The Story of the Life and Work of Oren B. Cheney: Founder and First President of Bates College (Classic Reprint)

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The Vision; Maine State Seminary; Difficulty in Securing a Charter; Location in Lewiston; Charles Sumner Furnishes a School Motto; Letters from Charles Sumner; General Conference in Maineville, Ohio; Political Excitement; Stirring Incidents; Plans for Raising Money for the Seminary; Children's Offering; Opening of Maine State Seminary; First Year's Success; Financial Panic; Brighter Days; Contemporary Events; College Needed; Opposition Defined; Benjamin E. Bates Promises Fifty Thousand Dollars; Trustees vote in Favor of a College Class; Professor J. Y. Stanton Elected Teacher; Early College Days; Co-Education; Interwoven Incidents; President Cheney visits John Storer; Mr. Storer gives Ten Thousand Dollars for a Freedmen's School; Harper's Ferry Selected as the Location; G. H. Ball, D. D., a Valuable Helper

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