Between 1845-1909, Meadville Theological students read essays—largely on theology, ministry, and issues in Christianity—aloud at the Anniversary Exercises, the annual commemoration of the founding of Meadville Theological School, held almost every June or July. In the first years, students of al...
The Bachelor of Divinity degree was one of the most popular degrees for students at the Meadville Theological School (and later the Meadville Lombard Theological School) in the early-mid twentieth century. Most students earning such a degree submitted what they termed a "dissertation," although ...
Meadville Theological School’s first president, Rufus Phineas Stebbins, established the Philanthropic Society in 1846 as a forum where students could practice their rhetorical skills. Normal meetings under Stebbins would begin with an elected student secretary presenting the minutes from the pre...
