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MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 941 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOUNT See also:HOLYOKE See also:COLLEGE , the See also:pioneer institution in See also:America for the higher See also:education of See also:women, situated in the See also:village of See also:South See also:Hadley, See also:Massachusetts, near Mount Holyoke. It was founded by See also:Mary See also:Lyon (q.v.), and was chartered as Mount Holyoke See also:Female See also: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 See also:Dwight Memorial See also:art See also:building (1901), a library building (1905), the See also:John See also:Payson Williston See also:observatory, botanical gardens (1901), a gymnasium, a See also:hospital, and seven See also:residence halls. For under-graduates the college offers two years of See also:work in prescribed courses in Latin, See also:Greek, See also:French, See also:German, See also:English, See also:history, Biblical literature, profane literature, physics, and See also:chemistry, and two years of work in elective courses; for graduates it offers one See also:year of advanced work, including courses in education designed for those preparing to See also:teach. To make college expenses 2 The loss of men by accidents to the See also:machines, punctures, &c., has been shown in manoeuvres to be nearly negligible. lighter and to " promote a spirit of See also:democracy and of See also:consideration for others " every student See also:helps either in housework or in the See also:academic departments. In 1908—1909 the college had See also:Ito instructors and 748 students.

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