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1882-Petition recorded from telephone company, asking permission to set poles through the street.
1882-State Armory land sold by Coit heirs to State of Connecticut, No- vember 9.
1885-Permission granted by common council to O. L. Livesey "for J. A. Jenny to erect poles for trying out the experiment of lighting the city by electricity without cost to the city."
1885-City meeting voted to install sewer system.
1888-Nameaug schoolhouse built. First of present modern structures.
1889-Thames river railroad bridge opened for the use of the New Haven and Boston and Providence railroads.
1890-Pequot Casino Association organized July 12.
1890-Lyceum Theater opened. First play, "The Wife," by the Frohman Company, April 7.
1890-Nathan Hale Grammar School erected.
1891-Williams Memorial Institute erected.
1891-Montauk avenue opened. First called the Boulevard.
1892-New London Street Railway began running cars.
1893-Ocean Beach and Lewis' woods sold by T. M. Waller to the city.
1893-Winthrop School erected.
1894-Saltonstall School erected.
1894-Shiloh Baptist Church, colored, organized.
1896-Post Office building erected.
1896-Mohican building erected.
1896-Brainard Lodge, F. & A. M., altered Universalist Church, Green street, into lodge room.
1896-Robert Bartlett School opened.
1898-First Church, Christian Scientist, organized, June 26.
1898-Police Station, Bradley street, erected.
1899-Norwich and Montville trolley road began operation.
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1899-St. Mary's Parochial School started.
1905-Thames Club destroyed by fire, rebuilt.
1906-John Winthrop Club organized.
1906-New London Vocational School erected.
1907-East Lyme and New London trolley line started.
1907-Harbor School erected.
1908-Pequot House destroyed by fire.
1908-Elks' Home built, corner-stone laid August 13.
1908-Swedish Congregational Church dedicated.
1909-All Souls' Church, Huntington street, building permit issued.
1909-St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Montauk avenue, corner stone laid May 30.
1909-Southwest Ledge light first turned on, November 10.
1910-Lawrence Free Hospital opened.
1910-Ship and Engine Company leased factory site in Groton from New Haven railroad. Purchased same in 1911.
1911-Fund of $134,196.14 raised to secure location here of Connecticut Col- lege by popular subscription up to March I.
1912-Harbour Club building permit issued.
1913-Manwaring building erected.
1914-Union Lodge, A. F. and A. M., erected new building, Union street.
1915-Montauk Avenue Baptist Church rebuilt.
1915-Plant building erected.
1916-Y. M. C. A. building erected, Meridian street.
The lists of Representatives from the various towns of the State have been as follows for thirty years:
Bozrah-1890-92, William F. Bogue; 1892-94, John J. Gager; 1894-96, William J. Way ; 1896-98, E. Judson Miner ; 1898-1900, William Kilroy; 1900- 02, William Kilroy; 1902-04, Wareham W. Bentley; 1904-06, Wareham W. Bentley ; 1906-08, John S. Sullivan ; 1908-10, John F. Fields; 1910-12, John F. Fields; 1912-14, John S. Sullivan ; 1914-16, Nelson L. Stark; 1916-18, John J. Sweeney ; 1918-20, John J. Sweeney ; 1920, Elijah S. Abel.
Colchester-1890-92, James R. Dutton, Milton L. Loomis ; 1892-94, Frank B. Taylor, Clarence H. Norton ; 1894-96, Wm. E. Harvey, Howard C. Brown ; 1896-98, Edward M. Day, William Daudley ; 1898-1900, Addison C. Taintor, Edward E. Brown; 1900-02, Joseph E. Hall, Charles H. Daudley; 1902-04, John R. Backus, Amatus R. Bigelow; 1904-06, David S. Day, Edward C. Snow; 1906-08, Samuel N. Morgan, Guy B. Clark; 1908-10, Edward T. Bun- yan, Samuel McDonald ; 1910-12, Asa Brainard, Harry Elgart; 1912-14, Harry Elgart, Daniel T. Williams; 1914-16, Daniel W. Williams, Curtis P. Brown ; 1916-18, Edwin R. Gillette, Jacob J. Elgart; 1918-20, Sainuel Gellert, William K. Raymond : 1920, Albert H. Foote, George Cutler.
Griswold-1890-92, James H. Finn; 1892-94, Frederick H. Partridge; 1894-96, John Potter; 1896-98, Ira T. Lewis; 1898-1900, Samuel S. Edmond ; 1900-02, Arthur M. Brown; 1902-04, Albert G. Brewster; 1904-06, Arba Browning; 1906-08, Jonas L. Herbert; 1908-10, John W. Payne; 1910-12, J. Byron Sweet; 1912-14, Alfred J. L'Heureux ; 1914-16, John Potter; 1916-18, John F. Hermon ; 1918-20, Wm. H. McNicol; 1920, John T. Barry.
Groton-1890-92, Charles H. Smith, Amos R. Chapman ; 1892-94, William R. McGavhey, Everett L. Crane ; 1894-96, Charles H. Smith, Judson F. Bailey ; 1896-98, Robert P. Wilbur, Donald Gunn; 1898-1900, Wm. H. Allen, Ralph H. Denison ; 1900-02. Wm. H. Allen, George A. Perkins; 1902-04, Benjamin F. Burrows, Albert E. Wheeler ; 1904-06, Simeon G. Fish, Edward F. Spicer ; 1906-08, Frederick P. Latimer, Benj. F. Burrows ; 1908-10, Charles H. Smith,
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Everett L. Crane; 1910-12, Percy H. Morgan, Edward E. Spicer; 1912-14. Christopher L. Avery, Allen W. Rathbun; 1914-16, Charles T. Crandall, Charles H. Kenyon; 1916-18, George R. Hempstead, Frank E. Williams ; 1918-20, Charles H. Smith, Irvin E. Crouch ; 1920, Charles H. Smith, Howard A. Edgecomb.
Lebanon-1890-92, Isaac G. Avery, Frederic Gates; 1892-94, William C. Blanchard. Fred J. Brown ; 1894-96, Hobart McCall, Robert E. Turner; 1896- 98, George A. Mills, George A. Fuller ; 1898-1900, Llewellyn P. Smith, Edw. H. McCall; 1900-02, Charles B. Strong, Charles H. Loomis ; 1902-04, Charles S. Briggs, Charles B. Noyes; 1904-06, William H. Geer, George H. Hewitt; 1906-08. Charles A. Perkins, Fred'k O. Brown; 1908-10, Isaac G. Larkin, Elisha Waterman ; 1910-12, George H. Hoxie, Myron R. Abell ; 1912-14, Frank K. Noyes, Wm. A. Watson ; 1914-16, Frederick N. Taylor, James A. Thomas ; 1916-18, Edward A. Hoxie, Wm. T. Curry ; 1918-20, Karl F. Bishop, Edward W. Jones ; 1920, Stanton L. Briggs, Arthur E. Hewitt.
East Lyme-1890-92, E. K. Beckwith ; 1892-94, Arthur B. Calkins; 1894- 96, George P. Hill; 1896-98, Arthur B. Calkins; 1898-1900, John F. Luce; 1900-02, Arthur B. Calkins; 1902-04, James R. White; 1904-06, John T. Beck- with ; 1906-08, Frederick A. Beckwith; 1908-10, Washington I. Gadbois ; 1910- 12, Clifford E. Chapman ; 1912-14, Jay V. Beckwith ; 1914-16, Marion R. Davis ; 1916-18, Asahel R. DeWolf; 1918-20, Charles R. Tubbs; 1920, Julius T. Rogers.
Franklin-1890-92, John M. N. Lathrop; 1892-94, Clifton Peck; 1894-96, Clayton H. Lathrop ; 1896-98, James H. Hyde ; 1898-1900, Frank B. Greenslit ; 1900-02, Azel R. Race; 1902-04, Frederick S. Armstrong; 1904-06, Walter S. Vail; 1006-08, Abial T. Browning; 1908-10, Frank A. Rockwood; 1910-12, James H. Hyde; 1912-14, Frederick W. Hoxie; 1914-16, C. Huntington Lath- rop; 1916-18, Frank I. Date; 1918-20, Herman A. Gager; 1920, Charles B. Davis.
Ledyard-1890-92, George W. Spicer; 1892-94, George W. Spicer; 1894- 96, Charles A. Gray ; 1896-98, Nathan S. Gallup; 1898-1900, Jacob Gallup; 1900-02, Daniel W. Lamb; 1902-04, Daniel W. Lamb; 1904-06, William I. Allyn ; 1906-08, William I. Allyn ; 1908-10, Frank W. Brewster ; 1910-12, Wil- liam I. Allyn ; 1912-14, Isaac G. Geer; 1914-16, Joseph D. Austin ; 1916-18, William I. Allyn ; 1918-20, William I. Allyn ; 1920, Henry W. Hurlbutt.
Lisbon-1890-92, John G. Bromley ; 1892-94, John G. Bromley; 1894-96, James E. Roberts ; 1896-98, Charles B. Bromley ; 1898-1900, James B. Palmer ; 1900-1902, Frank E. Olds; 1902-04, Calvin D. Bromley; 1904-06. Harry L. Hull; 1906-08, John M. Lee; 1908-10, Ira C. Wheeler; 1910-12, Herman E. Learned ; 1912-14, James T. Shea: 1914-16, Francis H. Johnson; 1916-18. James Graham ; 1918-20, James Graham ; 1920, Henry J. Kendall.
Lyme-1890-92, Stephen P. Sterling, Robert M. Thompson ; 1892-94, J. Ely Beebe, Ephriam O. Reynolds; 1894-96, Roswell P. LaPlace, J. Greffin Ely ; 1896-98, James L. Lord, E. Hart Geer ; 1898-1900, Samuel W. Jewett, J. Raymond Warren ; 1900-02, James Daniels, James E. Beebe ; 1902-04, Lee L. Brockway, J. Raymond Warren; 1904-06, Frederick S. Fosdick, William Marvin ; 1906-08, J. Raymond Warren, William Marvin ; 1908-10. Nehemiah Daniels, John S. Hall; 1910-12, J. Warren Stark, Harold H. Reynolds ; 1912-14, Charles W. Pierson, John S. Hall : 1914-16, John S. Hall, Charles W. Pierson ; 1916-18, Ray L. Harding, J. Lawrence Raymond ; 1918-20, J. Lawrence Ray- mond, Hayden L. Reynolds; 1920, J. Warren Stark, Arthur G. Sweet.
Montville-1890-92, Charles A. Chapman ; 1892-94, John F. Freeland ; 1894-96, George N. Wood; 1896-98, George N. Wood ; 1898-1900, Moses Chap- man ; 1900-02, Joseph F. Killeen ; 1902-04, George H. Bradford ; 1904-06, Rob- ert C. Burchard ; 1906-08, Robert C. Burchard; 1908-10, Dan D. Home ; 1910-12, Frederick A. Johnson ; 1912-14, C. Everett Chapman ; 1914-16, Matt A. Tinker ;
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1916-18, George H. Bradford ; 1918-20, Edwin F. Comstock; 1920, Frank W. Browning.
New London-1890-92, George C. Strong, Walter Fitzmaurice; 1892-94. George C. Strong, Walter Fitzmaurice; 1894-96, Frederick H. Parmalee, Charles R. Boss ; 1896-98, Robert Coit, Cyrus G. Beckwith ; 1898-1900, Frank B. Brandegee, Charles B. Whittlesey ; 1900-02, Charles B. Whittlesey, William B. Coit; 1902-04, Henry Lambert, William B. Coit; 1904-06, Daniel M. Cronin, Charles B. Waller ; 1906-08, Lucius E. Whiton, Carl J. Viets; 1908-10, Lucius E. Whiton, Daniel M. Cronin ; 1910-12, Nathan Belcher, Lucius E. Whiton ; 1912-14, Abel P. Tanner, James R. May ; 1914-16, Frank Q. Cronin, Cyrus W. Brown ; 1916-18, William A. Holt, William C. Fox ; 1918-20, William A. Holt; George Goss; 1920, Ernest E. Rogers, Morris B. Payne.
North Stonington-1890-92, Cyrus H. Stewart, George W. Edwards ; 1892-94, S. Curtis Eggleston, Latham Hull; 1894-96, Amasa W. Main, George F. Coats ; 1896-98, Amasa W. Main, Samuel Thompson ; 1898-1900, William B. Cary, George F. Coats ; 1900-02, George D. Thompson, E. Frank White; 1902-04, George D. Thompson, E. Frank White; 1904-06, Calvin A. Snyder, Latham Hull; 1906-08, Calvin A. Snyder, Herbert Richardson ; 1908-10, Frank H. Brown, Chester S. Maine; 1910-12, Richard B. Wheeler, Charles Lyman Stewart ; 1912-14, Frank H. Brown, Thurman P. Maine; 1914-16, Clarence E. Palmer, Lyle C. Gray ; 1916-18, George H. Stone, Horace G. Lewis ; 1918-20, George H. Stone, Malcolm E. Thompson; 1920, Irving R. Maine, N. Frank Maine.
Norwich-1890-92, Gardiner Greene, Jr., George C. Raymond; 1892-94, William C. Mowry, William H. Palmer, Jr .; 1894-96, Gardiner Greene, Jr., Joseph Brewer ; 1896-98, John H. Barnes, Currie Gilmour ; 1898-1900, Currie Gilmour, Edwin W. Higgins; 1900-02, George Greenman, James H. Lathrop; 1902-04, George Greenman, Frank T. Maples; 1904-06, Frank T. Maples, Herbert W. Hale; 1906-08, Tyler Cruttenden, Henry W. Tibbits; 1908-10, Henry W. Tibbits, Charles B. Bushnell ; 1910-12, Frederick Dearing, John F. Craney: 1912-14, John F. Craney. William T. Delaney ; 1914-16, Albert J. Bailey, Joseph H. Henderson ; 1916-18, Albert J. Bailey, Joseph H. Henderson ; 1918-20, Patrick T. Connell, Joseph F. Williams; 1920, George Thompson, C. W. Pendleton.
Old Lyme-1890-92, Lyman Chapman ; 1892-94, Henry Austin; 1894-96, James T. Bugbee : 1896-98, John H. Noble; 1898-1900, Frank I. Saunders; 1900-02, Joseph S. Huntington ; 1902-04, John H. Bradbury ; 1904-06, John H. Bradbury : 1006-08, Eugene D. Caulkins ; 1908-10, John H. Noble; 1910-12, John H. Noble ; 1912-14, Thomas L. Haynes; 1914-16, Joseph S. Huntington ; 1916-18, Harry G. Pierson ; 1918-20, Robert H. Noble; 1920, Harry T. Gris- wold.
Preston-1890-92, Frank W. Fitch, Charles W. Kingsley ; 1892-94, Henry E. Davis. William H. Burnett ; 1894-06, Austin A. Chapman, Appleton Main ; 1896-98, Charles F. Boswell, Charles B. Chapman ; 1898-1900, Daniel L. Jones, Gilbert S. Raymond ; 1900-02, Adolphus D. Zabriskie, George M. Hvde; 1902- 04, George A. Frink, John H. Davis; 1904-06, Edward P. Hollowell, John H. Davis ; 1906-08, Luther C. Zabriskie, Alexander C. Harkness ; 1908-10, Arthur E. Shedd. James F. Thurston ; 1910-12, Walter MacClisien, Hollis H. Palmer ; 1912-14, Henry M. Betlerig, Allen B. Burdick; 1914-16, Eckford G. Pendleton, William B. Mitchell; 1916-18, James B. Bates, John P. Holowell; 1918-20, John P. Holowell, Beriah E. Burdick; 1920, E. G. Pendleton, Joseph E. Carpenter.
Salem-1890-92, Alvah Morgan; 1892-94, Edwin H. Harris: 1894-96, Alvah Morgan ; 1896-98, Albert Morgan ; 1898-1900, Frank S. DeWolf ; 1900-02, Alvah Morgan ; 1902-04, John H. Purcell; 1904-06, Howard A. Rix: 1906-08, Sydney A. Dolbeare; 1908-10, Elmer M. Chadwich ; 1910-12, Ernest L. Lati-
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mer ; 1912-14, Lewis Latimer; 1914-16, J. Frank Rogers; 1916-18, Carl H. Rogers ; 1918-20, James Lane; 1920, William B. Kingsley.
Sprague-1890-92, William Ladd; 1892-94, Thomas H. Allen ; 1894-96, Thomas H. Allen ; 1896-98, Ebenezer Allen ; 1898-1900, Henry Buteau ; 1900- 02, Joseph Quinn ; 1902-04, Harold Lawton ; 1904-06, Augus Parker ; 1906-08, Raymond J. Jodoin ; 1908-10, Raymond J. Jodoin ; 1910-12, John H. Brown ; 1912-14, Irenee L. Buteau; 1914-16, Irenee L. Buteau; 1916-18, Irenee L. Buteau ; 1918-20, Raymond J. Jodoin ; 1920, William G. Park.
Stonington-1890-92, Silas B. Wheeler, Warren W. Chase; 1892-94, George R. McKenna, Arthur G. Wheeler; 1894-96, James Pendleton, Henry B. Noyes, Jr .; 1896-98, James Pendleton, Elias Williams; 1898-1900, Frank H. Hinckley, George H. Maxson; 1900-02, Frank H. Hinckley, George H. Maxson ; 1902-04, William H. Smith, Charles F. Champlain ; 1904-06, Charles F. Champlain, Peter Bruggenam ; 1906-08, Eli Gledhill, William J. Lord ; 1908-10, William F. Broughton, Albert G. Martin ; 1910-12, Joseph W. Chese- bro, John R. Babcock; 1912-14, Joseph W. Chesebro, Herman L. Holdridge; 1914-16, Elias F. Wilcox, Bourdow A. Babcock; 1916-18, Elias F. Wilcox, Bourdow A. Babcock ; 1918-20, Nathaniel P. Noyes, Frederick Boulder ; 1920, Frederick Boulder, Nathaniel P. Noyes.
Voluntown-1890-92, John N. Lewis; 1892-94, Henry C. Gardner ; 1894- 96, George W. Rouse; 1896-98, Charles E. Maine; 1898-1900, Ezra Briggs; 1900-02, Oregin S. Gallup; 1902-04, Edward A. Pratt; 1904-06, James W. Whitman; 1906-08, Elam A. Kinne; 1908-10, E. Byron Gallup; 1910-12, Azarias Grenier ; 1912-14, William H. Dawley, Jr .; 1914-16, Stephen B. Sweet ; 1916-18, Constant W. Chatfield ; 1918-20, Constant W. Chatfield ; 1920, Thomas A. Brown.
Waterford-1890-92, John L. Payne; 1892-94, James E. Beckwith ; 1894- 96, William C. Saunders ; 1896-98, Frederick A. Jacobs; 1898-1900, Albert H. Lauphere ; 1900-02, Albert H. Lauphere; 1902-04, Albert H. Lauphere; 1904- 06, Edward C. Hammond ; 1906-08, Selden B. Manwaring; 1908-10, Frederic E. Comstock; 1910-12, Albert H. Lauphere; 1912-14, Albert H. Lauphere; 1914-16, Stanley D. Morgan ; 1916-18, John C. Geary ; 1918-20, John C. Geary ; 1920, William Ellery Allyn.
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CHAPTER X EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Connecticut College-Norwich Free Academy-Bacon Academy-Bulkeley School- Williams Memorial Institute - New London Vocational School - Mystic Oral School for the Deaf.
The greater number of the following narratives of notable educational institutions are contributed by authorities of recognized knowledge and abil- ity. The first, relating to Connecticut College, is by President Benjamin T. Marshall, head of that institution.
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, NEW LONDON
The foundations of Connecticut College were laid, not only in the fine purposes and industry of the incorporators, but also in the faith they held in women, and in their conviction that within the State of Connecticut there should be a modern, progressive college for women, that should provide these forms of higher education for women to which in recent years they have aspired in increasing numbers, and for the privileges of which they have now for many years demonstrated their indisputable qualification.
But there is also the glow and ardor of romance in the story of the college, for how else shall we describe the experience of the young institution whose hand was sought by a score or more towns and cities, who also promised lavish gifts. Was it not romance, and was it not high gallantry, that moved New London to sue so ardently for the hand of the college and to present so promptly the gifts it promised, in the form of lands and funds?
The college will never forget the splendid enthusiasm of New London, its corporate body, and its citizens, nor their significant and munificent gifts. The coming of the college afforded New London a chance to demonstrate a spirit of unity and of devotion to education which became in a real way the revival of a civic pride and spirit which has characterized the city "nmis- takably in these recent years.
To serve and honor the city, which has served and honored it, will be always a dominant factor in the purpose and life of the college; for it recog- nizes that by virtue of its character and purpose it should be the purveyor to the city of opportunities for culture through lectures, exhibitions, musical programs and conferences of various kinds, and seek to encourage the people of the city to avail themselves of its ever-widening and increasing privileges.
The relations of city and college each to the other were begun under happiest auspices. May they never cease to be reciprocally joyous and profit- able. While the city goes about its daily business, the "College on the Hill" moves faithfully and eagerly forward in the prosecution of its program, in devotion to its distinctive ideal.
What the college is and what it aims for, how it does its work, and in what spirit and with what results, the following paragraphs aim clearly to state. They are presented as the official statement of the college through its president.
I. The need for more women's colleges. For many years there had been
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among educators and all persons interested in the higher education of women a recognition that more women's colleges of high grade were greatly needed, since the women's colleges already existing were either filled to capacity or over-crowded.
Connecticut College came into existence to meet, so far as it was able, that well-defined need of more high-grade, centrally located colleges for women. It became, in fact, a necessity in this new era for women, which has given them the full rights of suffrage. Within. the State the need was accentuated by the fact that Wesleyan had determined to be solely a man's college; and in the mind of Wesleyan Alumna, and in the minds of friends whom she had gathered about her, the idea and purpose to have a woman's college within the State of Connecticut took root, assumed form, and became an established fact.
2. The Specific Need. There was further recognized the need of colleges specifically for women, which should definitely contemplate the tastes, talents, aptitudes, ambitions, potential service and possibilities of women in social, literary, educational, secretarial, business, professional and administrative positions; and should, coupled with the cultural and literary and scientific studies which serve as backgrounds and resources, those subjects and that training in them which give a vocational emphasis, and stimulate and equip the student to become in a sane, balanced and concrete fashion, both socially minded and socially efficient.
Courses coming under this description may be cited as those of home economics, fine arts, music, economics and sociology, secretarial studies and office practice, library science, physical education.
3. The Purpose and Ideal of the College. The effort to meet these needs generally and specifically is expressed in the purpose of Connecticut College, namely :
To offer college work of grade and value second to none; to offer technical work worthy of college credit ; to prepare for professional work in all branches where women are needed.
In short, to maintain, with high standards, and to conduct with highest efficiency, a curriculum prepared to develop each woman's peculiar talents toward her most effective life work.
4. The Practical Fulfillment of Purpose. The practical operation and demonstration of this purpose and ideal is seen in the inclusion in the curri- culum of the familiar college subjects-the ancient and modern languages and literatures, mathematics, chemistry, physics, botany, zoology, history, political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, psychology, education, biblical history, and literature; and, with their specific technical, vocational, artistic, domestic and social values, the following : Music, fine arts (including drawing, painting, design, interior decoration, mechanical drawing and cer- amics) home economics (including foods, nutrition, household management, institutional management), library, science, secretarial studies and office practice, physical education (required of all students throughout their course).
It should be noted that there are courses, in their respective departments, for the training of teachers in Latin, English, French, music, physical educa-
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tion, besides the courses in education ; courses in chemistry are, some of them, conducted with reference to their applications of that science, and a course in psychological chemistry, in its relation to home economics, is a particularly progressive and timely piece of work; that courses in mathematics, such as the theory of investment and statistics, have a direct practical value; that courses in economics and sociology are presented and prosecuted with sym- pathy toward, and understanding of, the instincts, interest and aptitudes and specific adaptability of women to social problems and social work.
The work in fine arts and in music is not merely theoretical, which method would tend to superficiality, but is also technical, coordinated, ex- pressional, creative. Thus action and accomplishment are elevated to their rightful place in granting full credit to studio work; and action (creative work) is seen to be as essential to any worthy sort of appreciation in the realm of art as laboratory work is essential for the correct evaluation and esteem of any science. In this policy certain results are already unmistakably evident. There has come to be: (a) a respect for the use of the hand; (b) a higher grade of work in the studio; (c) greater enjoyment and satisfaction in the work; (d) a realization that education does not mean cessation from all work of the hand.
5. Broad and Balanced Curriculum-Values and Results. Because of the breadth of opportunity in major subjects offered in the preceding list (the regularly accepted academic majors, complemented by a number of majors in technical courses we can demonstrate that :
(a) There is a much larger percentage of students who find courses that lead to direct activity and expression, than in other colleges.
(b) There is an appreciable increase in the educational value of the institution from the very distinct and varied types of mind and of person- ality that are attracted by a diversity of courses.
(c) There is a more liberal and appreciative academic student, who has learned that arts are not superficial, but fundamental; and a more cultured and better technical student, by reason of required courses in foreign lan- guage, English literature, science, history and social science.
The trustees and faculty are united and enthusiastic in the loyal under- taking of this program. They are convinced of its soundness, practicability, and high value. Their confidence and enthusiasm are justified by the superior quality and large number of students who have sought admission, a number which every year has exceeded the capacity of the college.
6. The college has attracted superior students in large numbers from several States. Students now enrolled in the college number approximately 380; the largest number, we believe, ever known in an American College in its seventh year. Students come from twenty-one different States. Several students have transferred from other colleges, to find in Connecticut College more nearly what they wanted and needed, than they could find elsewhere, and several girls have entered Connecticut College attracted by its offerings, who, from their early years, had fully purposed to enter other and older women's colleges. The college has graduated three classes, the class of 1919 with sixty-eight who received degrees, and the class of 1920 with sixty-
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nine who received degrees, and the class of 1921. We believe that no other college in America can cite such large figures for its first three classes.
7. Complete Student Self-government. No argument attempting to jus- tify the existence and service of the college would be complete that did not stress the value and significance of the system of full student self-government, granted by the faculty to the student body from the first. The system pro- vides for a complete control of all the life and activity of the students, except in strictly academic matters. It is organized as a representative democracy, and functions with reality, efficiency, good judgment, and we believe, with increasing success.
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