Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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v their diplomas, and from that time forth the number of graduates rapidly increased year by year. When the preparatory school was moved from the original building to a vacated female seminary in 1805, the college might be considered to have acquired its first building, but Painter Hall, which was erected in 1815, is the oldest college building now standing. It had been hoped that the state would furnish aid to the college, but the petition sent in 1810 resulted in words of praise for the efforts of the founders, but no pecuniary aid was forthcoming. The financial situation during these years was precarious, but through the labors of the men who had set their hearts upon the establishment of an institution of higher learning at Middlebury, the college was able to continue its existence. From the very beginning Middlebury has been strongly influenced by Yale uni- versity. A majority of the trustees were Yale men, graduates of that institution formed the greater part of the faculty, and Dr. Dwight, the president of Yale, was one of the most enthusiastic friends of the college. He made three visits to Middlebury and on his return from the third trip praised the college highly, terming the stu- dents . . . as virtuous a collection of youths as can be found V in any seminary in the y world. The story of the first half century of the Z college is one of flnan- 5 y cial struggles, for the if institution was forced Q to depend almost en- - tirely upon private gifts. ff' fs g I The success of her Zz ' W ? graduates, however, L I j 1 finally enabled the col- T le e to 'XD21l'1tl Tl A 4155 g c 1 . ic ?, 4 discussion as to the ad- 0 i t . . y ,, mission of women be- 7 fic gan in 1870, but it was not until 1883 that the institution became co- educational. In 1902 the trustees took up the question of the segrega- tion of the two col- leges. But it was not until the fall of 1931 that the two colleges actually began separa- tion - the women of the class of 1935 being admitted to what is called the Women's College at Middlebury. DR. JIZRIZMIAH A'rwA'r1zR, Preriflenl 1800 - X

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E U r Y AWA V-'.!-e P Founded 111 1800 by a group of Connecticut Green Mountains Middlebury stands today one o the oldest colleges in the United States. Especially rich in tradition, her gradual growth has rc ected the spirit of the founders through- out the years Painter Hall, erected in 1815, is the oldest college building in Vermont. Here L f' Uh 1 nllvgv men with the' ideal of a Yale College in the Q f ,I 1, .30 K , .. 1, were the original dormitory and administrative facilities, until the structure we now call Old Chapel was built in 1836. The construction of Starr Hall in 1861 completed Old Stone Row. As the campus was improved to la-ep pace with the development of the college, we find a rapid increase of equipment at the turn of the cen- tury. The first quarter of this century saw the addition of eight new buildings, including the library, later enlarged, science buildings, gym- nasium, dormitories for men and for women, Mead Memorial Chapel, and the Chateau, all designed and located to give Middlebury a most beautiful campus in New England