BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ALUMNI OF THE LOG COLLEGE

by Alexander, Archibald; ed

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Philadelphia:: Presbyterian Bd. of Publication,, ca. 1851. Hardcover; spine lacks ends; spine very worn; spine cloth splitting at joints; occasional light pencil marginalia; ink name pasted inside front cover.. + 29pp. of appendixes. Log College (20 miles N.E. of Philadelphia) was founded by Rev. William Tennent Sr. (1736) to satisfy Presbyterian requirement for an educated ministry. His 3 clergymen sons--William Jr., John, & Charles, attended Log College. Then in 1738, Philadelphia Synod required all candidates lacking Harvard, Yale, or European univ. diploma to be approved by a committee; (helped launch 1741 Church schism). ||| In 1747 the younger Tennents opened `College of N.J.' at Elizabeth, N.J.--later moved to Princeton--the present-day Princeton Univ. Past presidents include Revs. Jonathan Edwards (`The Great Awakening'), & James McCosh. Woodrow Wilson was first layman president; later U.S. President.