Lawrence College bulletin . any city in the state except Madisonand Milwaukee. HISTORY Lawrence is one of the oldest colleges in the Northwest,having been founded in 1847 by Amos A. Lawrence of Boston,Mass. It was established to lift the standards of education,elevate the tone of morals, and provide opportunities for ad-vanced education in a section of our country that stands muchin need of it. Its founder provided that its work should bedeveloped on a basis sufficiently broad to develop the schol-ar. From the first it had a good attendance of students andduring the sixty years since it opened
Lawrence College bulletin . any city in the state except Madisonand Milwaukee. HISTORY Lawrence is one of the oldest colleges in the Northwest,having been founded in 1847 by Amos A. Lawrence of Boston,Mass. It was established to lift the standards of education,elevate the tone of morals, and provide opportunities for ad-vanced education in a section of our country that stands muchin need of it. Its founder provided that its work should bedeveloped on a basis sufficiently broad to develop the schol-ar. From the first it had a good attendance of students andduring the sixty years since it opened for instruction has hadmany thousands of young people study within its walls. Gen-erous friends have come forward to increase its endowment,building after building has been erected, attendance has in-creased until now it is second to no institution of college rankin Wisconsin, either in number of students, size of faculty,courses of study offered, or facilities for a thorough educa-tion extended. LAWRENCE COLLEGE BULLETIN. LAWRENCE COLLEGE BULLETIN THE BUILDINGS lias an excellent equipment of buildingsfor an institution which does only undergraduate of them have been built in recent years and arethoroughly up-to-date. They are as follows: 1. College Hall, used for recitation purposes. 2. Stephenson Hall of Science, containing laboratories andmuseum. 3. The Alexander Gymnasium, thoroughly equipped withapparatus, baths, etc. 4. The Library, a recent building and one of the finest col-lege libraries in the country. 5. The Observatory, containing a large and small tele-scope, and other equipment. 6. Brokaw Hall, recently erected as a Y. M. C. A. and boysdormitory. It is a most excellent building and thoroughlyequipped. 7. Ormsby Hall, a beautiful dormitory for women. 8. Ormsby Annex, a dormitory for women. 9. Peabody Home, a dormitory for women. 10. Smith Home, a dormitory for women. 11. The Presidents House, a home for the president ofthe college. 12. Peabody
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