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lege of Pennsylvania was not selected without a full and 

 free opportunity for the friends of any other site to offer 

 inducements for its location and erection, and without the 

 claims thus presented being fairly and impartially considered. 



SOLICITATION OF AID FROM THE STATE. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held January 4th, 

 1856, H. N. McAllister, A. 0. Hiester and Robt. C. Walker 

 were appointed a committee to solicit an appropriation (of 

 $50,000) from the Legislature then in session, for the 

 furtherance of the object of the act of Incorporation of 

 the Farmers High School of Pennsylvania. 



PLANS FOR COLLEGE BUILDINGS. 



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At this meeting several plans for college buildings were 

 presented. One by H. N. McAllister, for the college build- 

 ing, and one by Fred. Watts for a barn, were adopted, 

 and H. N. McAllister, Fred. Watts, and James Miles were 

 appointed a building committee to contract for the con- 

 struction of the college buildings. Means were taken to 

 secure a principal and competent teachers, to open the 

 school as soon as the buildings were ready for the admis- 

 sion of pupils. The board also agreed to take 200 addi- 

 tional acres of land from Gen. James Irvin, making a farm 

 of '400 acres. 



CONTRACT TO ERECT COLLEGE BUILDINGS. 



On the 12th of May, 1856, the building committee 

 articled with Messrs. Turner & Natcher to construct the 

 College Buildings for the sum of $55,000, and the work 

 upon the building was at once commenced. 



FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF DELEGATES. 



On the 6th of the following October, the board met for 

 the first time at the site of the College. The occasion was 

 that of the first annual meeting of delegates for the elec- 

 tion of trustees. The contract of Turner and Natcher was 

 approved by the board. Measures were taken to secure a 

 sum of nearly ($5,000) left by the will of the late Elliot 

 Cresson to the Farmers High School; and Messrs. F. Watts, 

 H. N. McAllister and J. Strohm, were appointed a corn- 



