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Source: October 1987 Volume 25 Number 4, Page 120


Foreword

Page 120

The Jenkins Arboretum on Berwyn-Baptist Road in Tredyffrin is unfortunately one of the township's best-kept secrets. The Club met there early this summer, at which time Dr. Harold Sweetman, its director, spoke of its beginnings and development. His talk is the first article in this issue.

In our next feature we look at local school operations under the Act of 1809, providing for free education for poor children twenty-five years before free schooling for everybody was approved in the Public School Act of 1834.

Frances Ligget's reminiscences of the Great Valley a half-century or so ago were originally prepared for the annual meeting of the Diamond Rock School Old Pupils' Association in June. We are pleased to be able to include them in this issue too.

The Ryerss' Infirmary for Dumb Animals, and its connections with Tredyffrin and Easttown townships, are discussed in the next article. The Infirmary will mark its centennial next year with a move to a larger farm out near Birchrunville.

And finally, as a sequel to the history of the Baptist Chapel in Berwyn that appeared in the previous issue of the Quarterly, early this summer the Club met there to hear Anne Hummer tell of its use by the First Church of Christ, Scientist. She is a long-time member of the church, and her talk is the next article. At the meeting, Sarajane Rinckenberger also spoke briefly on Mary Baker Eddy and the origins of Christian Science.

 
 

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