Relationship To Princeton University
There are many connections between the Log College and Princeton, but it is not accurate to say that the Log College was an antecedent of the College of New Jersey (which changed its name to Princeton University in 1896). From its inception, under the guidance of Presbyterian minister Jonathan Dickinson, Princeton focused on a broad range of the liberal arts and sciences, in contrast to the Log College's explicit preparation for the ministry. A closer connection has often been proposed, perhaps in an effort to claim an earlier founding date for Princeton.
However, soon after Princeton was founded, a number of Log College men joined their New Side brethren from Yale and Harvard in support of the new venture. Six months after the granting of Princeton's charter in October 1746, and shortly before classes started in May 1747, Log College alumni Samuel Blair, Samuel Finley, and William Tennent, Jr., along with adherents Gilbert Tennent and Richard Treat, accepted election as Princeton trustees. Finley later became the fifth President of Princeton University.
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