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...
