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Author: Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter, Gettysburg College

Introduction to 2nd Edition: Dr. Michael J. Birkner, Gettysburg College

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On January 21, 1834 Thaddeus Stevens, a freshman member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Adams County, rose in that body to speak in favor of a bill appropriating a sum of money to the new college at Gettysburg in whose fortunes he had become deeply interested. After answering the arguments of his colleague from Adams County, who had just spoken against the bill, Stevens undertook to explain in a few words the predicament in which the fledgling college found itself: It has been chartered two years ; and organized about eighteen months. It has now ninety-eight students, without a house to put them in ; a library or an apparatus.

Thanks to the efforts of Thaddeus Stevens, and many others, the bill was passed, and the house that was needed was soon built. It is still standing and in use today. Its story over more than 130 years is the central theme of the account which follows. [excerpt]

Publication Date

1970

Publisher

Gettysburg College

City

Gettysburg, PA

Department 1

History

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Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter's book,Yonder Beautiful and Stately Edifice: A History of Pennsylvania Hall (Old Dorm), Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was published by Gettysburg College in 1970. The 2nd edition was published in honor of the College's 175th anniversary in 2007. This edition has a new introduction by Professor of History, Dr. Michael J. Birkner.

Volume 1 of Gettysburg College's History Series. The Gettysburg College History Series was a series of monographs on various aspects of College history published in anticipation of the 150th anniversary of its 1832 founding.

Yonder Beautiful and Stately College Edifice : A History of Pennsylvania Hall (Old Dorm), Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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