Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . nergy, he threw the whole force of hisbusiness capacity. This was ten years beforeMatthew Vassar publicly expressed the hopethat he might be the instrument in thehands of Providence of founding and per-petuating an institution which shall accom-plish for young women what our colleges areaccomplishing for young men. By con-sent of the friends of Auburn University,the change of location was decided upon,and in 1855 the Legislature of New Yorkgranted a charter to Elmira Female Col-lege. In 1890, by decree of the court, theword Female was dropped.
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . nergy, he threw the whole force of hisbusiness capacity. This was ten years beforeMatthew Vassar publicly expressed the hopethat he might be the instrument in thehands of Providence of founding and per-petuating an institution which shall accom-plish for young women what our colleges areaccomplishing for young men. By con-sent of the friends of Auburn University,the change of location was decided upon,and in 1855 the Legislature of New Yorkgranted a charter to Elmira Female Col-lege. In 1890, by decree of the court, theword Female was dropped. The Legis-lature gave the new college an appropriationof ten thousand dollars, which is the firstinstance of State aid for the collegiateeducation . of women. Mr. Benjaminreleased the sum of twenty-five thousanddollars which he advanced to the college,yet making this novel condition, that thesame interest should be paid as before, forthe formation of a continued from that day to this Elmira Collegehas been actually endowing Augustus W. Cowles, , President Emeritus. The building was completed and dedicatedin September, 1855; and in October of thesame year the college opened with alarge number of students. At the first commencement in 1859, di-plomas were presented in alphabetical order •ifwflflKT i T ->» I Elmira College. 104 ELMIRA COLLEGE. [August, to seventeen candidates for the degree ofBachelor of Arts. Thus Miss Helen M. received the first diploma from thehand of the president. This diploma, re-cently presented to the college by MissAyres, is believed to be the first ever givenby a womans college. Mr. Benjamin, whose gifts, extendiDgthrough the first ten years of the collegehistory, amounted to the sum of eightythousand dollars, as a condition of hislegacy, requested the Board of Trustees toplace the college under the care of the Synod of Geneva. The synod accepted thecharge, and the college was frequen
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