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History of Hanover College continues with early Salem and academy efforts
The article recounts the 1823 formation of the Salem Presbytery and its wide Indiana Illinois bounds. It notes early actions to educate ministers, the choice of Hanover for an academy, and Crowe opening a small school in 1827 with six boys. It includes personal recollections from W M Cheever about Hanover’s beginnings and ends with Bernard Gerrick pledging Beta Theta Pi.
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Presbytery of
Louisville
Charlestown
Synod of Kentucky
Ohio River
Salem
Kentucky River
Green River
White River
Presbytery
Indiana
Illinois
John Finley Crowe
John M. Dickey
Lemuel Ford
Alexander Walker
Pisgah Church
William Reed
Hanover
Hanover College
Indiana Theological Seminary
New Albany
McCormick
Chicago
Presbyterian Academy
Madison Presbytery
William Robinson
James H. Johnston
Crowe
W. M. Cheever
Paris
Jennings County
Dr. Crowe
Academy
James Logan