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 only to provide necessary church buildings for the growing congregations, but also to build a suitable school for the higher religious and literary training of the young people, who, because of the long distance across the plains, were debarred from attending eastern colleges and academies.

Philomath College Established. Therefore, in 1867, the United Brethren of Willamette District Missionary Colony aided by friends, established Philomath College at Philomath, Oregon, as the United Brethren school for Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and California. It was chartered as a Christian college for the liberal education of both sexes, and for the training of ministers. Also, according to a provision of the charter, no intoxicating liquor was permitted to be sold within a mile of the institution. For this and other reasons Philomath College prospered and

became so popular that there was a movement to change it into a state institution, provided the United Brethren church surrendered its control, a provision which theChurch authorities were unable to meet because of certain clauses in the charter of the school.

Sublinaity Institute. Sublimity Institute, a preparatory school, was founded in 1867, at Sublimity, Oregon, by Rev. Jeremiah Kennoyer, a member of BISHOP MILTON WRIGHT j^e United Brethren Mis sionary Colony. It was established as the preparatory • From two Greek words meaning a lover of learning.