Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-18
A CORRECTION.
Establishment Of the Womans TO-.
'cge at Kents Hill
Docs Not H:an the Abolition Of the Seminary
Departm nts.

! Eonts Hill. Me, May T.-tSpeciaD.
The announcement Of the plans for the
woman's college AT Kents lin has given
many the false impression that the semi
! nary at Kcnt's Hin is to be discontinued
or at least that the seminary Is no longer
to admit young men. All such impress
sions II Is necessary to correct. inc
woman'g college is to be woman's col
lege In every sense of the word; but the
seminary. in the future as in the past,
Will he CoeduCationaI
| The scope OF the seminary has been In
no wise narrowed. ON the contrary, the
movement Tor the Womana college mas
resulted In the broadening and strength
, ming of the seminary I'm every line. me
school, as rtorGanzed. comprises: ID IN"
81 mihary proper. which offers 10 mature
students that do not wish to take II full
college preparatory and college course,
Tour years cours. combining the best Of
the preparatory school course with n
least two years Of work IN college sub
Jccta; t2p the preparatory school, hitting
for any college a scientific school; and CD
the ii. mcntary course of one year PIE
iiminary to the preparatory school or to
the seminary. Closely allied to these de
partmen:s are: The conservatory of mu-
sic the art school. the department Of or
atory. The department OF normal instrdc-
ton and the business col eye. The school
is provided with everything necessary for
doing the highest grade II work: commo-
ries a library Of eight thousand vol
uncs. The teaching force numbers fif-
teen, specialist FOR each subject taught.
Never has the schoo! been stronger than
at present. Now as 10 The wo.nans cot
lege: This Is not an absolutely new thing
lat Keats Inn. Ever siucc 1862. when IN,
school already forty years oId. received
IT'S h,w charter as the Maine Wesitya
Seminary and Female College" a course
Of four years IN the usual college subjects
has been offered a. young women. From
this colcg" course. aboui one hundred
ana III iN students have received the de-
gree Of \. b., but these students have
come chiefly from those who fitted for
college in the seminary course At Kcnt'a
I'M. aEd IL Is rnly recently that any at
tempt has been made 10 advertise tho col
logc course or to draw students that have,
fitted SrwhCre to the college.
From this attitude q rad. cal departure
Is now contemplated. The demand Tor Il
real woman's college Tor the women OF
Maine is now imperat tive; and those who
are striving 10 meet this demand see that
at Rents Hin. where "a firm foundation Il
already laid. college for the women of
Maine can most readily be established
being IN rap o manrc is pr yGa5e thar aaf
th,y Will provide fdr name distinct
faculty. separate buiNnss. separate en-
uowment.
But. while working flor The early real
ization OF these plans Tor the near future
l\ents Hill has proViScd for the imne-
date present At the opening Of thc fall
term. September third ktnt'S fi.u will
fer TO the young Wp1cn OF Maine 4 tail
up-to-date college CusiAc e,tual in soon,
and thoroIShneSs to Anything that they
can obtain elsewhere In the Stat. In
addition to the work Il ihc regular 20
l,ge subjects. college xCdcntS NAV take
work In the consrTvatok ut music. In tn,
art department ana In w. Gcpartm N, az
oratory,- opportunities afforded ~ 40
other college III The Sta a!vanc.,l
work in these dcparimarG viii bc counted
toward the college de gFatl. NM s4af,,,tftt..
howers, tn. work itai Ia % lone q
l.ee courses on.r total 81 h unttx
largely elective. Of which " prescribed
and elective, must le rora4 etcd for he
degree OF, \. D.: that i, q average Of
four studies term. tfrnS z hou, Jour
Years q three TERN terms each: 4 cauired for
for the realization Of muA elaborate
plans. the kent's Hilt Norhan'a Coll.S,a il
an assured fact.
Such. then. Is the new m6Vhuent ut
k.nts Hill: not an abandoning III one dc
partment for the sake Of .stlblAhinc an
other: but rather A builnng up II An a.
partments. an immediate rcsponA 10 IN.
demand Of the times. and a pfA 1r1tl,,
for a still more complete responsA In the
near future.