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Carleton College: The First Century
The story of Carleton is the story of a pioneer "New England college in the Middle West." It is the chronicle of a small, struggling liberal arts college founded with missionary zeal by Minnesota Congregationalists a hundred years ago [as of publication in 1966]. From its humble sectarian beginnings, the institution has gown in the intervening years to a position of national leadership in the intellectual life of the country as a whole.
Since its humble beginning in what was once a shabby hotel in Northfield, Carleton has acquired a beautiful and extensive campus and erected upon it 28 major buildings. It has moved forward under five presidents in the span of a century; for 86 years of that time only three presidents directed its destinies. The continuity of educational leadership provided by their uniquely long terms of office has had a marked effect on the steady upward progress of the College. Mainly through their prodigious efforts and determination the fledgling "Northfield College" which at first had literally to beg for daily sustenance now has total assets of $37,000,000.
In the Centennial Year of 1966, the College is observing with appropriate events--symposiums, lectures, concerts, and exhibitions--the upward sweep of a full (remarkably full) hundred years. Symbol of this celebration and record of its raison d'etre is this volume of "The Centennial History of Carleton College."
Since its humble beginning in what was once a shabby hotel in Northfield, Carleton has acquired a beautiful and extensive campus and erected upon it 28 major buildings. It has moved forward under five presidents in the span of a century; for 86 years of that time only three presidents directed its destinies. The continuity of educational leadership provided by their uniquely long terms of office has had a marked effect on the steady upward progress of the College. Mainly through their prodigious efforts and determination the fledgling "Northfield College" which at first had literally to beg for daily sustenance now has total assets of $37,000,000.
In the Centennial Year of 1966, the College is observing with appropriate events--symposiums, lectures, concerts, and exhibitions--the upward sweep of a full (remarkably full) hundred years. Symbol of this celebration and record of its raison d'etre is this volume of "The Centennial History of Carleton College."
489 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1966
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October 2, 2008I love the way this history was written. Factually based, but with an anecdotal feel to the writing. It very much encompasses the spirit of what Carleton was, is, and always will be to anyone who has been touched by this school - whether current student, alumnus/a, friend of the College, professor, or staff.
May 4, 2011
Carleton College sent me this tome of Carleton history, not unlike Hogwarts: A History, the summer before my freshman year. I actually read it. And enjoyed it.
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