Western Reserve College charter
1 2025-04-10T17:34:33+00:00 Julia Teran 9aca9c408841ff28b321d7128a1e5c918a151e1d 9 1 Western Reserve College charter, 1826 2025-04-10T17:34:33+00:00 CWRU Archives public domain Western Reserve College ; Charter 00321 1826 unknown [Things] Julia Teran 9aca9c408841ff28b321d7128a1e5c918a151e1dThis page is referenced by:
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200 Events in 200 Years: 1820s
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This section provides detailed information about the university in the 1820s
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1826
The State of Ohio granted the charter to establish Western Reserve College.
1827Middle College, the first building on the Hudson campus of Western Reserve College, opened for use.
1828
Western Reserve College students established the Philozetian Society, a literary society. Activities of the Society included orations, compositions, debates, and disputes or disputations (extemporaneous debates). The Society also operated its own library. Pictured here is a certificate conveyed by the Society to the student upon their graduation.
1829The scope of faculty responsibility has changed over time as evidenced by the minutes of the May 14, 1829 meeting. Among other issues, the faculty determined the time of the morning prayer bell (5:00 a.m.), and study hours (8:30 a.m.-noon, 2:00 till evening prayers at 5:00, and 8:00-9:00 p.m.).
