Western Maryland College - Aloha Yearbook (Westminster, MD)

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The Westminster Theological Seminary had its begillllillii Ill 11 f'S II1II H 1l'I I 'I IRIS Ill Xlflff ' I '11 I Conference ofthe MethodistProtestantChurch in March, 1881. A Vlllllllllllw' I-nnsislinu H1 IM: .Ip I. NI.g:: I I I Wilson, and Dr. Charles Billingslea was appointed to perfec-t sonic plan wln-rvliy iliwlouy' muah! if students of Western Maryland College, who were preparing for the ininistry. I-'infling thru ii xml- I In establish such a department in the college it was decided to purc'Inusc- :I Int :Ind 1-rf-vl II nlflinut im' it if HI Dr. T. H. Lewis was elected principal and soon he began to raise the funds Ill'l'!.'FFIlI'f' to 1-rw-I :uni Hgnlg- necessary for such an institution. In 1881 the institution was lIlI'Ul'IJIJI'1lIt'4I und:-r 1111- n:nn-- 1-1' 'I'II-- XX - J rg I W logical Seminary of the Methodist Protestant Church. Rev. T. II. ,Iafwis sww--I :Is pr'--i-I-'nz Iifiiil Iv' J. T. Ward was elected as his successor. Soon after the death oi' Dr. Wunl in IAEHS. Ii:-xx II. I.. IQIfif :wil I1 I I I I elected president and still holds this position. Under the udniinistrulainin ni' Ilr. I-QIQI--I-:Iii-14 xnany in, ,. been made, the course of study has been lengthened, and the Institution now voinpnr--s 1':v.w-i:1i1Iy cal schools of other denominations. The attendance has grown steadily from year to year and in the sf-Inonl yi-:ir ni' ISHN IUIH 1I,V iv X students was reached. Most of these enter the Methodist Protc-stann l'llIlI.l'I'l'IIl'l'F lim nylnfi- .5.-,,..,,,g,,1, I to be represented largely. The school is known and recognized all over the 1-nnnlry' :is is NIIHWII I-xc ilu' . tion from States far from Maryland. 22

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