Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville,Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution,then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner Colby saw the institution renamed again to Colby University before settling on its current title,reflecting its liberal arts college curriculum. Approximately 2,000 students from more than 60 countries are enrolled annually. The college offers 54 major fields of study and 30 minors.
Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston,Maine. It is equidistant from the state capital,Augusta,to the north,and the cultural hub Portland to the south. Anchored by the Historic Quad,the campus of Bates totals 813 acres (329 ha) with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains 600 acres (240 ha) of nature preserve known as the "Bates-Morse Mountain" near Campbell Island and a coastal center on Atkins Bay. With an annual enrollment of approximately 1,800 students,it is the smallest college in its athletic conference. As a result of its small student body,Bates maintains selective admit rates and little to no transfer percentages.
The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium (CBB) is an athletic conference and academic consortium between three private liberal arts colleges in the U.S. State of Maine. The group consists of Colby College in Waterville,Bates College in Lewiston,and Bowdoin College in Brunswick. In allusion to the Big Three of the Ivy League,Colby,Bates,and Bowdoin,are collectively known the "Maine Big Three",a play on words with the words "Maine" and "main". The school names are ordered by their geographical organization in Maine.
Elaine Tuttle Hansen is an American academic administrator,scholar and university professor who served as the executive director of the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University from 2011 to 2018 and the 8th President of Bates College from 2002 to 2011.
Oren Burbank Cheney was an American politician,minister,and statesman who was a key figure in the abolitionist movement in the United States during the later 19th century. Along with textile tycoon Benjamin Bates,he founded the first coeducational university in New England which is widely considered his magnum opus. Cheney is one of the most extensively covered subjects of Neoabolitionism,for his public denouncement of slavery,involuntary servitude,and advocation for fair and equal representation,egalitarianism,and personal sovereignty.
Cobb Divinity School,founded in 1840,was a Free Will Baptist graduate school affiliated with several Free Baptist institutions throughout its history. Cobb was part of Bates College in Lewiston,Maine,United States from 1870 until 1908 when it merged with the college's Religion Department.
Parsonsfield Seminary,which operated from 1832 to 1949,was a well-known Free Will Baptist school in North Parsonsfield,Maine,in the United States. Also known as the North Parsonsfield Seminary,its preserved campus of four buildings is located on State Route 160 near the New Hampshire border. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Benjamin Edward Bates IV was an American rail industrialist,textile tycoon and philanthropist. He was the wealthiest person in Maine from 1850 to 1878,and is considered to have introduced both the Efficiency and Taylorism movements to the economy of Maine.
Clifton Daggett Gray was an American minister who served as the third President of Bates College from March 1920 to November 1944.
Charles Franklin Phillips was an American economist who served as the fourth President of Bates College from March 1944 to November 1967. Previous to his assumption of the Bates presidency,he was the deputy administrator of the U.S. Office of Price Administration from March 1937 to July 1941.
Lane Hall is a later 20th-century neoclassical building serving as the principal workplace and headquarters of the central administration of Bates College,located at 2 Andrews Road in Lewiston,Maine. It has been the principle administrative headquarters of every Bates president since Thomas Hedley Reynolds in 1964. Lane Hall was named after George Lane Jr.,who served as treasurer of the college and secretary of the corporation.
Franklin Bachelder Simmons was a prominent American sculptor of the nineteenth century. Three of his statues are in the National Statuary Hall Collection,three of his busts are in the United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection,and his statue of Ulysses S. Grant is in the United States Capitol Rotunda.
Ava Clayton Spencer is an American attorney and was the eighth president of Bates College. She previously served as the vice president for institutional policy at Harvard University from 2005 to 2012.
The Hezekiah Chase House is a historic house in United States Route 202 in the center of Unity,Maine. Built in 1826,it is a high-quality example of Federal architecture executed in brick. It is also notable as the birthplace of George Colby Chase,the second president of Bates College. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Bates family is an American political and banking family from Maine and Massachusetts whose members include a prominent member of the prestigious Hell Fire Club,the 26th U.S. Attorney General serving under Abraham Lincoln,the second Governor of Missouri,a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Arkansas,and a prominent textile tycoon who founded the Bates Manufacturing Company and Bates College in Lewiston,Maine. The family includes various merchants,politicians,inventors,clergymen,artists,and socialites.
The campus of Bates College includes a 133-acre main area,in Lewiston,Maine,and which is maintained by Bates College. It also includes a 600-acre Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area,and an 80-acre Coastal Center fresh water habitat at Shortridge. The eastern campus is situated around Lake Andrews,where many residential halls are located. The earliest buildings of the college were directly designed by Boston architect Gridley J.F. Bryant,and subsequent buildings follow his overall architectural template. The quad of the campus connects academic buildings,athletics arenas,and residential halls. The overall architectural design of the college can be traced through the Colonial Revival architecture movement,and has distinctive neoclassical,Georgian,and Gothic features. Many buildings are named after prominent abolitionists,politicians,businessmen,alumni,and academics.
The history of Bates College began shortly before Bates College's founding on March 16,1855,in Lewiston,Maine. The college was founded by Oren Burbank Cheney and Benjamin Bates. Originating as a Free Will Baptist institution,it has since secularized and established a liberal arts curriculum. After the mysterious 1853 burning of Parsonsfield Seminary,Cheney wanted to create another seminary in a more central part of Maine:Lewiston,a then-booming industrial economy. He met with religious and political leaders in Topsham,to discuss the formation of such a school,recruiting much of the college's first trustees,most notably Ebenezer Knowlton. After a well-received speech by Cheney,the group successfully petitioned the Maine State Legislature to establish the Maine State Seminary. At its founding it was the first coeducational college in New England. Soon after it was established,donors stepped forward to finance the seminary,developing the school in an affluent residential district of Lewiston. The college struggled to finance its operations after the financial crisis of 1857,requiring extra capital to remain afloat. Cheney's political activities attracted Benjamin Bates,who was interested in fostering his business interests in Maine. Bates donated installments of tens of thousands of dollars to the college to bring it out of the crisis.
The traditions of Bates College include the activities,songs,and academic regalia of Bates College,a private liberal arts college in Lewiston,Maine. They are well known on campus and nationally as an embedded component of the student life at the college and its history.
Nathan Cook Brackett (1836–1910) was an abolitionist,Free Will Baptist pastor,first president of Storer College,and chairman and co-founder of Bluefield State College.
Seth Hathorn (1780–1856) was a Maine philanthropist who made large donations to the founding of Bates College,Maine Central Institute,and the University of Maine.
