
Campus History, Randolph-Macon College
in Campus History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011), 128 page(s),
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- Abstract / Summary
- Randolph-Macon College was founded as a Methodist-related college in 1830 near Boydton in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. After the Civil War, the college moved along the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad tracks to the wooden buildings of a bankrupt resort hotel north of Richmond in Ashland, Virginia. The college was soon known for such innovations as required physical education. Pres. W. W. Smith expanded Randolph-Macon into a system of five institutions, including the women's college in Lynchburg, Virginia. Pres. Robert Emory Blackwell instilled the college philosophy of "hand cultivation" of students, which is still followed today. After World War II, Pres. J. Earl Moreland began building the modern campus. In 1966, African American students were admitted, and though town girls took classes as early as 1893, the college became fully coeducational in 1971. Today the college has grown to over 1,200 students and although still grounded in the liberal arts, majors range from accounting to women's studies.
- Field of Interest
- American History
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2011 by Virginia E. Young
- Content Type
- Book
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- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- URL
- http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=9780738587141
- Page Count
- 128
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Place Published / Released
- Charleston, SC
- Subject
- American History, History, American Studies, Early National Era (1790-1828), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829-1859), Civil War (1860-1865), Reconstruction (1866-1876), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876-1913), World War I & Jazz Age (1914-1928), Depression & World War II (1929-1945), Post-war Era (1945-1960), The Sixties (1960-1974), Late Twentieth Century (1975-2000), Colleges and universities, Primer Perídodo Nacional (1790-1828), Início do Nacionalismo Norte-Americano (1790-1828), Expansão e Seccionalismo (1829-1859), Expansión y Sectarismo (1829-1859), Guerra Civil (1860-1865), Guerra Civil Norte-Americana (1860-1865), Restauración (1866-1876), Recontrução (1866-1876), A Gilded Age e a Reconstrução (1876-1913), La Edad Dorada y la Época Progresista (1876-1913), Primera Guerra Mundial y Época de Jazz (1914-1928), Primeira Guerra Mundial e a Era do Jazz (1914-1928), Depressão e Segudna Guerra Mundial (1929-1945), Gran Depresión y Segunda Guerra Mundial (1929-1945), O Pós-Guerra (1945-1960), Época de Posguerra (1945-1960), Los Años Sesenta (1960-1974), Os Anos Sessenta (1960-1974), Finales del Siglo Veinte (1975-2000), Final do Século XX (1975-2000), Ashland, VA, Virginia
- Series / Program
- Campus History
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Primer Perídodo Nacional (1790-1828), Início do Nacionalismo Norte-Americano (1790-1828), Expansão e Seccionalismo (1829-1859), Expansión y Sectarismo (1829-1859), Guerra Civil (1860-1865), Guerra Civil Norte-Americana (1860-1865), Restauración (1866-1876), Recontrução (1866-1876), A Gilded Age e a Reconstrução (1876-1913), La Edad Dorada y la Época Progresista (1876-1913), Primera Guerra Mundial y Época de Jazz (1914-1928), Primeira Guerra Mundial e a Era do Jazz (1914-1928), Depressão e Segudna Guerra Mundial (1929-1945), Gran Depresión y Segunda Guerra Mundial (1929-1945), O Pós-Guerra (1945-1960), Época de Posguerra (1945-1960), Los Años Sesenta (1960-1974), Os Anos Sessenta (1960-1974), Finales del Siglo Veinte (1975-2000), Final do Século XX (1975-2000)