Wilson College - Conococheague Yearbook (Chambersburg, PA)

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VVILSON COIJ ,FGJ-7. ,. :3:'r?i If , i. . A ' EIIVE and twenty years ago, schools C :gg A ' . I...iurf!lI!innMllllllln.., for the higher education of women were almost an innovation, certainly gn experiment. Vassar was then ut in its infancy, VVellesley and Smith as yet not founded. The Womans College was not recognized as a potent factor in our civili- zation, but only as a target for thegwould-he wit of the newspaper reporter, or as an unsolved problem to the anxious hearts interested in the future of womanhood, and notwithstanding the wide-spread desire on the part of woman herself for the advantages so freely extended to her broth- ers, yet for years, in the face of keen opposition, too often, alas, from her own sex, the Woman's College had to apologize for its own f'being,U and fight its way to the place it now so proudly fills. It is a singular fact that women of means have as yet done little for the elevation of their own sex. While giving largely to men's colleges, but few institutions for women are the result of the appreciative intelligence and generous support of wealthy women. ' -II-

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. V - . 3.1-. ,hi COLLEGE CALENDAR, '94-95. Term of '94, September 25, Tuesday.. .. .. ... November 29, Thursday . .... . . December 14. Saturday Evening.. llecember 21 to january S . .... . .First Term Began. .Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Concert. Vacation. Term ot '95. lfebruary 5, Tuesday . .... .. February 5, Tuesday Evening February 7, Thursday . March 29 to April I6.. First Term Ends. Reception. Second Term Begins. Vacation. Nune 9 to I2 .... ...Commencement VVeek. 5 une 9, Sunday .... .. .. . ..Baccalaureate Sermon. Qune ro, Monday Evening . . ..Co1nmencement Concert june 11, Tuesday Morning .. ...Annual Meeting of Alumnae. . lune 1 I. Tuesday Afternoon .. ..Class Day. June 12, Vlfednesday, A ro A. M. ..Commencement. U une 12, Xvednesday Evening.. . .Senior Reception. :une I2 to September 24 .. .. . ..Vacation. September 24, Tuesday .. . . .First Term Begins. -..:fQq:lrl.liHal,tfygW , , sfsit' ' ,Q fl P- go' - if fc- ff' Z --' ' kifz. -fl' flyyyvrz ,Ula ' Q-Q,-545' 51' ,..- 6-4-4 tio-

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ld if I ywlgon College is proud of the fact that she owes her existence to a woman. The money which purchased, enlarged andequipped the Col- lege buildings was generously donated by a resi- dent of 'Franklin county, Miss Sarah Wilson, whose name the .College justly bears. She made it possible that in this beautiful Cumberland Val- ley-in' a region famed for its natural beauties, its healthful atmosphere and great historic interest -should be founded an institution whose influence should go forth with its students to all ,parts of our land, and be felt even beyond the seas, where, on many foreign shores, Wilson graduates are carrying the teachings and lessons of their beloved Alma Mater. The College was opened in September, I87O, as a chartered institution, under the control of a Board of Trustees, several names of the original members appearing in every subsequent Catalogue to the present day. The first president was Dr. Tryon Edwards, of Hagerstown, Md., through whose interest and influence the money for the founding of the Col- lege was obtained. Dr. Edwards, a great-grand- son of jonathan Edwards, was a man of sound learning, and of no limited reputation as a thinker, theologian and author. Aided by an able Eaculty, a curriculum was adopted, and strictly adhered tO, which formed at once a basis for a liberal -121 .