College of the Sisters of Bethany
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The College of the Sisters of Bethany is a defunct school located in Topeka, Kansas
. The school was chartered by the Kansas Territory
on February 2, 1861 (although Kansas
was officially admitted to the Union
four days earlier) and was originally named Episcopal Female Seminary of Topeka but changed its name on July 9, 1872. Classes began with 35 students and 2 teachers on June 11, 1861. The school operated under the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
church until it closed in 1928.
The "territorial charter" was approved by the legislature on January 29, 1861--the same day that President Buchanan
signed the Act of Congress admitting Kansas into the Union as a state. However, Territorial governor Samuel Medary
returned the bill with objections. The legislature considered his objections and passed the bill with enough of a majority to suprass the governor's objections on February 2. This was the last legislative act of the Kansas Territorial government.
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
. The school was chartered by the Kansas Territory
Kansas Territory
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Kansas....
on February 2, 1861 (although Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
was officially admitted to the Union
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
four days earlier) and was originally named Episcopal Female Seminary of Topeka but changed its name on July 9, 1872. Classes began with 35 students and 2 teachers on June 11, 1861. The school operated under the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, created in 1859, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over eastern Kansas. It is in Province 7 and its cathedral, Grace Cathedral, is in Topeka, as are the diocesan offices....
church until it closed in 1928.
The "territorial charter" was approved by the legislature on January 29, 1861--the same day that President Buchanan
James Buchanan
James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....
signed the Act of Congress admitting Kansas into the Union as a state. However, Territorial governor Samuel Medary
Samuel Medary
Samuel Medary Born and raised in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he settled in Ohio in 1825. After a term in the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio State Senate as a Jackson Democrat, he purchased a newspaper in Columbus that became the Ohio Statesman, which he edited until 1857...
returned the bill with objections. The legislature considered his objections and passed the bill with enough of a majority to suprass the governor's objections on February 2. This was the last legislative act of the Kansas Territorial government.