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Recognizing the need for a college west of the Mississippi River to serve the educational needs of families moving westward, Church of the Brethren leaders at their Annual Meeting in 1887 decided to investigate potential sites. In August of the same year McPherson, Kansas, was chosen and McPherson College and Institute was founded. With the construction of the Dormitory, a single building which served as residence hall, college, and library, the first academic semester opened on September 5, 1888, with 60 students and a faculty of seven. By the end of the first school year nearly 200 students had enrolled and the foundation had been laid for the main building. In 1898 Main Building was completed, though it had been used for school purposes for some time while still incomplete. On February 12, 1898, the school was officially christened 'McPherson College.' The present campus, with its 15 major buildings and 23-acre setting, has matured into an institution of which its founders would be proud. To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1987-88, McPherson College architecturally redesigned its entire campus, a factor which has improved the quality of living and learning at McPherson.

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