Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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The inspiration for the founding of a Lutheran Seminary and College came from the late eighteenth century activities centered around the University of Pennsylvania, Dickinson College and Franklin College. In 1826 Rev. Samuel Simon Schmucker founded the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and established a preparatory classical school, the Gymnasium, in connection with the seminary. In 1831 a meeting was held to consider the possibility of converting this preparatory school into a college. Both the responsible officials of the Lutheran Church and the town fa- thers of Gettysburg who were interested in higher education attended this meeting. From it grew a movement to petition the state legislature for a college charter and its eventual success on April 7, 1832. The organization of the college was a fuIl-dress affair. The Adams Sentinel, published in Gettysburg, described it in full in its July 10, 1832, issue IcThe organization of Pennsylvania College took place on Wednesday last, the Fourth of July. Agreeably to previous arrangement, a procession was formed at half past ten oIclock, at the Academy under the direction of General T. C. Miller and C01. M. C. Clarkson, marshals 0f the day, in the follow- ing order 1. 6tGettysburg Guards? 2. ttStrangers and Citizens.,, 3. 'The Invited Strangers? 4. MI1he Students of the Gymnasium? The Gettysburg Academy building was erected about 1813. In the 182035 the building was turned over to the Seminary and in time came to house the Preparatory School and the College be- fore the campus was purchased. The building still stands on the southeast corner of Wahington and High Streets in Gettysburg. Christ,s Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized on November 8, 1836, two days after its building was consecrated! The church was erected for holding services in English for the college and seminary; form- ing a congregation came as an afterthought. It has been popularly known as ttCoIlege ChurchII through the years.