National Christian College Day April 28
Diocesan Press Service. March 5, 1968 [63-10]
On National Christian College Day, April 28, Episcopal Churches throughout the country are being asked to emphasize the 11 four-year church-related colleges.
Activities of the Association of Episcopal Colleges on that day, which is the Second Sunday after Easter, will center in Delaware. Eight presidents of Episcopal-related colleges will speak in the Wilmington area, describing the need for religious orientation in higher education. The 11 colleges are small, private, primarily undergraduate, international and of a high academic standing.
These 11 Episcopal Colleges together enroll more than 6,200 students; they have 525 faculty members, over half of whom hold doctorates and they hold plant and endowment assets in excess of $200, 000, 000.
They include:
Bard College, a coeducational institution of 600 students located on the Hudson River at Annandale, N. Y. It is noted for its emphasis on the arts.
Cuttington College, the only liberal arts college in sub-Sahara Africa. It is located in Suacoco, Liberia and has a student enrollment of 225. It follows the American educational pattern.
Hobart College, a men's college with 1,050 students with a coordinate college for women, William Smith. Hobart and its coordinate college, located in Geneva, N. Y., stress the nature and history of western civilization in their curriculum.
Kenyon College, an 800-student college for men, located in Gambler, Ohio, Plans have been made for the addition of a coordinate college for women in 1969 and completion of the science center is another top priority project.
Saint Augustine's College, located in Raleigh, N. C. with a student body of 1,000. Saint Augustine's began its second century of operation this year. Matching funds for a new dormitory are being sought with a spring deadline to qualify for a federal grant.
Saint Paul's College, a coeducational college, located in Lawrenceville, Va. with student body of 560. It ranks first in southern Virginia in production of public school teachers.
Shimer College, a 400 student coeducational college located in Mt. Carroll, Ill. Plans for the future include the building of a new library and dining ball, converting present facilities into faculty offices and science facilities.
Trinity College, the largest of the Episcopal Colleges. It is located in Hartford, Conn. and has an enrollment of 1,150 men. Trinity is presently completing a Ford Foundation challenge campaign of $8.8 million. Its President, Albert C. Jacobs, has announced his retirement this summer and will be succeeded by Theodore N. Lockwood.
The University of the South, located at Sewanee, Tenn, with a student body of 837 men. Plans for the near future include the division of the university into two men's colleges after the completion of a new science complex.
Voorhees College, located in Denmark, S. C. with a student body of 600. It has recently become a four-year college and will graduate its first bachelor of arts candidates this June. It had previously been a junior college.
Newest of the Episcopal Colleges is Trinity College, Quezon City, the Philippines. The college, located near Manila, has an enrollment of 700.
The Association of Episcopal Colleges was established in 1963 to provide a medium of exchange between the colleges, to aid in the communication between church and college, and to serve as a fund raising center, enabling Episcopalians to support with one gift all Episcopal Colleges.