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CDEDICATIO :Ar m God has placed no limit to intellect.-BACON 'l The staff is honored to dedicate the 194-8 CENTENNIAL GENEVAN to President McLeod Milligan Pearce who has guided Geneva's destiny through the problem years after the first Worlcl VVar. Through the dismaying experiences of VVorld VVar II he has been a bulwark of support. His preaching and example through dark days and years helped us to believe that God remembers His chil- dren and that ultimately His divine purpose will prevail over a troubled World. Presi- dent Pearce's leadership has brought Geneva increased respect from the community. His ideal for service has inspired the faculty. His presidency of a quarter century has brought about a marked increase in the in- fluence of Geneva College. His tolerance, understanding, and consideration have made him loved by the community, faculty, and generations of Genevans.
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College History In 1836, James Stewart Johnston, brother of the pastor of the Miami Covenanter Church at Northwood, Ohio, was conducting a general store at the neighboring village of A New Richland. Thither came the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians of that pioneer community to purchase coffee, tea, calico, gun- powder, and the miscellaneous goods and utensils which they could not produce on their own farms and to ex- change news and views upon an infinite variety of topics from seed corn to the Kingdom of Heaven. It was there that the idea of founding a Christian College of the liberal arts originated, and it is to store-keeper Johnston that the honor of suggesting the foundation is usually ascribed. There was an insistent demand for such an institu- tion among the people of the community, and, in the winter of 1837, the Rev. John Black Johnston, the North- wood parson, began to teach a class in Latin in his study. The class consisted of seven young men at the begin- ning, but girls were U soon admitted. As it grew in numbers, the class migrated to the Covenanter Church nearby and thence to the log school in the 1 ' village. In 1847, the project was laid before the Lakes Pres- bytery of the Covenanter ' Church and was favorably received. Parson Johnston was author- ized to go ahead and build a college, using such money and ma- terial as he might be able to gather to his assistance in the vicinity or elsewhere. 1 In five months, Rev. - 'J Johnston had built a live- . room, two-story, brick building on the edge of the village, and with the assistance of two young theo- ' logical students from Westmoreland County, Penn- sylvania, the Milligan Boys, he opened his College on April 20, 184-8, which thus became the birthday of Geneva College. It was originally called Geneva Hall and had forty students, male and female. In 1853, the build- ing was enlarged and raised to three stories. In 1873, it was further improved, and the name was changed to Geneva College. The darkest day in the history of Geneva College came with the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1861, the 8
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