William Tennent High School - Per Annos Yearbook (Warminster, PA)

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f ' '?4fY -az JR. THE STORY OF WILLIAM TENNENT In 1726, the Reverend William Tennent came to the Forks of the Neshaminy to minister to the English, Scotch, Irish, and Dutch immigrants who had settled in that area. lt was believed that William Tennent supervised the construction of a church in 1727 on the rise of ground in what is now a cemetery. In 1739, George Whitefield, the celebrated English evangelist, was a guest speaker to an audience of nearly three thousand people. Stones from the original building were used to repair the old cemetery wall, including the date stone H7271 which may still be seen in the wall at the entrance gate to the Cemetery Chapel. Because there were no schools in Pennsylvania for the education of Presbyterian ministers, Tennent educated his sons in his own home. Feeling that such a school was needed, on September 11, 1735, he purchased a farm near the present site of Christ's Home and erected a log house about 20 by 18 feet on his land for such a pur- pose. lt was here that he taught his own sons as well as other boys who were interested in an academic Christian education. There were no dormitories, the young men were boarded and lodged in the neighborhood. The origin of 63 colleges and universities can be traced to the influence or work of the men whom Tennent trained in this small, humble structure. After Mr. Tennent died in 1745, the school ceased to be. On September 5, 1889, President Beniamin Harrison, Postmaster General John Wanamaker, and Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania came to the site of the Log College to address a gathering of 12,000 in honor of the founder of this simple but great school. In 1926 a stone monument was erected and dedicated. Because of William Tennent's great influence as an educator in Pennsylvania and also in the eastern part of our country, the school boards of lvyland, Upper Southampton, and Warminster respectfully named the William Tennent High School in his honor. 48

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