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 - Class of 1928

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A LMOST a century ago the citi- zens of the community central to Montgomery County united their efforts in an educational project that brought into existence I odd’s School. After the children of the neighborhood had received instruction in this humble little stone building for more than thirty years, the school was discontinued to make way for a far more pretentious undertaking in education. History of Ursinus College Freeland Seminary, founded in 1848, was erected on the site of what is now Ursinus College, and was formerly I odd’s School. It started with a four-story stone building, and soon added another structure. I hese two buildings arc in use today and are known as Freeland and Stine Halls, respectively. I rcc-land Seminary was what would now be called a private secondary school for boys. Its field of patronage covered the entire state of Pennsylvania, although quite naturally Montgomery County contributed the largest number to the student body. After work had been conducted successfully for twenty years, this school property was purchased by agents of the low church party of the Reformed Church as the site for a proposed college. In 1869 a charter was obtained from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania for the founding of “an institution of learning, for the purpose of imparting instruction in Science. Literature, the Liberal Arts, and the learned Professions.’’ F reeland Seminary was incorporated into the new institution as its academic or preparatory department; and on September 6. 1870. Ursinus College was formally opened and instruction was begun. The college embarked on its sea of existence without any endowment, but men of ample means manifested interest and planned to provide for its maintenance. The financial panic of 1873. however, swept away the funds that were to be devoted to the support of the college, and numerous reverses were encountered. During the first twenty years of its history, covering Twenty

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