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==The Seminary after 1834== When the Rebels departed in October 1834, "they left behind them but two seminarians in a theological department that had boasted forty, and only five scholars of the sixty formerly enrolled for the literary curriculum."<ref name=Henry1>{{cite journal |title=The Lane Rebels: A Twentieth Century Look |first=Stuart C.|last=Henry |journal=[[Journal of Presbyterian History]]|volume=49|number=1|date=Spring 1971|pages=1β14|jstor=23327239}}</ref>{{rp|1}} "Of the several gloomy years that succeeded the abolition secession, I need only say, that the wonder is, that Lane did not perish. It had few students and little money." <ref name=Pamphlet1>{{cite book |chapter=Lane Seminary As I Saw It |first=Joseph F.|last=Tuttle|title=Pamphlet souvenir of the sixtieth anniversary in the history of Lane Theological Seminary, containing papers read before the Lane Club |location=Cincinnati |publisher=Lane Theological Seminary |year=1890 |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn5926;view=2up;seq=4|pages=41β55|access-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414225602/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn5926;view=2up;seq=4|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|42}} "The institution was disgraced and wrecked; it never recovered from the experience."<ref name=Chapman>{{cite book |title=William Lloyd Garrison |first=John Jay |last=Chapman |location=Boston |publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly Press]] |year=1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/willlloydgarr00chaprich/page/6}}</ref>{{rp|69}} In 1837 "the seminary had no students", but Beecher went on a recruiting trip and persuaded some to enroll.<ref name=Writers/>{{rp|34}} Following the slavery debates, Lane Seminary continued as a [[New School Presbyterians|"New School"]] seminary, cooperating with [[Congregationalists]] and others in mission and education efforts and involved in social reform movements like abolition, [[temperance movement|temperance]], and Sabbath legislation. The seminary admitted students from other denominations and pursued educational and evangelistic unity among [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches in the West. In 1837 there were 41 students from 15 states, and 4 faculty: Beecher, [[Calvin Ellis Stowe]], Thomas J. Biggs, and [[Baxter Dickinson]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lane Seminary|newspaper=[[Vermont Chronicle]] ([[Bellows Falls, Vermont]])|date=March 9, 1837|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38194735/lane_theological_seminary_in_1837/|access-date=October 31, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031103549/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38194735/lane_theological_seminary_in_1837/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lane Seminary, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio|newspaper=Cincinnati Journal and Western Luminary|url=http://stowehousecincy.org/cincinnati-journal-and-western-luminary.html|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028064023/http://www.stowehousecincy.org/cincinnati-journal-and-western-luminary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the Civil War, the New School and the Old School Presbyterians had reconciled, and Lane Seminary was reorganized along more conservative Presbyterian lines. In 1910, it became affiliated with the [[Columbia Theological Seminary|Presbyterian Seminary of the South]], and the Seminary continued as a small but respected school, though financial pressures continued to increase. Following a brief period of growth in the 1920s, it became apparent that Lane could no longer survive as an independent school. In 1932 it suspended operations and transferred its library and other resources to [[McCormick Theological Seminary]], in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|author=McCormick Theological Seminary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224094209/http://www.mccormick.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=30|archive-date=February 24, 2007|url=http://www.mccormick.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=30}}</ref> While a permanent Board of Trustees for Lane Theological Seminary remained in service until the Seminary was legally merged out of existence in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.sos.state.oh.us/pls/bsqry/f?p=100:7:957560939445979::NO:7:P7_CHARTER_NUM:1593330 |title = Corporation Details |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224192236/http://www2.sos.state.oh.us/pls/bsqry/f?p=100:7:957560939445979::NO:7:P7_CHARTER_NUM:1593330 |archive-date=24 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the faculty, library collections, and students were transferred to Chicago, and the last remnants of the Cincinnati campus, except for [[Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Cincinnati, Ohio)|the house of president Lyman Beecher]], were destroyed in 1956. A historical marker in front of an automobile dealership at 2820 Gilbert Ave. marks the site of the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/09/28/loc_bicennotebook28.html |title=Lane Seminary propelled anti-slavery movement|website=www.enquirer.com|access-date=2017-08-06|archive-date=January 22, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122063035/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/09/28/loc_bicennotebook28.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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