Identifier: historyofhighere00hask (find matches)
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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to provide for studentsunable to enter the lowest college class, a preparatory department wasorganized. The civil war introduced another and distinct obstacle tothesuccessof the young institution. Under the excitement and stimu-lus of the times many students entered the Army, and finally, in1864, it became necessary to suspend all school exercises for morethan four months. As a consequence no class was graduated in thatyear, and the continuity of work and plans generally were much inter-rupted. THE LAND GRANT OP 1862. In 1862 the now M^ell-known Morrill bill passed Congress. By itthe State of Pennsylvania was entitled to 780,000 acres of public landfor the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one collegewhere the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientificand classical studies and including military tactics, to teach suchbranches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanicarts in such manner as the legislatures of the States shall respectively
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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. 187 prescribe, in order to promote tlie liberal and practical education ofthe industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.By an act of the legislature of Pennsylvania approved April 1,1863,the State accepted this trust and pledged its faith to carry the sameinto effect. The sale of these public lands, however, was delayed andhampered by provisions in the act of acceptance, and by lack of pro-visions also, so that the sale was not completed until 1867, when thetotal proceeds were found to be ;439,186..80. Meanwhile there wassliarp rivalry between the different educational institutions of theState, several of which considered themselves eligible to receive thebenefit of this fund. At a special meeting of the judiciary committee of the legislatureat Harrisburg March 3, 1864, Dr. Pugh reviewed the situation asfollows: Several propositions in relation to this land scrip have been presented to thecommittee, which, so far as I understand

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