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some part nt' the requirement is waived. In the 

 graduate department of the university opportunity 

 is given to graduates of this and oilier colic-. 



pursue courses of study leading to the . 



master of arts and doctor of philosophy. 



The faculty numbers 1C. members. (! of whom are 

 women. Additional instruction is given by II 

 members of the Adelbert ( 'ollcge faciill v. :! of Whom 

 have full charge of the science work, 'in IS!" 

 collect' enrolled 12S students, and the total number 

 graduated is ."><;. The charge for tuition and inci- 

 dentals is ST.") ;i year, and t.he price of board and 

 room in (iuill'onl House for the college year varies 

 from $200 to $400. The laboratory courses c,-dl for 

 small fees in addition. Certain annual scholarships 

 are awarded to students of high rank, by which they 

 are relieved of a portion of the tuition fee. 



Ellllira College, in Elmira. X. V.. was eliartered 

 in 1832 as Auburn Female University ; it was trans- 

 ferred to Elmira in 1853, and was opened for stu- 

 dents in 1835. In 1851 a meeting was called m 

 Albany to consider the founding of a college for 

 women which should hold rank with colleges for 

 men. It was resolved unanimously that the ell'ort 

 should be made, and at a subsequent meeting a 

 charter was secured for Auburn Female University. 

 In 1853 it was considered expedient to transfer the 

 institution to Elmira, where, under the financial 

 management of Simeon Benjamin who, as the 

 most generous donor to the college, is entitled to 

 be called its founder the main building was 

 erected and opened to students in 1855. For ten 

 years it was the only college established exclusively 

 for women that demanded the same advanced course 

 of study for the degree of bachelor of arts prevail- 

 ing in colleges in New York and in New England. 

 By the terms of the charter five of the principal 

 denominations must be represented in the board of 

 trustees, with the Presbyterian denomination in the 

 majority. The institution was opened with no en- 

 dowment, but moderate gifts have been received, 

 and by careful financial management a small, well- 

 invested endowment of about $100,000 is main- 

 tained, and about $200,000 more in fixed or unpro- 

 ductive proper! y. 



The grounds are well laid out, and furnish ample 

 accommodations for outdoor sports, while the lake 

 affords safe opportunity for boating and skating. 

 The main building, a large edifice of brick, occupies 

 a commanding site facing a campus of about ten 

 acres. The main front of the building measures 

 275 feet, and it is 5 stories high : it is commodious 

 and well arranged, offering more than 75 rooms for 

 students, besides ample space for chapel, parlors, 

 infirmary, recitation rooms, laboratory, art studios. 

 and gallery. The astronomical observatory, for- 

 merly belonging to the Elmira Academy of Science, 

 is equipped with a refracting telescope of 8i inches 

 aperture, a transit telescope, a sidereal clock, an 

 electric chronograph, and star charts. In an en- 

 largement of the observatory on the north side is a 

 museum containing mineralogical. geological, and 

 zoological collections and a lecture hall for micro- 

 scopic and spectroscopic work, for lantern exhibi- 

 tions, and popular scientific addresses. Directly 

 east of the main building in the campus is the 

 Gillett Memorial, given by Solomon L. Gillett. of 

 Elmira, for the use of the music school. This is a 

 2-story-and-attic brick structure, containing 22 

 rooms, isolated from one another by padded walls 

 and floors, and equipped with pianos. The gym- 

 nasium is in the main college building, as is also 

 the library, which contains about 6,000 volumes. 



The college curriculum presents two courses, the 

 classical and the scientific. The admission require- 

 ments, beginning with June, 1897, are alike for both 

 courses, and include examinations in English, geog- 



, _ . hi-tory, matin-mat n -. ph. : ..ii in, 



and (in-i-L lYi-para: ion m r'ivnc|i o 

 p'.-ent ing I wo \. 



in place of<; ivek, and candidates present h.. 

 tory certili'-atcs an- admitted without examination. 

 Admission to higher 

 bringing certificates from oth- 

 the ground already traversed by th. 



or upon passing a satisfactory examination it. 



Studies by the class it is desired to enter. The col- 

 lege has graduated I!7 classes, and llOslii'. 

 taken their first degree. The first president. I 

 A. \V. Cowles, Ii. 1 1.. LL D. ds.-.c, |s- ;i j n 



the faculty as president emeritus. The pp 

 president i.s Kcv. A. ('. .Mackenxic. I). 1). Th. 

 ulty numbers 11 members. <i of whom are women. 



Ill 1S!I<; | he college enrolled JOS students, in itscl;. 



including specials, with liO .students in the music 

 and art schools. The regular college charges, in- 

 cluding tuition and board, are s:!'M a year. 



Mount llulyoke College. South Hadley, M 

 is the outgrowth of Mount llolyoke Seminary, which 

 \\as founded in is:!i by Mary Lyon. a pioneer in 

 woman's education, through whose efforts men and 

 women of Xew England were interested in estab- 

 lishing a school that should give to girls gp 

 advantages than those offered at any existing insti- 

 tution. To give permanence to her enterpris, 

 placed the institution in the care of a board of trus- 

 who should manage the finances and to whom 

 she could go for counsel and aid. This boar-! 

 formed in 18o4, the charter was granted in 

 and in November. ls:j7. one large building was fin- 

 ished and the school was opened with SO students. 

 In 1841 a large addition was made to the building, 

 and in 185:! it was again enlarged, making accom- 

 modations for more than 200 students. The south 

 wing was extended in 1S63. and an addition con- 

 taining a gymnasium and a laundry connected the 

 two wings and completed the quadrangle. In 1S70 

 a library building was erected, connected with the 

 main building by an inclosed corridor, which, with 

 an addition ten years later, furnished accommoda- 

 tions for 40,000 volumes. While larger buildings 

 and better appliances were being introduced, the 

 curriculum had been enlarged from time to time, 

 until in 1888 the charter was amended and the 

 name changed to Mount llolyoke Seminary and 

 College. In 18!)3 a full college course was adopted, 

 a college charter was granted, and the institution 

 was given power to confer any degrees conferred by 

 any college in the State. 



The grounds comprise about 100 acres, on the east 

 and west sides of the main street in the village. A 

 broad lawn in front of the buildings is partly given 

 up to tennis. In the rear of the buildings open 

 fields descend to a brook that widens into Lake 

 Nonotuckon the south, where opportunity is offered 

 for boating and skating. The main dormitory, in- 

 cluding the gymnasium and reading room, was de- 

 stroyed by fire in September. 1896. but the I - 

 to be replaced by 5 new cottatre dormitories and a 

 main administration building, containing chapel, 

 offices, and music rooms. On the east side of the 

 street stands Lyman Williston Hall, erected in 

 1N7(>. It contains recitation rooms for various de- 

 partments, laboratories for botany and zoo. 

 cabinets of geology, mineralogy, ami /oology, and 

 the art gallery, which contains paintings by many 

 well-known American artists, copies from the old 

 masters, and collections of casts, ancient 

 bronzes, photographs, and engravings. The botanic 

 garden, covering about an acre, occupies the slope 

 toward the lake, east of Williston Hall, and is easi- 

 ly accessible to the laboratories. North of Willis- 

 ton Hall a tine building for chemistry and pi 

 has been erected recently. The physical laboratory. 



