The story of the life and work of Oren BCheney, founder and first president of Bates college . ^^e *{J s^yt^S /£^™^ ^^Z^€^. k^£^ EARLY COLLEGE DAYS CO-EDUCATION INTERWOVEN INCIDENTS XII In 1863 President Cheney was honored by theconferring upon him by Wesleyan University ofthe degree of Doctor of Divinity. This was atimely expression of appreciation. Whatever ofdignity a title can bestow came to his aid in hisearly work as College President. There are reasons why the times were favorableto founding a college. Beginnings are necessarilysmall. Under any circumstances there would befew students i
The story of the life and work of Oren BCheney, founder and first president of Bates college . ^^e *{J s^yt^S /£^™^ ^^Z^€^. k^£^ EARLY COLLEGE DAYS CO-EDUCATION INTERWOVEN INCIDENTS XII In 1863 President Cheney was honored by theconferring upon him by Wesleyan University ofthe degree of Doctor of Divinity. This was atimely expression of appreciation. Whatever ofdignity a title can bestow came to his aid in hisearly work as College President. There are reasons why the times were favorableto founding a college. Beginnings are necessarilysmall. Under any circumstances there would befew students in the first classes. The continualenlistment of young men and the distraction ofthought connected with the Civil War haddiminished the numbers in all schools ; thereforethe nucleus of a college at Bates attracted lessattention than it would have received under othercircumstances. The year 1863 was the darkest time of the came the Emancipation Proclamation, withits prophecy of success. In the same month whenthis went into effect,—January, 1864, the changedcharter was received from the Maine Legislature,conf
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