Ursinus College was established by the German Reformed Church in 1869,
This institution, like many other establishments of the 19th century, represented a theological difference within the denomination.
The German Reformed seminary at Mercersburg, PA – which later became Lancaster Theological Seminary – was thought to be abandoning essential elements of the German Reformed Tradition – and Ursinus (named for a German figure of the Reformation) would be a corrective counter to these disturbing trends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursinus_College
(The movement that became known as “Mercersburg Theology” was an amazing reconciliation of Reformed Theology with themes of Christian theology of the Church Fathers and the long catholic traditions of the Church. One can see the evidence of this in the imagery that pervades the Santee Chapel of LTS.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercersburg_theology
Mr. Horace Bashore lived in Red Lion, a borough southeast of York, PA.
The town was founded around a tavern and later was a stop on the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad.
During the early 20th century, Red Lion the center of a large cigar-making industry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lion,_Pennsylvania
In September of 1910, Horace received a postcard from Collegeville, PA.
Collegeville, a borough on the Perkiomen Creek in Montgomery County, is the home of Ursinus College.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegeville,_Pennsylvania
The sender is identified only by initials.
The face of the postcard is a photograph of Ursinus College, published by Thompson Brothers of Collegeville.
On the reverse, the sender asks several questions about persons whose identities are not made clear (probably, in recognition of the habits of small-town postmasters.)
The sender reports “I enjoy myself here” and expresses hope that Horace is having “lots of fun with the _____”.
The sender does add the pious admonition, “don’t forget to tend (sic) Church and S. S.”
If the sender is a college student, one hopes that he had a successful academic career.
On hopes, too, that Horace prospered in Red Lion and that he heeded the good advice of his friend.
