Marietta College

Marietta College is a co-educational liberal arts private college in historic Marietta, Ohio, population 14,000 which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory, established in 1788. The school offers 45 majors along with a large number of minors, all of which are grounded in a strong liberal arts foundation. The school encompasses approximately three city blocks next to downtown Marietta and enrolls 1,435 full-time students. It is known for its Petroleum Engineering, Athletic Training, McDonough Leadership, and Physician Assistant programs, as well as its China Program. In 1835, the first Marietta College literary society, the Philomathesian, is founded. Divisions within the group led to the establishment of sections designated Rho Eta and Phi Sigma, which eventually became the Alpha Kappa and the Psi Gamma societies that were active for many years. The last meeting of the Philomathesian Society was held on November 20th, 1839. At this same time, Joel Harvey Linsley become Marietta College's first president and he served from 1835 to 1846.