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Board of Trustees. 



Hon. Calvin Blythe, President; J. G. Morris, D. D., Secretary; 

 J. B. McPherson, Esq., Treasurer ; Hon. A. Thompson, LL. D., J. G, 

 Schraucker, D. D., D. F. Schaeffer, D. D., J. C. Baker, D. D., Rev. A. 

 Reck, Hon. D. Sheffer, Rev. C. F. Heyer, M. D., E. L. Hazelius, D. D., 

 S. S. Schraucker, D. D., R. G. Harper, Esq., Hon. T. C. Miller, .T. F. 

 Macfarlane, Esq., C. P. Krauth, D. D., Rev. J. Ruthrauff, Rev. J. Med- 

 tard, B. Kurtz, D. D., Rev. Emanuel Keller, Rev. A. H. Lochman. 

 In the evening the Board of Trustees met andorganized the following 



Faculty. 



S. S. Schmucker, D. D., Professor of Intellectual Philosophy and 

 Moral Science ; E. L. Hazelius, D. D., Professor of the Latin Lan- 

 guage and German Literature ; H. L. Baugher, A. M., Professor of the 

 Greek Language and Belles- Lettres ; M. Jacobs, A. M., Professor of 

 Mathematics^ Chemistry and JVatural Philosophy ; J. H. Marsden, A. M., 

 Professor of Mineralogy and Botany. 



Whilst we record the early history of the College, we cannot ex- 

 press our obligations too strongly to those who, from the very begin- 

 ning, toiled for its advancement, and with a noble perseverance labored, 

 through difficulties and discouragements, to uphold its interests. 



In consequence of their duties in the Theological Seminary, Doctors 

 Schmucker and Hazelius having consented to aid in tlie instruction only 

 until other appointments could be made, in the Fall of 1833, the Institu- 

 tion was enabled to dispense with their services, which had been kindly 

 and gratuitously rendered, by the election of C. P. Krauth, D. D., of 

 Philadelphia, to the Professorship of Moral and Intellectual Science. In 

 the Spring of 1834, Doctor Krauth was appointed to the Presidency of 

 the College, and at the commencement of the Winter Session was in- 

 ducted into his office. Subsequently the corps of instructors was filled 

 by the appointment of Rev. W. M. Reynolds', A. M., who had for some 

 time previously been officiating as Principal of the Preparatory Depart- 

 ment, to the chair of Latin Language and Literature. 



During the winter of 1833-4, through the noble and disinterested 

 efforts of our representative in the State Legislature, the enlightened pa- 

 tron of education, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, an appropriation of eighteen 

 thousand dollars was procured for the College. This donation dispelled 

 at once all fears with regard to the success of the Institution. It was a 

 day of great rejoicing, when the intelligence reached us, that Governor 

 Wolf who, from the first, evinced a deep interest in the Institution, and 

 recommended in his message to the Legislature appropriation.* in behalf 

 of the Germans, had signed the bill. The students celebrated the joy- 



