54-1690: Carleton may refer to: Education establishments [ edit ] Carleton College , a liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States Carleton School in Bradford, Massachusetts, United States Carleton University , a university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Human names [ edit ] Carleton (surname) Baron Carleton Carleton (given name) Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Ontario [ edit ] Carleton (Ontario federal electoral district) (1867–1966, 2015–present) Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district) (1867–1995, 2018–present) Carleton County, Ontario (historic) Carleton Place, Ontario West Carleton Township, Ontario Carleton Ward of Ottawa, AKA College Ward New Brunswick [ edit ] Carleton, New Brunswick , now part of Saint John Carleton Parish, New Brunswick , in Kent County Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district) (1867–1914) Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1834–1974) Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1995–2014) Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district) (1995–present) Mount Carleton Mount Carleton Provincial Park Other provinces [ edit ] Carleton, Nova Scotia The Carleton ,
108-532: A Yale Divinity School graduate, who was hired as college president. Sallmon was opposed by conservative faculty members and alumni, and left the presidency by 1908. After Sallmon left, the trustees hired Donald J. Cowling, another theologically liberal Yale Divinity School graduate, as his successor. In 1916, under Cowling's leadership, Carleton began an official affiliation with the Minnesota Baptist Convention. It lasted until 1928, when
162-474: A Carleton-specific program, because full financial aid and academic credits can transfer to other programs, many students choose to study with other schools or organizations. Admission to Carleton has been categorized as "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report . The class of 2028 admittance rate was 17.9% of all applicants, making Carleton the most selective college in Minnesota. Carleton has
216-707: A building in Halifax, Nova Scotia Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island Carleton-sur-Mer 5th largest town of the Gaspésie's Baie des Chaleurs in Québec New Zealand [ edit ] Carleton, New Zealand , locality in the Waimakariri District United Kingdom [ edit ] Carlton, Bedfordshire , previously spelled Carleton Carleton, Copeland , a village near Drigg, Cumbria Carleton, Eden ,
270-463: A cup in one hand. In 1997, Sports Illustrated honored Rotblatt in its "Best of Everything" section with the award, "Longest Intramural Event". Rotblatt himself attended the game several times over the course of his life and appreciated the tradition. A highly visible campus tradition is "Friday Flowers", where students can purchase individual flowers from a local florist and place them in one another's mailboxes each Friday of term. This tradition
324-407: A distinctive "radiator" grill work on the exterior. Goodhue (1962) and Watson (1966) Halls were built as dormitories. At seven floors, Watson is the tallest building on campus. The West Gym (1964) and Cowling Gym (1965) were built to replace Sayles-Hill for indoor athletic facilities, originally for men and women respectively. East Carleton East Carleton is a village and civil parish in
378-417: A former Chicago White Sox pitcher. Although traditional intramural softball is still played at Carleton, the name "Rotblatt" now refers to a campus-wide annual beer softball game that is played with one inning for every year of the school's existence. The game begins at sunrise and lasts until the slated number of innings have been completed for that year. The only rule for gameplay is that all players must have
432-561: A music festival called Farmstock. Originally a small event with a picnic and acoustic music, the event has evolved into an all-campus affair, featuring the roasting of a whole pig and a full day of live music. The event takes place in the backyard of Farm House—Carleton's sustainability interest house—and is planned and organized by Farm students. The college campus was created in 1867 with the gifts of two 10-acre (4 ha) parcels from local businessmen Charles M. Goodsell and Charles Augustus Wheaton . The 1,040-acre (420 ha) school campus
486-484: A number of Carleton students have participated in Beer Olympics (BO). In recent years, over 100 students have competed. BO is a competition that spans two days and consists of a series of events involving chugging beer (usually Hamms ). These events include the frisbee, in which two students chug four beers out of a frisbee placed on the floor; the high-jump, in which a single student chugs up to eight beers out of
540-496: A one-story-tall beer bong ; and the 40-40, in which a student chugs a 40-ounce beer and runs a 40-yard dash. Every year, a commission of students is elected to plan and organize Beer Olympics. The commission rotates every year, and any changes to the rules must be ratified and explained in the Beer Olympics Manifesto, which as of 2019 was 11 pages long. Every spring since 1979, Carleton students have organized
594-539: A penguin and the graduating year. At the Frisbee Toss Ceremony, students write their name on the frisbee, gather on the Bald Spot in a circle and throw their discs. This officially marks the beginning of a student's time at Carleton. After the toss, each new student collects a disc and eventually returns it to the original owner in the hopes of making a new friend. Each spring term since at least 2002
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#1732773055881648-430: A settlement of 58 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Roger Bigod , Ralph de Beaufour and Ranulf de Peverel. The village has good examples of surviving Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Nineteenth Century residential architecture. According to the 2011 Census , East Carleton has a population of 343 residents living in 128 households. East Carleton falls within
702-410: A sketch comedy troupe, six a cappella groups, four choirs, seven specialized instrumental ensembles, five dance interest groups, two auditioned dance companies, a successful Mock Trial team, a nationally competitive debate program, and the student-run 24-hour KRLX radio station, which employs more than 200 volunteers each term. In five of the last twelve years, Carleton College students received
756-545: A strong history of enrolling students who are in the National Merit Scholarship Program , often enrolling more than any other liberal arts college in the nation. The class of 2026 included 38 National Merit Scholars. Carleton has been in the top 10 liberal arts colleges since 1997 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. For 2022, it ranks tied for 6th overall, 1st for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", and 21st for "Best Value". In 2019,
810-597: A village in Eden, Cumbria, on the edge of Penrith Carleton, Carlisle , a hamlet near Carlisle, England Carleton, Lancashire , near Blackpool East Carleton , Norfolk Carleton Rode , Norfolk Carleton St Peter , Norfolk Carleton, North Yorkshire near Skipton Carleton, West Yorkshire , a small village on the outskirts of Pontefract United States [ edit ] Carleton, Michigan Carleton, Nebraska Other [ edit ] Carleton Life Support , makers of scuba gear Carleton Ravens ,
864-409: A writing-rich course, three quantitative reasoning encounters (courses in which students work with quantitative data and arguments), language, international studies, intercultural domestic studies, humanistic inquiry, literary/artistic analysis, arts practice, science, formal or statistical reasoning, social inquiry, and physical education. The average class size at Carleton is 16 students. Carleton
918-512: Is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission . Students also have the option to design their own major. Ten languages are offered: Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. The academic calendar follows a trimester system in which students usually take three classes per 10-week term. Degree students are required to take an Argument & Inquiry Seminar in their first year,
972-487: Is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota . Founded in 1866, the 200-acre (81 ha) main campus is between Northfield and the approximately 800-acre (320 ha) Cowling Arboretum , which became part of the campus in the 1920s. The college offers courses from 33 major programs and 38 minor programs, and has the option for students to design their own majors. Carleton's varsity sports compete at
1026-426: Is a weekly satire publication, distributed on Fridays during convocation time. The magazine is printed in grayscale, on 8.5" x 11" paper instead of traditional newsprint. The CLAP is notable for accepting any and all student submissions, allowing any student to have their opinions and jokes published without censorship. Carleton has numerous student traditions and a long history of student pranks, including painting
1080-583: Is on a hill overlooking the Cannon River , at the northeast edge of Northfield. To the north and east is the 800-acre (320 ha) Cowling Arboretum , which was farm fields in the early years of the college. The 0.25-acre (0.10 ha) Jo Ryo En Japanese Garden is located behind Watson Hall in the center of the campus. Several of Carleton's older buildings have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Willis Hall ,
1134-597: Is on the NRHP. Replaced in function by the Gould Library in the 1950s, Scoville was adapted for administrative space. Four nineteenth-century buildings have been demolished. Gridley Hall (1882) was the main women's dormitory for many years, and was torn down in 1967 for construction of the Music and Drama Center. Williams Hall (1880) was the college's first science building, and was demolished in 1961. Seccombe House (1880)
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#17327730558811188-465: Is one of the few liberal arts colleges to run on the trimester system . The most popular majors, by 2023 graduates, were: Studying abroad is common at Carleton: 76% of the senior class of 2018 studied abroad at least once over their four years. Carleton offers a number of its own programs each year, which are led by Carleton faculty and available only to Carleton students. In 2017–2018, 17 such programs were offered. Although many students opt to go on
1242-491: The Washington Monthly ratings — using criteria of social mobility, research, and service — ranked Carleton the 24th best college in the liberal arts college category. In the 2019 Forbes ranking of 650 American colleges, which combines liberal arts colleges, service academies and national research universities, Carleton is ranked 52nd. Kiplinger's Personal Finance places Carleton 13th in its 2019 ranking of
1296-581: The English county of Norfolk . The village is located 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) east of nearby Wymondham and 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) south-west of Norwich . East Carleton's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for the settlement or farmstead of the freemen. In the Domesday Book , East Carleton is listed as
1350-675: The NCAA Division III level in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference . The school was founded in 1866, when the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches unanimously accepted a resolution to locate a college in Northfield. Two Northfield businessmen, Charles Augustus Wheaton and Charles Moorehouse Goodsell, each donated 10 acres (4 ha) of land for the first campus. The first students enrolled at
1404-577: The constituency of South Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Richard Bacon MP of the Conservative Party . For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk . East Carleton's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is a Nineteenth Century rebuilding of a Medieval church on the same site. St. Mary's features examples of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century stained glass including an Angel of Charity installed by James Powell and Sons and
1458-551: The 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States. Carleton was ranked 5th in the 2015 Brookings Institution list of "Four-Year or Higher Colleges With the Highest Value-Added With Respect to Mid-Career Earnings", with Carleton adding an estimated 43% in value, raising the predicted mid-career salary of $ 76,236 to $ 117,700. In a 2012 study of higher education institutions, Carleton
1512-461: The Baptists severed the relationship as a result of fundamentalist opposition to Carleton's liberalism, including the college's support for teaching evolution . Non-denominational for a number of years, in 1964 Carleton abolished its requirement for weekly attendance at some religious or spiritual meeting. In 1927, students founded the first student-run pub in the nation, The Cave . Located in
1566-609: The Best Delegation award at the World Model United Nations competition. In the 2013–2014 academic year, the school's team ranked among the top 25 in the nation. The Carletonian is the school's newspaper and was founded in 1877. It is distributed weekly on Fridays during the school year. The Cow Print is a satire magazine at Carleton, published and distributed fortnightly. It was founded in 1999. The Carleton Literary Association Paper (The CLAP)
1620-570: The English translation of Bertolt Brecht 's play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle , was performed in 1948 at Carleton's Little Nourse Theater. In 1963, Carleton students founded the Reformed Druids of North America , initially as a means to be excused from attendance of then-mandatory weekly chapel service. Within a few years, the group evolved to engage in legitimate spiritual exploration. Its legacy remains in campus location names such as
1674-400: The NRHP. Three connected western dorms were built for men: Burton Hall (1915), Davis Hall (1923), and Severance Hall (1928), and two residence halls were built for women: Nourse Hall (1917) and Margaret Evans Hall (1927). Evans Hall was notable for decades for its subdivision into adjacent columns of rooms off stairwells, rather than the more typical arrangement of floors of rooms on hallways. In
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1728-747: The Stone Circle (commonly called "the Druid Circle" ) and the Hill of the Three Oaks. Meetings continue to be held in the Carleton College Cowling Arboretum . President Bill Clinton gave the last commencement address of his administration at Carleton, on June 10, 2000, marking the first presidential visit to the college. Carleton is a small, liberal arts college offering 33 different majors and 37 minors, and
1782-584: The athletic teams that represent Carleton University in Ottawa Carleton's Raid , 1778 raid during the American War of Independence Carleton Corporation , defunct American software company See also [ edit ] Carlton (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Carleton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
1836-590: The basement of Evans Hall, it continues to host live music shows and other events several times each week. In 1942, Carleton purchased land in Stanton , about 10 miles (16 km) east of campus, to use for flight training. During World War II , several classes of male students went through air basic training at the college. Since being sold by the college in 1944, the Stanton Airfield has been operated for commercial use. The world premiere production of
1890-587: The building. Beginning in 1954, Willis served as the college student union, until it was replaced in 1979 by the Sayles-Hill Student Center, a converted gymnasium. Willis Hall now houses the Economics, Political Science, and Educational Studies offices. Goodsell Observatory , also on the NRHP, was constructed in 1887 and at the time was the largest observatory in the state of Minnesota. It was named for Charles Goodsell, who donated land for
1944-400: The business office. The Great Depression and World War II essentially ended the construction boom for two decades. Boliou Hall was built in 1949 in a modernist style, using yellow sandstone as a major element. It was enlarged using a similar style and materials in the early 1990s. The Library was built in 1956 in a similar style, but was expanded in a brick-based style in the mid-1980s. It
1998-412: The business/finance/sales sector. Over 10% work in either healthcare or higher education. Pre K-12 education accounts for about 9% of graduates. Carleton graduates with only a bachelor's degree have an average mid-career salary of $ 113,800, according to self-reported data from PayScale . Carleton typically enrolls about 2,000 students, with roughly equal numbers of women and men. As of 2016, 26.5% of
2052-418: The bust from Scoville Library while books were being transferred to the new library. "Schiller" resided in their dorm rooms for a period, only to have the bust taken from them. Possession of the bust escalated into an elaborate competition, which took on a high degree of secrecy and strategy. Schiller's public appearances, accompanied with a cry of "Schiller!", are a tacit challenge to other students to capture
2106-433: The bust. The currently circulating bust of Schiller was retrieved from Puebla , Mexico in the summer of 2003. In 2006, students created an online scavenger hunt, made up of a series of complex riddles about Carleton, which led participants to Schiller's hidden location. The bust was stolen from the winner of the scavenger hunt. At commencement in 2006, the holders of the bust arranged for Schiller to "graduate". When his name
2160-652: The campus. From the late 19th century to the end of World War II, Goodsell Observatory kept the time for every major railroad west of the Mississippi River , including Northern Pacific Railway , the Great Northern Railway , the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad , and the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway . Scoville Hall (originally Scoville Memorial Library ), completed in 1896,
2214-519: The college's water tower. Notably, a likeness of President Clinton was painted on the tower the night before his commencement speech in 2000. Early the following morning, college maintenance staff painted over it (although in his speech, Clinton mentioned his amusement and regret it had been covered before he could see it). A bust of Friedrich Schiller , known simply as "Schiller", has made regular, brief appearances at large campus events. The tradition dates back to 1956, when two students absconded with
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2268-526: The fall of 2012, Evans was heavily refurbished to modernize the internal layout and increase overall occupancy. Music Hall was built in 1914, and since the construction of the Music & Drama Center in 1967 has been referred to as Old Music Hall. Laird Stadium which stands at the site of the football and track field, was built in 1927. Leighton Hall (1920), originally built for the Chemistry department, now houses academic and administrative offices, including
2322-448: The first building on campus, was constructed from 1869 to 1872. Originally the hall contained the men's dormitory, classrooms, library, and chapel. The building was gutted by fire in 1879, after which it was entirely rebuilt within the existing stone shell. The original front of the building became the rear entrance with the construction of Severance Hall in 1928. As new buildings were constructed, various academic departments cycled through
2376-613: The fledgling institution in 1871. As a result, the Board of Trustees renamed the school, Carleton College , in his honor. The college graduated its first class in 1874, James J. Dow and Myra A. Brown, who married each other later that year. On September 7, 1876, the James-Younger Gang , led by outlaw Jesse James , tried to rob the First National Bank of Northfield. Joseph Lee Heywood , Carleton's Treasurer,
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2484-483: The preparatory unit of Northfield College in the fall of 1867. In 1870, the first college president, James Strong , traveled to the East Coast to raise funds for the college. On his way from visiting a potential donor, William Carleton of Charlestown, Massachusetts , Strong was badly injured in a collision between his carriage and a train. Impressed by Strong's survival of the accident, Carleton donated $ 50,000 to
2538-399: The president's office. Sayles-Hill was built as the first school gymnasium in 1910, and converted to a student center in 1979. The eclectic styles of the eight buildings that made up the college in 1914, when Donald Cowling became president, were replaced by a uniform Collegiate Gothic style for the nine buildings erected during his tenure. Skinner Memorial Chapel , completed in 1916, is on
2592-526: The total student population are domestic students of color, 10.9% are among the first generation in their family to attend college, and 83.5% are U.S. citizens from out of state. 10.2% of students are international , with the most represented countries being China (4.3%), South Korea (0.8%), India (0.7%), Canada (0.7%), and Japan (0.4%). The school's nearly 240 active student organizations include three theater boards (coordinating as many as ten productions every term), long-form and short-form improv groups and
2646-483: Was acting cashier at the bank that day. He was shot and killed for refusing to open the safe, foiling the attempt. Carleton later named a library fund after Heywood. The Heywood Society is the name for a group of donors who have named Carleton in their wills. In its early years under the presidency of James Strong, Carleton reflected the theological conservatism of its Minnesota Congregational founders. In 1903, modern religious influences were introduced by William Sallmon,
2700-517: Was called at the appropriate moment, the bust was pulled from behind the podium and displayed. In March 2010, the bust of Schiller appeared on The Colbert Report . The appearance was organized by custodians of Schiller who contacted Peter Gwinn , a Carleton alumnus who was a writer for the program. The bust also appeared on a Halloween broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion on Minnesota Public Radio. In 1964, Carleton students named an intramural slow-pitch softball league after Marv Rotblatt ,
2754-428: Was in the news after three students died in a car accident en route to a frisbee tournament in 2014. Students at the nearby St. Olaf College sent over Friday Flowers for each student's mailbox. Later that fall, after a St. Olaf student died, Carleton returned the gesture. Every first year student receives a frisbee on their first day of orientation. The design of the disc changes from year to year but always includes
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#17327730558812808-1133: Was listed as the most chosen as a peer institution, followed by Princeton and Oberlin . In the 2023–2024 school year, 14 Carleton graduates obtained a Fulbright grant from 54 applications. Among liberal arts colleges, the school is a "Top Producer of Fulbright Awards for American Students". Carleton has produced 75 Watson Fellows . Of those who applied, on average over 80% of Carleton graduates are accepted to medical school and about 90% to law school. Within five years of graduating, between 65% and 75% of graduates pursue postgraduate studies. The 15 most common graduate or professional schools attended by Carleton students are University of Minnesota–Twin Cities , University of Wisconsin–Madison , University of Michigan–Ann Arbor , Harvard , University of Chicago , University of Washington , Columbia , UC Berkeley , Northwestern , NYU , Yale , and Stanford . The most commonly pursued graduate programs are law, medicine, education, business administration, history, and chemistry. Over 20% of all Carleton graduates since 1990 work in
2862-707: Was renamed the Gould Memorial Library in 1995 for former President Larry Gould . Musser and Myers Halls were built in 1958 as men's and women's dorms respectively, in a bare-bones modernist brick style. Minoru Yamasaki , architect of the Northwestern National Life Building in Minneapolis and of the original New York World Trade Center , designed five buildings at Carleton in the 1960s. Olin Hall of Science (1961) has
2916-406: Was used for music instruction until 1914, and was located near the site of the current Skinner Chapel. The first observatory (1878) was replaced by Goodsell Observatory in 1887, and the old building was demolished in 1905 to make way for Laird Hall. Laird Hall was built for science classes in 1905; the classical-revival building now houses the English department and administrative offices, including
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