---
title: 'A Magnificent Departure'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Nathaniel Smyth McFetridge'
date: 1883-12-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'History (General)'
- 'Education'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 121'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcfetridge-1883-a-magnificent-departure
---

# A Magnificent Departure

Lafayette College Journal (Dec 1883) reports campus news—exams, athletics, new gym, schedules—and covers President Cattell's farewell voyage and a reflective history of the college.

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