Barrington College - Torch Yearbook (Barrington, RI)

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Harrington Zollcge December 2, 1960 when BarringTon College-received iTs regional accrediTa- Tion from The New England AssociaTion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Bar- ringTon had Taken a big sTep in TaiTh and God had blessed Them wiTh success. The campus has grown a greaT deal in The lasT TourTeen years. FirsT, There was The renovaTion of The buildings on The grounds for The Music and AThleTic DeparTmenTs. NexT, came The TormaTion of The Science and MaThemaTics DeparT- menT in 1958. Then in 1960 our TirsT new building, Woodward Hall, was con- sTrucTed. The DeparTmenT of InTernaTional STudies was formed in 1962. Also in The same year The new EasTon Dining Hall opened To The sTudenTs and Faculiy. Now in 1964 we see The compleTion of anoTher new dormiTory. BarringTon has noT even begun To ap- proach iTs climax of growTh. The oppor- TuniTies-Tor our fuTure expansion are unlimiTed. We need only To move ahead wiTh TaiTh. Woodward Hall .T T. T.. T. T T. N ..yy1EgQ,?g. EasTon Dining Hall 5 fa Winn Hall I5