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Juniata College is a private liberal arts college in Huntingdon , Pennsylvania , United States . Founded in 1876 as a co - educational school , it was the first college started by members of the ___MASK75___ , who wanted to create a place where people could learn how to do many useful occupations of life . Today , Juniata has about 1 , 600 students from 42 states and territories and 45 countries . The ___MASK75___ is a Christian denomination with origins in the Schwarzenau Brethren (" Schwarzenau New Baptists ") that was organized in 1708 by Alexander Mack in Schwarzenau , Germany . The Brethren movement began as a melding of Radical Pietist and Anabaptist ideas during the Protestant Reformation . The first of its churches in the United States was established in 1723 . These church bodies became commonly known as " Dunkards ", and more formally as German Baptist Brethren . The denomination holds the New Testament as its only creed . Historically , the church has taken a strong stance for nonresistance or pacifism  it is one of the three historic peace churches , alongside the Mennonites and Quakers . Distinctive practices include believers baptism by trine immersion ; a threefold love feast consisting of feet washing , a fellowship meal , and communion ; anointing for healing ; and the holy kiss . Martin Grove Brumbaugh , A . M . , Ph . D . ( April 14 , 1862 -- March 14 , 1930 ) was an American Republican politician who served as the 26th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 until 1919 . He is frequently referred to as M . G . Brumbaugh , as is common in the Brumbaugh family . He was president of Juniata College and the first education commissioner for Puerto Rico .