Analysis and Historical Research In 1833, in northeast Ohio, on a 500-acre track of land, the dream to create a revolutionary college was born. Even before a community was established founder John Jay Shipard conceived the college to be based on basic Christian values. To begin, the college was to be open to male students as well as female students, consequently the first college of its kind to do this. Shipard also composed a plan of …
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