Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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ntenni l a Time to Pause - and Reflect - This year we pause to celebrate Bates' first century of service in fostering intellectual curiosity and academic achievement. We stop to reflect on the col1ege's progress, and to reexamine its goals. We look ahead to what the second century will bring, believing that only through a liberal education can a person truly free him- self 5 that only through education can he gain a greater under- standing of himself as an individual, and as a member of his world. 3

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These Are the Men OREN BURBANK CHENEY H816-19033 Oren Burbank Cheney created Bates because he ardently believed that freedom and power were available only to the learned indi- vidual. Originally the pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church in Augusta, Cheney, a clear thinker and creative educator, became Bates' first president in 1864. An independent and courageous man, he hurdled many obstacles and criticisms in building his railway to the moon. Ebenezer Ixnoxxlton. next to President Cheney, was probably the most efficient and influential of the men associated with the founding of Bates. Speaker of the state legislature, and later a member of Congress. he gave up his political career to Hght for completion of the Blaine State Seminary, later to become Bates College, and acceptance of its charter, which he himself wrote. BENJAMIN EDWARD BATES H808-18785 Through his gifts totaling S200,000, Benjamin Edward Bates was a key figure in bringing Bates College into existence. A Boston merchant, Mr. Bates was also influential in soliciting the Financial aid of many of his friends. Wfhen the crash of 1873 caused many of the potential donors to withdraw their pledges, Mr. Bates was largely responsible for putting the college on a firm financial basis. 4