Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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, 0 » Opening Student Life Athletics Director, Year In Review Editor-in-Chief Russell Beck Senior Executive Editor Michael S. Blum Junior Executive Editor Kevin A. Schack Associate Editor Jordan S. Handler Business Manager Mark S. Brenman Copy Editors Ronnie L. Lipman Susan B. Wilner Design Editors Heidi A. Schnitzer Caroline M. Fohlin Photography Editor Marcus Nadler Section Editors Jessica Bussgang Michelle Dizon Pam Fleming Cara Giuliani Barri Hope Gordon Maury Jayson Mark Kesslen Stephon Kopp Yvette Max Karen Merdinger Lorelei Mucci Phyllis Perskie Sharon Weinstock Lisa Wolf

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Photo Varden Studios Growing Up With TUFTS T ufts College was born in 1852. Built on Walnut Hill, donated by Charles Tufts, the College has grown up from a small hill top school founded by a group of Universal- ists into one of the most prestigious schools in the nation. Incorporating their ideals of brother¬ hood and optimism, the Universalists applied their philosophy in establishing a beacon of knowledge for men to ponder the complexities of mankind. Hosea Ballou II, the first president, was dedicated to a dream of putting a “light on the hill.” It was in its early stage when Ballou started the expansion of Tufts which has pro¬ gressed and matured into the university of today. Ballou Hall, as the only building on campus, served many purposes. It not only housed a stu¬ dent body of seven and a faculty of four, but also the Admissions, the Registrar’s and president’s offices, the library, the dormitory, the cafeteria and the classrooms. While it was a far cry from the Tufts we know today, with a population of 5000 and a multitude of buildings, a one struc¬ ture college did have its advantages. Where else could one find such an exceptional student fa¬ culty ratio, know their entire graduating class and never have to venture out into the cold New England winters? Since the beginning, Tufts College has been a unique academic institution. It was the first Universalist venture into higher education and their first institution that was not coeducational. Chauvinistic reasons did not guide the decision to exclude women from the original college; rather, it was a lack of substantial funds, a prob¬ lem that still plagues Tufts today. By 1892, Tufts agreed to admit a female population, and the men have been much happier since. The addition of women on campus was followed in 1898 by the establishment of the College of Engineering. Both of these were dedicated to the very same dream of expanding Tufts horizons. 4