handling tbe delicate laatra ment and his tbreugbneas In every braneh of tbe science. The dearee el Pn. U. TanaaUT ' -; conferred upon him by Yala waa a acbeisBUe '&-'i merit proved by a long coarse of study sjm -m tested by a thorough examination. ft It aavltt hrt rrimaiiiharail aaB aVJaaas tltfswvjt aa lT ' ..":t. .,r""i-.j "",."! r at vreaericK, eau., gave ciu,uuu ier me ssrae- ,; llabing of the Daniel BobeU obssrvatery. Qs Tbla amount has been supplemented by S uanuauius privaie uuaoripuena, ana iu taw ., 'r past year the observatory baa been equlpned ,5s and ta new in lull working order, it ia.-,-r:; I located northwest el uarbaugh hall la aelear ;v I MWI HIUML thATA llAln t.A HtlfcSlBt MnnlAAil: I - -r----i - - ., r. T-w-fr,, I mentMteottensuprJesedforanelevaaaMMHk??.- . h , hnlMlna IH.W b ana tbla Iaw' I . . ' " -.... . .ww- -- .-"rr . ciuaea a aaie-uae corner wail en try i 1 with thick partitions and a heavy deer I aperture covered with doable alesa A. l l reel representation or tbe buUdteg Is I y,nn Pr"BBU. -Over Bee'XIaatab Hlnce the eonaelldatloa FraahiUt aa4afaKj shall college has graduated U3 alaawl. , Marahall turnrd out m gradaatea, total of 745. Tha majority of Usee UvlBg. Tha ilretgradeata l alarah lege aad thejoeiy inesaaar el tha . 1887 was tha Ray. J. H. A. ftembafsMS bow nrealdaat of Uralaaa nnllaaai ' . bead of ueeiass 011888 was tha Hast, Oar hart, D. D., tha flrat ataaldaat af. 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