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elapsed since the College came into existence, upwards of one thousand 

 students have enjoyed the advantages of its instruction. One hundred 

 and five (including the present graduating class) have passed through 

 the prescribed course and are enrolled as its cdumni. Of those wiio 

 have entered upon active life and are pursuing their respective vocations, 

 all, we believe, are answering the wishes of friends and realizing the ex- 

 pectations of their alma mater. No one has fellen by tlie way, forfeited 

 the confidence reposed in him, or shown himself unworthy of his liter- 

 ary parent. Considering the brief term of her existence, Pennsylvania 

 College has accomplished much. Her sons are distributed here and 

 there, in the varied employments of life, throughout almost the whole 

 American domain, occupying posts of honor and usefulness. At home, 

 abroad, in the West, in the far West, ever in distant climes her alumni 

 are to be found, discharging the responsible duties of society and ful- 

 filling their high destiny. 



It may, perhaps, be interesting to those, who have not the informa- 

 tion accessible, to learn in what sphere of action those, who received the 

 charter of their character from Pennsylvania College, are emploj^ed, and, 

 if the statistics were within our reach, we should be glad to follow all 

 whose names appear on the matriculation book, and inquire how many 

 are pursuing the straight forward path of rectitude and practicing the 

 lessons of wisdom taught them by their alma mater. 



Of the one hundred and five graduates., seventy-four have either 

 commenced the work of the ministry or are in a course of preparation 

 for it. Six have entered the medical profession or are qualifying them- 

 selves for this field of usefulness. It has furnished the bar with sixteen, 

 some of whom have filled executive appointments. It is represented in 

 the editorial corps and in stale legislatures. Three are engaged in the 

 mercantile business, one m agricultural pursuits, three are holding Pro- 

 fessorships in Literary or Theological Institutions, whilst upwards of 

 thirty have been employed, at difierent periods since their graduation, 

 either as Tutors or Instructors in Academies, etc. Even in the foreign 

 field, Pennsylvania College has her representative — in distant India, one 

 of her sons may be heard unfolding tbe sublime doctrines of the Bible, 

 and proclaiming the glad tidings of the Gospel to the benighted heathen. 

 The asterisks of the Catalogue indicate that three of the Jllumni have 

 deceased, all of whom, we have heard, were sustained in the trying hour 

 by the all powerful consolations of religion, and met with a triumphant 

 death, leaving the clearest and most decided testimony to the precious- 

 ness of Christ and his Gospel. 



With these facts before lliom, have not the friends of Pennsylvania 

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