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The College Six Decades of Service . . . through her history . . . Elizabethtown College has grown in many ways . . . enrollment ... six students ... to more than 630 students . . . campus . . . the second floor of a downtown building . . . nine buildings . . . one being built soon . . . faculty . . . three members . . . over 50 today ... at first an academy . . . now a fully-accredited four-year college . . . this growth has been accompanied ... by a devotion to educa- tion ... a determination to help young people . . . to uphold Christian principles ... on which the College was founded . . . the future looks prosper- ous . . . growth and maturity . . . the essence of history . . . they are here ... in abundance.
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Simon P. Engle Joseph H. Eshelman Benjamin G. Groff The College is Born The Church of the Brethren, Reading, Penna., November, 1898 — THIRTY-FOUR MEN AND WOMEN gathered with one common idea — the need for a new college in eastern Pennsylvania. These 12 women and 22 men, members of the Church of the Brethren, realized the need for a church-related college, although much prejudice against higher education existed within the church. A committee was appointed to check various sites for the proposed college, and the small group, meeting in Reading, zeal- ously moved to promote the establishment of the institution. Church of the Brethren, Elizctbethtown, Penna., April 8, 1899 — Representatives from the Eastern Pennsyl- vania District of the Church were called to- gether by S. R. Zug, Mastersonville, and a formal decision to initiate a college was made. Broad objectives of the new institution were defined, various courses were sug- gested, and the following locations were considered: Mountville, Columbia, Potts- town, Ephrata, Norristown, Lititz, and Elizabethtown. Mack College (in honor of Alexander Mack, a founder of the Church of the Brethren), Conestoga College, East Penn College, and Elizabethtown College were proposed names for the new institu- tion. Samuel H. Hertzler Pictured at left are four of the five men who signed the original charter of Elizabethtown College. The staff was unable to procure a photo of the fifth man, Joseph H. Rider. 10
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