WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE, located at Washington, Pa. Three classical schools were conducted by three min isters near Washington, the earliest opened in 1780, and out of these schools grew the acade mies and colleges from which came the present institution. In 1787 an academy was founded at Washington under the leadership of three Presbyterian ministers; in 1790 the courthouse where the academy held its sessions was burned, and academy suspended, some of its patrons in 1794 chartered a new academy at Canonsburg, and the opening of this school stimulated the reopening of the Washington Academy; the Canonsburg school was chartered as Jefferson College in 1802 and the Washington school as Washington .College in 1806. Many attempts were made to unite the two institutions, but all failed tmtil 1865, when the union was accom plished under the present name. Even then rivalry existed as to the location of the col lege and a compromise was effected by having a part of the faculty and students at Canons burg and the rest at Washington; in 18f61, how ever, the college was definitely located at Wash ington. The control is vested in a self-perpetuat ing board of trustees of 31 members. The col lege offers three courses leading to degrees, the classical (with the degree of A.B.), the
Latin sdentific (degree of B.S.), and the French sdentific (degree of B.S.). There is also a course in civil engineering. To aid stu dents preparing for the professions courses are suggested preparatory to the study of theology, law and medicine; Hebrew is included in the curriculum for the benefit of those studying for the ministry. There is also a preparatory department. There are a number of scholar ships endowed and a large loan fund for stu dents. The college occupies 16 acres within the limits of the town. The property and en dowment of the college, incluffing amounts pledged at the centennial celebration of 1902, amounts to considerably more than $1,500,000. The average attendance is about 400 and the faculty numbers 21. Of the alumni about 1,650 have entered the ministry, 950 the law and 460 the medical profession. Of those who have ob tained some distinction there have been four members of the Cabinet, 11 .governors of States, 10 United States senators, 70 presi dents of colleges and universities, 20 State Supreme Court judges, 2 bishops of the Pro testant Episcopal Church and 28 moderators of general assemblies.