Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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History of Franlfilin College id s s w- A Cl'11'1S'EI'111Ilf'x may best be felt by a study of its struggle for Christian education No people can carry out the spirit of the great commission without planting institutions where N C 1 ,,,- g 1 HEART THROBS of a denominationls Z I . .C . JY Y 'Y l 1 ' ' x ' , fC D A4 Christianity is put above everything else. Because to know God gives an appetite for knowledge. Therefore to accept the Christ-life carries with it the obligation to establish instruction appropriate to that life. There will ever go up from the heart of our denomination a prayer of thanks because our name, once despised, is now honored, our forefathers were poor, to-day We are leaders in education 5 our schools were few and weak, but now they are numbered by the thousands, and are called the very best. Most of these schools and colleges were born out of weakness and rocked in the cradle of poverty. Franlclin's history is but the story of nearly all our institutions of learning. Founded by faith and es- tablished by Works. At first the institution was named Indiana Baptist Manual Labor Institute, and was housed in a white frame building costing 3350. It was almost impos- sible for the board to obtain a teacher to take charge of the school, as it had very little money to offer. There were some signs of life till about 1841, when there seemed to have settled about everything, in any way connected with the college, a cloud of the blackest gloom. The board met and, for a while, seemed to have lost the battle. But when a band of men meet and wrestle in prayers, as did the founders of Frank- lin College, the gloom is sure to disappear. They determined to go to the next meeting and do all in their power to build up and sustain the institution. The cloud began to pass away. The sun began to smile upon the work, and in 1845 a charter was secured and the old Nllanual Labor Institute ll be- came Franklin College. Rev. Geo. Chandler was our first president. He did much to advance the educational interest of the Baptists in Indiana. The north wing of the college was erected during his administration. The skies were brighter than they had been at any previous time, and the founders were inspired with fresh hope. In 1847, John NV. Dame was graduated with the degree of A. B. Everything was going along in fine shape. Franklin was a real college and had an alumnus. Brother Dame had the distinction of being the only graduate of Franklin for three years. After Dr. Chandler resigned, in 18419, there was an interregnuin till 1852, when Dr. Silas Bailey be- came president. The south wing was built during

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