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Title: A history of higher education in Pennsylvania
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937 Hull, William Isaac, 1868-1939
Subjects: Universities and colleges
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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in productiveness of part of its endowment.But notwithstanding the depressing circumstances of this period, thefaculty carried on the regular work of the college without interrup-tion, and each year at the regular time a class was graduated, thatof 1863, however, rather hastily and informally at an early hour ofthe day from the college chapel, on account of the rumored nearapproach of the invading army. Upon the occupation of the boroughby troops, a few days afterwards, not only the buildings and otherproperty of the college were left uninjured, but even the beautifulcampus was left unmarred, on account of the careful occupancy ofthe boys in gray, many of whom had formerly been students. Dur-ing the bombardment of the town by Fitzhugh Lee afterwards severalshells fell within the grounds, one entered the presidents lectureroom and another South College. With the return of peace, in 1865, new hope sprang up for the col-lege. Upon the death of Professor Wilson, in 1865, Prof. Charles F.
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DICKINSON COLLEGE. 63 (imes oe the class of 1855, previously of Troy University, at thatime resident in Germany, was elected professor of natural science.Q the correspondence with President Johnson he had suggested thathe privilege of election of equivalent practical scientific studies for •inguistic studies in the junior and senior years might add to thefficiency of the college, a recommendation that was adopted by the»oard and was at once inaugurated by the privilege of election of,ne afternoon per week of laboratory work for the Greek of the junior^ear and for the Greek and Latin of the senior year. In this new depar-ure the college was thus one of the very first, according to the Report,f the United States Bureau of Education. The plan at first was con-ined from necessity exclusively to chemical work, but as facilitiestnd time permitted physical work was provided, and upon the com-pletion of the Jacob Tome scientific building, in 1884, a physicallaboratory was provided and a co

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