Question: What was the original name of the liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine that sponsors The Associated Kyoto Program?
Context: The Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) is an independent study abroad program for undergraduate students located in Kyoto, Japan on the Doshisha University campus.  It is a non-profit organization that is sponsored by 15 schools: Amherst College, Bates College, Bucknell University, Carleton College, Colby College, Connecticut College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, Pomona College, Smith College, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, Williams College, and Whitman College.  Program of study includes Japanese Language courses and electives focused on Japan’s cultural history. Campion College Australia is Australia's first liberal arts college, offering a Bachelor of Arts in the Liberal Arts.  It is the first tertiary educational liberal arts college of its type in Australia, and welcomed its first intake of students in February 2006.  The founding president was bioethicist Father John Fleming, and the first graduation ceremony was held in December 2008. A liberal arts college is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.  A liberal arts college aims to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum.  Students in a liberal arts college generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional humanities subjects taught as liberal arts.  Although it draws on European antecedents, the liberal arts college is strongly associated with American higher education, and most liberal arts colleges around the world draw explicitly on the American model. The Colorado College (CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, near the foot of the Rocky Mountains.  It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory.  The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90 acre campus, 70 mi south of Denver.  The college offers 42 majors and 33 minors, and has a student-faculty ratio of 10:1.  Famous alumni include James Heckman, Ken Salazar, Lynne Cheney, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Marc Webb, and Steve Sabol.  Colorado College had an acceptance rate of 15% for the Class of 2021, was ranked as the best private college in Colorado by Forbes, and was listed as tied for the 23rd-best National Liberal Arts College, and as the No. 1 Most Innovative Liberal Arts School, in the 2018 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges or universities with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts.  The "Encyclopædia Britannica Concise" offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum."  Although the genesis for what is known today as the liberal arts college began in Europe, the term is commonly associated with the United States.  Liberal arts colleges are found in countries all over the world as well.  See the list (link) of international members of the Association of American Colleges and Universities for other institutions offering liberal arts education programs. The Bowdoin Project (officially entitled What does Bowdoin Teach?  How a Contemporary Liberal Arts College Shapes Students) was an educational publication critiquing the educational practices of Brunswick-based liberal arts college Bowdoin College.  The publication, rebased in April 2013, garnered widespread media coverage for its critique of the college and more generally the liberal arts curriculum and overall practices.  The report called for educational reform, and provided critique of Bowdoin's academic, social, and educational practices.  The report was later dubbed "The Bowdoin Project" due to widespread media coverage, and has produced extended analysis of the school's academic and social program. Macalester College ( ) is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US.  It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college.  Its first class entered September 15, 1885.  Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,978 students in the fall of 2013 from 50 U.S. states and 90 countries.  In 2015, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked Macalester as tied for the 23rd best liberal arts college in the United States, 6th for undergraduate teaching at a national liberal arts college, and 19th for best value at a national liberal arts college. The University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) is a public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges located in Morris, Minnesota.  As part of the University of Minnesota system, it was founded in 1960 as a public, co-educational, residential liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts degrees. Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine.  Approximately 1,800 students from more than 60 countries are enrolled annually.  The college offers 54 major fields of study and 30 minors.  It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution until it was renamed after the city it resides in with Waterville College.  The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner Colby saw the institution renamed again to Colby University before concluding on its final and current title, reflecting its liberal arts college curriculum. Gustavus Adolphus College ( ) is a private, coeducational liberal arts college.  A four-year, residential institution, Gustavus Adolphus College was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  To this day the school retains Swedish and Lutheran heritage.  The premier event on campus is the annual Nobel Conference, which features Nobel Laureates and other scholars explaining their expertise to a general audience.  In 2015, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked Gustavus as the 64th best liberal arts college in the United States.  The college is ranked No. 38 for liberal arts colleges on Payscale's 2016-17 list of highest-paid graduates.
Answer: the Maine Literary and Theological Institution