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MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 941 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE , the
pioneer
  institution in America for the higher education of women, situated in the
village
  of
South
  Hadley, Massachusetts, near
Mount
  Holyoke. It was founded by Mary Lyon (q.v.), and was chartered as
Mount
  Holyoke Female
Seminary
  in 1836 (opened in 1837), but the name was changed to Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Besides the recitation halls and laboratories there are. the Dwight Memorial art building (1901), a library building (1905), the John
Payson
  Williston
observatory
 , botanical gardens (1901), a gymnasium, a
hospital
 
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, and seven residence halls. For under-graduates the college offers two years of
work
  in prescribed courses in Latin, Greek, French, German, English, history, Biblical literature, profane literature, physics, and chemistry, and two years of
work
  in elective courses; for graduates it offers one year of advanced work, including courses in education designed for those preparing to teach. To make college expenses
2 The loss of men by accidents to the machines, punctures, &c., has been shown in manoeuvres to be nearly negligible.
lighter and to " promote a spirit of democracy and of consideration for others " every student helps either in housework or in the academic departments. In 19081909 the college had Ito instructors and 748 students.


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