The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-30
GIRLS COLLEGE
 OPENS IN 1915
Science Building, Refectory, Lecture Hall and Three !. DOrInitOrieS Will Be
 Ready.
SYKES TELLS OF PROGRESS
Statement of Endowment Re- ceived and of the Future
 Needs.

New London, Dec. 3O.-Connecticut College for Women will open it's doors for the reception of students in Sep tember, 1915 A science hall. a re- factory and lecture hall and three dor mitories, each accommo dating 40 stu dents and to be known as Plant, Blackstone and Allyn halls, are to be . built this spring. The estimated cost of the science hall is $110s 900; the re- factory will cost $a0,OOO;l the dormf- tories $50,q0O each. Plant and Black stone halls are the gifts of Commo- dore Morton F. Plant, who has also endowed the college with fund of $1, 1,OO0,O0o. The completion of the other buildings will be effected through funds that the college now has or is assured of.
 A statement of the progress and needs of the institution, the funds on hand, and the future requirements as to buildings, scholarships and loan funds, library and 1ecturesTips are embodied in a concise pamphlet which is now being prepared for distribution by President Frederick H. Sykes. The contents offer the most complete statement of the college situation yet published
 It includes the following state ment:
 A spacious and beautiful site has been acquired; and ample endowment for present needs has been given, as- Suring the maintenance of the co1- 1ege for all time; the scope of instruc- tion has been defined and the condi- tfons of entrance and requirements for degrees have been determined; gener- al plans for a college of thousand students have ben dreawn and the detailed plans of the initial group of buildings. integral units in this scheme of the whole, have been ap- proved; construction of five buildings f1a c 111f1nriZ0d od To fnr idences and instruction at the open ing of the college and their comple- ton is assured. Connecticut college will open in September, 1915.
 Site of Connecticut College.
 A compact. site of $40 acres within the city limits of New London, distant about a mile from the station of the New Haven road and easily accessible by trolley. It includes a command ing building site and campus over looking the Thames, the sound and the sea; river frontage, woodland, gar den and farm land; an estate sufficient for all conceivable present and future needs, acquired by purchase and gifts.
 Funds of Connecticut College.
 Subscription by indi-
 vfduals, corporations,
 or societies, s 134,259 5S Gift of the city of New
 The M. F. Plant en-
 dowment, 100000 %
 
 Total $1,184,259 5S
 Invested Funds. Plant endowment $1,OOO,OoO % Other investment bonds ,427 50 Cash in bank, 65,740 77|
 Scope of Instruction.
 A college in the accepted academic sense, in It's full provision for lam guages and 1iteratures history and so- cial sciences, physical and biological sciences.
 college of education, to train teachers of secondary schools and spe- .cfaI teachers of various arts
 A technical college planned to de- velop as fully as means are given it the technical and professional educa- tion of women.
 Admission and Program of Studies
 The successful completion of sec ondary education admits any qualified student to Connecticut college
 The program of studies affords the foundation of a liberal education to all students; provides specialization in an elective major group; and allows free electives in partial fulfillment of requirements for degrees.
 Progress and Needs.
 Buildings under way, with approxi- mate cost:
 First college building. Sci
 ence hall, $11O,ooo Refectory and lecture hall 80 900