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WOMEN'S COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES. 



the denominational preferences of students, but the 

 officers in charge consider themselves under obliga- 

 tions to conform to the moral standards and religious 

 usages of the Methodist Church, under whose aus- 

 pices the institutions were established. Although 

 the college was founded only four years ago, it has had 

 to enlarge its accommodations year by year to meet 

 the growing demand. The endowment is $102,500. 

 The college grounds embrace 20 acres adjacent to 

 the city of Lynchburg, reached by a line of electric 

 cars. Facilities are provided on the campus for ten- 

 nis, croquet, and basket ball. The site chosen for the 

 main college building is a commanding elevation on 

 Rivermont Avenue, surrounded by beautiful moun- 

 tain scenery. The main building has a frontage of 

 364 feet, with large extensions in the rear. It was 

 designed after careful consideration of the needs of 

 a completely equipped college, and examination of 

 the best college plants for women in the North. 

 Lecture rooms are provided for the languages, the 

 natural sciences, mathematics, philosophy, music, 

 and art ; laboratories for chemistry, biology, physics, 

 and psychology ; a gymnasium and appliances for 

 physical culture : an asti'onomical observatory, a 

 chapel, a dining hall, and dormitories, all heated, 

 lighted, and ventilated after approved modern 

 plans. The library hall is named from its donors 

 The Jones' Memorial Library. 



The requirements for admission for students one 

 year below the freshman gmde include preparation 

 in English through grammar and elementary rheto- 

 ric ; in Latin through an elementary grammar, and 

 the first four books of Qatar's "Gallic War." or its 

 equivalent; in mathematics through equations of 

 the second degree, with as much geometry as is con- 

 tained in the first three books of Euclid. 



The subjects in which instruction is given in the 

 college are English, Latin, Greek, German, French, 

 mathematics, chemistry, geology and mineralogy, 

 physics, biology, philosophy, pedagogy, music, art. 

 elocution, and physical culture. The courses of 



ADAMS HALL OF SCIENCE, ROCKFOHU COLLEGE 



study lead to the degrees of bachelor of letters, 

 bachelor of arts, and master of arts. An elective 

 s vs| cm has been deemed preferable to the curricu- 

 lum, as it affords an advanced student having spe- 

 cial aims the privilege of pursuing a desired course, 

 and it enables the faculty to assign suitable work to 

 those who are without uniform preparation, or who 



can not remain long enough to complete the full 

 course required for a degree. Each student is en- 

 rolled in her appropriate classes after conference 

 with the pr sident and the professors, and, as the 

 work of each class is satisfactorily completed, she 

 receives a certificate therefor. When the entire 

 course of instruction in any subject is completed, a 

 graduate diploma in that subject is issued, and when 

 all the courses leading to any one degree are satis- 

 factorily completed the student receives the degree, 

 whether she has attended one year or six. The 

 usual time is four years. 



The faculty including professors of music, art, 

 and elocution, and the director of physical culture 

 numbers 18, and of this number 8 are women. The 

 president is William W. Smith. The expenses of 

 the college for one year are $250, exclusive of books 

 and laboratory material. The number of students 

 enrolled in Lw6 was 159, and the first 2 students 

 were graduated in that year. 



Rockford College, Rockford, 111., was incorpo- 

 rated in February, 1847, as Rockford Seminary, 

 under a charter that granted full collegiate power. 

 In 1882 students completing the college course re- 

 ceived the degree A. I>. In 1891 the seminary course 

 was discontinued, and in 1892 the trustees decided 

 to have the name of the institution legally changed 

 to Rockford College, that it might properly describe 

 the work of the school. This change was accord- 

 ingly made. It was founded by Congregationalists 

 and Presbyterians, but is cow nbnsectarian. Miss 

 I'hebe T. SutliiT is president of the college, and the 

 various departments are under the supervision of 

 women trained in English and American colleges. 

 The grounds are extensive. The main building, 

 consisting of 3 large halls and their connections, 

 contains single and double rooms for teachers and 

 ,-tinlriits, the dining room, recitation rooms, the 

 general library, the reading room, and the chapel. 

 Memorial Hall, a smaller dwelling house, is simi- 

 larly equipped, and is for the use of students who 

 wish to reduce their expenses. 

 Adams Hall, for science, contains 

 the laboratories (biological, phys- 

 ical, chemical, and mineralogi- 

 cal), a cabinet with geological, 

 mineralogical, botanical, and zo- 

 ological specimens, and a studio 

 with a fine collection of casts 

 from the antique and modern. 

 The college has also a collection 

 of several thousand photographs, 

 engravings, and illustrations in 

 the study of sculpture, painting, 

 and architecture, and a fine-art 

 library. The laboratories are 

 well supplied with all apparatus 

 necessary for both individual and 

 class work. The library con- 

 tains about 8.000 volumes, and 

 the students have access also to 

 the public library, which con- 

 tains more than 30,000 volumes, 

 and the college reading room is 

 supplied with newspapers and 

 periodicals. The gymnasium, in 

 Sill Hall, is 40 by 80 feet, and is 

 complete in all its appointments. 

 The Sargent system of work is 

 followed, based on the prin- 

 ciple of individual development, under the con- 

 stant supervision of a teacher trained by Dr. Sar- 

 gent. 



The requirements for entrance embrace examina- 

 tion in the common branches, Latin, history, mathe- 

 matics (including algebra and geometry), physical 

 geography, or zoology with laboratory work, or 





