This observatory was a building of considerable size, erected by the students of Williamstown College, whose buildings might be se...en by daylight gleaming far down in the valley. It would be no small advantage if every college were thus located at the base of a mountain, as good at least as one well-endowed professorship. It were as well to be educated in the shadow of a mountain as in more classical shades. Some will remember, no doubt, not only that they went to the college, but that they went to the mountain. Every visit to its summit would, as it were, generalize the particular information gained below, and subject it to more catholic tests.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If any proof were needed of the progress of the cause for which I have worked, it is here tonight. The presence on the stage of th...ese college women, and in the audience of all those college girls who will some day be the nation's greatest strength, will tell their own story to the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do not think that a Physician should be admitted into the College till he could bring proofs of his having cured, in his own per...son, at least four incurable distempers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Here was a place where nothing was crystallized. There were no traditions, no customs, no college songs .... There were no rules a...nd regulations. All would have to be thought of, planned, built up, created--what a magnificent opportunity!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I never went near the Wellesley College chapel in my four years there, but I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity th...at school stuck us all with, a kind of glazed politeness in the face of boredom and stupidity. Tolerance, in the worst sense of the word.... How marvelous it would have been to go to a women's college that encouraged impoliteness, that rewarded aggression, that encouraged argument.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Placing too much importance on where a child goes rather than what he does there . . . doesn't take into account the child's needs... or individuality, and this is true in college selection as well as kindergarten.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Long before your child sets foot in his dorm, you'll begin the transition to college-style parent. It's a transition fraught with ...misgivings and exuberance, with self-doubt and bursts of confidence, with joyful letting go and tearful hanging on. And in case you think these refer only to your child's feelings, they don't. These [emotions] besiege just about every parent along about second semester of junior year in high school. That's when the reality sets in that your child--not someone else's this time--will be going off to college.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Face your own ambivalence about letting go and you will be better able to help you children cope with their own feelings. The insi...ght you gain through your own acceptance of change will bolster your confidence and make you a stronger college parent. The confidence you develop will be evident to your child, who will be able to move away from you without fear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »