Connecticut College ( Conn ) is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut . Originally chartered as Thames College , it was founded in 1911 as the state's only women's college , a response to Wesleyan University having closed its doors to female students in 1909. The college became coeducational in 1969, adopting its current name.
116-655: Conn is a four-year residential undergraduate institution with approximately 1,700 students. Students choose courses from 41 programs, including interdisciplinary pathways and centers, with a majority choosing to study abroad . The college is situated on a hill located adjacent to the Thames River . In 1982, Conn was inducted as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), where its athletes compete as part of NCAA Division III . Connecticut College
232-486: A barrister in London. Rupert practiced law, specialising in equity law and conveyancing . He married Helen Leech (1839–1932) on 8 August 1863 at Hyde Unitarian Chapel, Gee Cross . Helen was the daughter of Jane Ashton (1806–1884) and John Leech, a wealthy cotton merchant and shipbuilder from Stalybridge . Helen's first cousins were siblings Harriet Lupton ( née Ashton) and Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde . It
348-738: A 70-years-after-death limit. Hill Top Farm was opened to the public by the National Trust in 1946; her artwork was displayed there until 1985 when it was moved to William Heelis's former law offices in Hawkshead , also owned by the National Trust as the Beatrix Potter Gallery . Potter gave her folios of mycological drawings to the Armitt Library and Museum in Ambleside before her death. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
464-646: A Victorian Genius (2008). In 1971, a ballet film was released, The Tales of Beatrix Potter , directed by Reginald Mills, set to music by John Lanchbery with choreography by Frederick Ashton , and performed in character costume by members of the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera House orchestra. The ballet of the same name has been performed by other dance companies around the world. In 1992, Potter's children's book The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
580-596: A book. In 1997, the Linnean Society issued a posthumous apology to Potter for the sexism displayed in its handling of her research. Potter's artistic and literary interests were deeply influenced by fairy tales and fantasy. She was a student of the classic fairy tales of Western Europe as well as stories from the Old Testament , John Bunyan 's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe 's Uncle Tom's Cabin . She grew up with Aesop's Fables ,
696-728: A campus at two universities - the University of Western Australia and Curtin University. Residential colleges or Halls of Residence in New Zealand are common across the country's universities, particular for housing first year students. University of Auckland has 6 Halls , while University of Otago in Dunedin has a particular strong set of colleges modelled on the Oxbridge system. Each of Otago's 15 colleges has its own distinctive 'personality', history, and traditions. In Italy ,
812-639: A cappella groups. Women's groups are The ConnChords, The Shwiffs, and Miss Connduct. The Co Co Beaux is the male group. The coeducational groups include the ConnArtists, Vox Cameli, and the Williams Street Mix. Composer and violinist Margaret Jones Wiles founded and conducted the Connecticut College Orchestra when she taught at the college during the 1950s. The college radio station ( WCNI 90.9 FM ) broadcasts
928-584: A decision to hold a college fundraiser at the Everglades Club , a social club and venue that has longstanding accusations of discrimination against black and Jewish people. Students occupied the administrative building, Fanning Hall, for ten days, senior staff publicly resigned, and faculty voted no confidence in her. Students also organized a march around campus in support of Jewish and minority peers, with many students calling Bergeron racist and anti-Semitic. On March 24, 2023, after negotiation with faculty,
1044-520: A few days. In some parts of the world it simply refers to any organized on-campus housing, an example being University of Malaya . A prominent model for residential colleges is the Oxbridge model at the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge , where the colleges are legally independent constituents of the universities that are both residential and teaching institutions. This model
1160-681: A member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division III in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). There are a total of 28 varsity athletics teams at Conn. The twelve men's sports include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and water polo. The fifteen women's sports consist of basketball, cross country, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, sailing, soccer, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. In 2014,
1276-841: A more independent process of reproduction. Rebuffed by William Thiselton-Dyer , the Director at Kew, because of her sex and amateur status, Potter wrote up her conclusions and submitted a paper, On the Germination of the Spores of the Agaricineae , to the Linnean Society in 1897. It was introduced by Massee because, as a woman, Potter could not attend proceedings nor read her paper. She subsequently withdrew it, realising that some of her samples were contaminated, but continued her microscopic studies for several more years. Her work
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#17327867720771392-458: A number of small-scale residential communities are formed within the dormitories to link studies and life together. GIST College has gained positive outcomes in undergraduate students' dormitory life as well as university life as a whole. Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Heelis ( née Potter ; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( / ˈ b iː ə t r ɪ k s / BEE -ə-triks ),
1508-542: A nursing trust for local villages and served on various committees and councils responsible for footpaths and other rural issues. Soon after acquiring Hill Top Farm, Potter became keenly interested in the breeding and raising of Herdwick sheep , the indigenous fell sheep. In 1923 she bought a large sheep farm in the Troutbeck Valley called Troutbeck Park Farm , formerly a deer park, restoring its land with thousands of Herdwick sheep. This established her as one of
1624-677: A pioneer of character merchandising. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy , making him the oldest licensed character . Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District , developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Potter's study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in
1740-482: A pleasant intelligent race, but I should think awkward to live with... the language is past description." Potter had been a disciple of the land conservation and preservation ideals of her long-time friend and mentor, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley , the first secretary and founding member of the National Trust . According to the National Trust, "she supported the efforts of the National Trust to preserve not just
1856-410: A residential college and a dormitory is often considered to be that while a student lives in a dormitory for a year, they are a member of a college for their entire student life, even when not living in the dormitories associated with that college: "Residential colleges are collegia in the original sense: societies, not buildings, and their members may reside anywhere". However, as can be seen above, this
1972-525: A revered naturalist and amateur mycologist, during a summer holiday in Dunkeld in Perthshire in 1892. He helped improve the accuracy of her illustrations, taught her taxonomy , and supplied her with live specimens to paint during the winter. Curious as to how fungi reproduced, Potter began microscopic drawings of fungus spores (the agarics ) and in 1895 developed a theory of their germination . Through
2088-658: A small fraction of the university population. By point of comparison, the colleges at the Australian National University provide a mix of the above and a singular focus on the provision of accommodation and Monash University provides a college experience, but mostly without any academic support, the exception is the affiliated Mannix College. St Catherine's College in Western Australia is the first residential college in Australia to have
2204-462: A variety of music, including polka , blues , and Celtic music shows. A 2,000 watt transmitter installed in 2003 reaches much of the lower New England region. Connecticut College has two student newspapers in which students handle all aspects of production: reporting, editing, ad sales, management, photography, layout, multimedia, and design. The College Voice is an editorially independent print and online bi-weekly publication, and The Conntrarian
2320-575: A village in the Lake District. Over the following decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913, at the age of 47, she married William Heelis (1871–1945), a respected local solicitor with an office in Hawkshead . Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. She continued to write, illustrate, and design merchandise based on her children's books for British publisher Warne until
2436-456: A way to earn money in the 1890s, Potter printed Christmas cards of her own design, as well as cards for special occasions. These were her first commercially successful works as an illustrator. Mice and rabbits were the most frequent subject of her fantasy paintings. In 1890, the firm of Hildesheimer and Faulkner bought several of the drawings of her rabbit Benjamin Bunny to illustrate verses by Frederic Weatherly titled A Happy Pair . In 1893,
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#17327867720772552-459: Is a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall university. The term residential college is also used to describe a variety of other patterns, ranging from a dormitory with some academic programming, to continuing education programs for adults lasting
2668-439: Is also the case for three of the newer colleges at Oxford, which are formally "societies" of the university. The University of Roehampton has four colleges (all founded in the 19th century) that joined to form the university. The teaching of the university takes place within the colleges, with academic departments being associated with a particular college. Roehampton colleges are, therefore, both residential and academic, but with
2784-493: Is an invaluable source for understanding a vibrant part of British society in the late 19th century. It describes Potter's maturing artistic and intellectual interests, her often amusing insights into the places she visited, and her unusual ability to observe nature and to describe it. Started in 1881, her journal ends in 1897 when her artistic and intellectual energies were absorbed in scientific study and in efforts to publish her drawings. Precocious but reserved and often bored, she
2900-720: Is an online opinion publication and a member of the Collegiate Network . The Student Activities Council (SAC) runs events including club fairs, school dances, concerts, and off-campus excursions. SAC is also responsible for Floralia, the annual spring concert. Recent Floralia artists have included Misterwives , Cash Cash , RAC , and St. Lucia . Unity House is the college's multicultural center which promotes, supports, educates, and implements multicultural awareness programs on campus. It supports various affinity, activist, and performance student groups. The Feminist Resource, Education, & Empowerment (F.R.E.E) Center (formerly
3016-433: Is generally followed and many universities, including Yale and Harvard , also follow Durham in keeping teaching centralised. There is also a split between fully collegiate universities (e.g. the University of Notre Dame , where all freshmen are put in one of the 31 residential colleges ) and those (e.g. Northwestern University ) where not all students are members of colleges. Another variant at some US universities
3132-674: Is located in the middle of the campus. The student center houses the Connecticut College bookstore (which doubles as a small convenience store), the campus post office, the Oasis Snack Shop, and the campus bar, Humphrey's (formerly The Cro Bar). There are also student services offices as well as faculty offices and performance spaces for the Dance department. The Charles E. Shain Library was originally dedicated in 1976 and
3248-905: Is named after former College President Charles Shain. It was renovated, expanded, and re-dedicated in 2015. The renovation was honored by the American Institute of Architects with a 2015 New England Honor Award in the category of Preservation. In 2016, LibraryJournal named the library a New Landmark Libraries Winner. Performance spaces on campus include: Palmer Auditorium, Tansill Theater, housed in Hillyer Hall; Myers Dance Studio, housed in Crozier-Williams College Center; Harkness Chapel; and Evans Music Hall, Fortune Recital Hall, and Oliva Hall, all located in Cummings Art Center. Palmer Auditorium
3364-492: Is not common to all variants of the residential college system. In addition, the members of a residential college are usually expected to eat their meals together, as a unified body. Standard dormitories tend to have residents who move between dorm complexes every year, and who eat in dining halls largely mixed with residents of other dormitories. However, residential colleges can be self-catering (e.g. Josephine Butler College, Durham ), yet still clearly identified as colleges. In
3480-803: Is only now being properly evaluated. Potter later gave her other mycological and scientific drawings to the Armitt Museum and Library in Ambleside, where mycologists still refer to them to identify fungi. There is also a collection of her fungus paintings at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Perth, Scotland, donated by Charles McIntosh. In 1967, the mycologist W. P. K. Findlay included many of Potter's beautifully accurate fungus drawings in his Wayside & Woodland Fungi , thereby fulfilling her desire to one day have her fungus drawings published in
3596-624: Is owned by Warne , The Tailor of Gloucester by the Tate Gallery , and The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by the British Museum . Beatrix Potter was the first to recognise that content—as we now call the stuff that makes up a book or a film—was only the beginning. In 1903, Peter hopped outside his pages to become a patented soft toy, which gave him the distinction of being not only Mr. McGregor‘s mortal enemy, but also becoming
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3712-410: Is residential colleges that do not cover all years at the institute, e.g. Princeton University 's system of mandatory residency the first two years, with an option to move outside one's residential college as an upperclassman, or Cornell University 's West Campus House System, which only takes sophomores and above, with most upperclass students either living off campus or in dorms unaffiliated with
3828-516: Is used for denominational religious services, as well as for ceremonies, concerts and recitals, weddings, and other public functions. The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is also located on campus, and while some classes are taught there, it is not part of the College itself. The museum's website states that "the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, furniture, and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American art from
3944-577: Is worth $ 500 million today. In the process, she created a system that continues to benefit all licensed characters, from Mickey Mouse to Harry Potter." The largest public collection of her letters and drawings is the Leslie Linder Bequest and Leslie Linder Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. (Linder was the collector who—after five years of work—finally transcribed Potter's early journal, originally written in code.) In
4060-626: The Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room. The Lear Center has more than fifty book, manuscript, and art collections including research archives devoted to Rachel Carson , Eugene O'Neill, and Beatrix Potter . The Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room serves both as a quiet reading area and as the permanent exhibition space for the Chu-Griffis Art Collection. The student center is "The College Center at Crozier-Williams" (often shortened to "Cro"), and
4176-539: The United Kingdom and Ireland follow a variety of models. In Oxford and Cambridge , a residential college combines both the residential and part of the academic aspects of the university in one location. "Tutorials" (Oxford) or "supervisions" (Cambridge) are generally given within the college, but lectures are organised by the wider university. In most universities in the UK with residential colleges – Durham (from
4292-788: The University of Oklahoma , the University of California, San Diego , and the University of California, Santa Cruz . Many other institutions use the system as well. At the University of Virginia , students may apply to live in one of three residential colleges; acceptance rates vary widely. In 2001 Vanderbilt University decided to convert to a residential college system. Since that time, Vanderbilt has built and renovated residential facilities to suit this program, including The Commons for first-year students and several colleges for upper class students. At UC Santa Cruz and San Diego, all majors are available to students of any college, but each college has its own curricular requirements, especially with regard to general education. Collegiate structures in
4408-531: The University of Toronto and York University have a well-established collegiate system including a number of "federated colleges" and "constituent colleges". Initially, the University of Victoria maintained a system of residential colleges (including Craigdarroch College and Lansdowne College) built around central courtyards, before adopting a more centralized residential system which is now made up of Permanent Halls (e.g., Ring Road Hall) and Common Rooms. Other Canadian universities with residential colleges include
4524-462: The University of Waterloo , the University of Western Ontario , the University of Manitoba , the University of British Columbia , Trent University and its colleges, Paton College at Memorial University of Newfoundland . Three Canadian residential colleges are distinguished by being for graduate students rather than undergraduates — Green College, Vancouver and St. John's College, Vancouver colleges at UBC, and Massey College, Toronto at
4640-667: The Winslow Ames House . Connecticut College's two principal libraries are the Charles E. Shain Library and the Greer Music Library, which is located in the Cummings Arts Center. The Shain Library houses a collection of more than 500,000 books and periodicals and an extensive collection of electronic resources. It is also home to The Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, and to
4756-470: The 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth by showing that she was "far more than a 19th-century weekend painter. She was an artist of astonishing range." In December 2017, the asteroid 13975 Beatrixpotter , discovered by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst in 1992, was renamed in her memory. In 2022, an exhibition, Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature , was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Research for
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4872-586: The 18th through 20th centuries." The collection is housed in a neo-classical building designed by Charles A. Platt . Connecticut College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education ; it has been so continuously by NECHE or its predecessor since December 1932. The college's academics are organized into thirty-one academic departments and seven interdisciplinary programs with forty-one traditional majors plus opportunities for self-designed courses of study. Starting with
4988-407: The 19th century) along with Kent , Lancaster and York (from the 1960s) – formal teaching is carried out only in academic departments. Their colleges are primarily residential and the focus for social and sporting activities, as well as for student welfare. In these universities, the colleges are (with the exception of two early 20th century colleges at Durham) owned by their parent university; this
5104-584: The 20 acres (8.1 ha) Castle Farm across the road from Hill Top Farm. She visited Hill Top at every opportunity, and her books written during this period (such as The Tale of Ginger and Pickles , about the local shop in Near Sawrey and The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse , a wood mouse) reflect her increasing participation in village life and her delight in country living. "Hill Top is to be presented to my visitors as if I had just gone out and they had just missed me." —Statement by Potter in her will to
5220-660: The National Trust, including over 4,000 acres (16 km ) of land, sixteen farms, cottages and herds of cattle and Herdwick sheep. Hers was the largest gift at that time to the National Trust, and it enabled the preservation of the land now included in the Lake District National Park and the continuation of fell farming. The central office of the National Trust in Swindon was named "Heelis" in 2005 in her memory. William Heelis continued his stewardship of their properties and of her literary and artistic work for
5336-566: The National Trust. Owning and managing these working farms required routine collaboration with the widely respected William Heelis. By the summer of 1912, Heelis had proposed marriage and Potter had accepted; although she did not immediately tell her parents, who once again disapproved because Heelis was only a country solicitor. Potter and Heelis were married on 15 October 1913 in London at St Mary Abbots in Kensington . The couple moved immediately to Near Sawrey , residing at Castle Cottage,
5452-455: The Trust for seven years until the National Trust could afford to repurchase most of the property from her. Potter's stewardship of these farms earned her full regard, but she was not without her critics, not the least of which were her contemporaries who felt she used her wealth and the position of her husband to acquire properties in advance of their being made public. She was notable in observing
5568-564: The US based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. Forbes ranked Connecticut College 162th overall in its 2023 list of 650 liberal arts colleges, universities and service academies; 45th among liberal arts schools, 65th in the Northeast, and 90th among private colleges. Connecticut College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Students live under
5684-801: The United States, as in many collegiate universities in the UK, the academic and residential functions of the residential college system are normally separated, with the colleges primarily as residential and social units. Although residential colleges in some universities offer some classes, these offerings supplement the offerings of the major academic which have separate facilities. Other US institutions not mentioned above that have residential colleges include Binghamton University , Furman University , Murray State University , Rice University , Washington University in St. Louis , University of Miami , Central Michigan University , Southern Methodist University ,
5800-764: The United States, the largest public collections are those in the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia , and the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University . In 2015, a manuscript for an unpublished book was discovered by Jo Hanks, a publisher at Penguin Random House Children's Books, in the Victoria and Albert Museum archive. The book The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots , with illustrations by Quentin Blake ,
5916-496: The University of Toronto. In Australia , colleges perform different functions at different universities. Colleges at the University of Melbourne , University of Sydney , University of Queensland, University of Adelaide, University of Tasmania and the University of Western Australia provide academic, sporting and cultural programs in addition to those offered by their parent institution and each individual college has its own personality, history and traditions. However, they only serve
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#17327867720776032-503: The Women's Center) provides a space for programming and events concerning gender issues. The LGBTQIA Resource Center serves queer students and their allies by providing a supportive space, resource library, social events, and educational programming. It also hosts several student organizations. In August 2013, Campus Pride named Connecticut College one of the top 25 LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. The College's teams participate as
6148-584: The academic organisation on very different lines from Oxford and Cambridge. The University of London and the University of the Highlands and Islands are federal universities whose colleges are independent teaching institutes (some, in the case of London, being universities in their own right) rather than residential colleges. The University of the Arts London is similarly organised, with six constituent teaching colleges, except that these are all owned by
6264-455: The basis of Potter's future career as a writer-artist-storyteller. In 1900, Potter revised her tale about the four little rabbits, and fashioned a dummy book of it – it has been suggested, in imitation of Helen Bannerman 's 1899 bestseller The Story of Little Black Sambo . Unable to find a buyer for the work, she published it for family and friends at her own expense in December 1901. It
6380-476: The board of trustees, and ad-hoc student groups, Bergeron announced that she would resign at the end of the Spring 2023 semester, one year before her contract was to expire. On June 30, 2023, her last day in office, the board of trustees awarded her the title of President Emerita. On July 1, 2023, Leslie Wong began service as interim president of the college. Andrea Chapdelaine , then-president of Hood College ,
6496-678: The central university rather than being joined in a federal structure. The University of Dublin (founded 1592) in Ireland has only one constituent college, Trinity College Dublin , which is thus effectively the whole university rather than a residential college. The University of St Andrews in Scotland contains three colleges, but these have neither a teaching nor residential role. Many universities in Canada have collegiate systems similar to those in British collegiate universities. For instance,
6612-471: The children of her former governess Annie Carter Moore, particularly to Moore's eldest son Noel, who was often ill. In September 1893, Potter was on holiday at Eastwood in Dunkeld , Perthshire. She had run out of things to say to Noel, and so she told him a story about "four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter". It became one of the most famous children's letters ever written and
6728-406: The city of New London and its residents, along with a number of wealthy benefactors. The college sits on a former dairy farm owned by Charles P. Alexander of Waterford. He died in 1904 and his wife Harriet (Jerome) Alexander died in 1911. Their son Frank sold a large part of the land to the trustees to found Connecticut College. The Hartford Daily Times ran an article on October 12, 1935, marking
6844-478: The class of 2020, students at Connecticut College participate in a new interdisciplinary general education curriculum called Connections. Its most popular majors, by 2021 graduates, were: Psychology (44), Economics (36), Political Science & Government (34), Biology/Biological Sciences (27), and Neuroscience (22). Connecticut College has a history of undergraduate research work and students are encouraged to make conference presentations and publish their work under
6960-430: The college's 20th anniversary: "On September 27, 1915, the college opened its doors to students. The entering class was made up of 99 freshmen students, candidates for degrees, and 52 special students, a total registration of 151. A fine faculty of 23 members had been engaged and a library of 6,000 volumes had been gathered together." The college became co-educational in 1969, as President Charles E. Shain claimed that there
7076-506: The college's 85-year-old student-adjudicated honor code . The honor code underpins all academic and social interactions at the college and creates a palpable spirit of trust and cooperation between students and faculty. Other manifestations of the code include self-scheduled, non-proctored final exams. In a typical year, the college enrolls about 1,850 men and women from 40 to 45 states, Washington, D.C., and 70 countries. Approximately forty percent of students are men. The fall 2019 student body
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#17327867720777192-467: The connections of her uncle Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe , a chemist and vice-chancellor of the University of London , she consulted with botanists at Kew Gardens , convincing George Massee of her ability to germinate spores and her theory of hybridisation . She did not believe in the theory of symbiosis proposed by Simon Schwendener , the German mycologist, as previously thought; instead, she proposed
7308-457: The country, and both children became adept students of natural history . In 1882, when Dalguise was no longer available, the Potters took their first summer holiday in the Lake District , at Wray Castle near Lake Windermere . Here Potter met Hardwicke Rawnsley , vicar of Wray and later the founding secretary of the National Trust , whose interest in the countryside and country life inspired
7424-437: The countryside. As children, Potter and Bertram had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. In their schoolroom, Potter and Bertram kept a variety of small pets—mice, rabbits, a hedgehog and some bats, along with collections of butterflies and other insects—which they drew and studied. Potter was devoted to the care of her small animals, often taking them with her on long holidays. In most of
7540-409: The duties of land management and her diminishing eyesight made it difficult to continue. Potter died of pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey at the age of 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust . She is credited with preserving much of the land that now constitutes the Lake District National Park . Potter's books continue to sell throughout
7656-530: The exhibition identified the man's court waistcoat c. 1780s, which inspired Potter's sketch in The Tailor of Gloucester . There are many interpretations of Potter's literary work, the sources of her art, and her life and times. These include critical evaluations of her corpus of children's literature and Modernist interpretations of Humphrey Carpenter and Katherine Chandler. Judy Taylor, That Naughty Rabbit: Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit (rev. 2002) tells
7772-738: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen , Charles Kingsley 's The Water Babies , the folk tales and mythology of Scotland , the German Romantics , Shakespeare , and the romances of Sir Walter Scott . As a young child, before the age of eight, Edward Lear 's A Book of Nonsense , including the much-loved The Owl and the Pussycat , and Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland had made their impression, although she later said of Alice that she
7888-431: The farm for her while she made physical improvements and learned the techniques of fell farming and of raising livestock, including pigs, cows and chickens; the following year she added sheep. Realising she needed to protect her boundaries, she sought advice from W.H. Heelis & Son, a local firm of solicitors with offices in nearby Hawkshead . With William Heelis acting for her, she bought contiguous pasture, and in 1909
8004-484: The field of mycology . In her thirties, Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit . Following this, Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time. Potter wrote over sixty books, with the best known being her twenty-three children's tales . In 1905, using the proceeds from her books and a legacy from an aunt, Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey ,
8120-492: The first fifteen years of her life, Potter spent summer holidays at Dalguise , an estate on the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland . There she sketched and explored an area that nourished her imagination and her observation. Her first sketchbook from those holidays, kept at age 8 and dated 1875, is held at and has been digitised by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London . Potter and her brother were allowed great freedom in
8236-558: The first licensed character. In 1903, Potter created the first Peter Rabbit soft toy and registered him at the Patent Office in London, making Peter the oldest licensed fictional character. Merchandise of Peter and other Potter characters have been sold at Harrods department store in London since at least 1910 when the range first appeared in their catalogues. Along with her writing Potter would continue to oversee merchandising and licensing opportunities for her characters. On her legacy, Nicholas Tucker in The Guardian writes, "she
8352-493: The guidance of a professor. The college had 182 full-time professors in 2017–18; 93% held a doctorate or equivalent. The student-faculty ratio is about 9 to 1. Admission to the college is considered "more selective" by U.S. News & World Report . The college received 9,397 applications for the Class of 2027 (entering fall 2023) of which 3,597 (38%) were accepted. Of the students in the entering class who submitted SAT scores,
8468-552: The lack of housing available to the students, only the freshmen year participate in the residential college. MIRAE campus operates 7 houses and the residential college campus in Songdo operates 12 houses. There is another residential college in GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) College at Gwangju, South Korea. The house system is a dormitory system being implemented at Caltech, Harvard, etc. in which
8584-558: The last an illustrator whose work was later collected by her father, was a great influence. Her earliest illustrations focused on traditional rhymes and stories like Cinderella , Sleeping Beauty , Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves , Puss in Boots , and Little Red Riding Hood . However, most often her illustrations were fantasies featuring her own pets: mice, rabbits, kittens, and guinea pigs. In her teenage years, Potter
8700-562: The last of whom was Annie Moore ( née Carter), just three years older than Potter, who tutored Potter in German as well as acting as lady's companion . She and Potter remained friends throughout their lives, and Annie's eight children were the recipients of many of Potter's picture letters. It was Annie who later suggested that these letters might make good children's books. She and her younger brother Walter Bertram (1872–1918) grew up with few friends outside their large extended family. Her parents were artistic, interested in nature, and enjoyed
8816-568: The local agricultural shows, where Potter was often asked to serve as a judge. In 1942 she became President-elect of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association, the first time a woman had been elected, but died before taking office. In one of her diary entries whilst travelling through Wales, Potter complained about the Welsh language . She wrote " Machynlleth , wretched town, hardly a person could speak English", continuing "Welsh seem
8932-435: The major Herdwick sheep farmers in the county. She was admired by her shepherds and farm managers for her willingness to experiment with the latest biological remedies for the common diseases of sheep, and for her employment of the best shepherds, sheep breeders, and farm managers. By the late 1920s, Potter and her Hill Top farm manager Tom Storey had made a name for their prize-winning Herdwick flock, which took many prizes at
9048-736: The match because Warne was "in trade" and thus not socially suitable. The engagement lasted only one month—Warne died of pernicious anaemia at age 37. That same year, Potter used some of her income and a small inheritance from an aunt to buy Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey , located 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Lake Windermere in the English Lake District . Potter and Warne may have hoped that Hill Top Farm would be their holiday home, but after Warne's death, Potter went ahead with its purchase as she had always wanted to own that farm and live in "that charming village". The tenant farmer John Cannon and his family agreed to stay on to manage
9164-551: The middle 50% range was 680–740 for evidence-based reading, and 660–730 for Math. In the 2023 college rankings of U.S. News & World Report , Connecticut College ranked 46th (tie) among national liberal arts colleges, 63rd (tie) for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", 40th (tie) for "Most Innovative", 77th for "Best Value", and 62nd (tie) for "Top Performers in Social Mobility". Washington Monthly ranked Connecticut College 25th in 2021 among 218 liberal arts colleges in
9280-540: The new Hentschel three-colour process to reproduce her watercolours. On 2 October 1902, The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published and became an immediate success. It was followed the next year by The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and The Tailor of Gloucester , which had also first been written as picture letters to the Moore children. Working with Norman Warne as her editor, Potter published two or three little books each year: 23 books in all. The last book in this format
9396-644: The oneness of God and that rejected the doctrine of the Trinity. Potter's paternal grandfather, Edmund Potter , from Glossop in Derbyshire , owned what was then the largest calico printing works in England, and later served as a Member of Parliament. Potter's father, Rupert William Potter (1832–1914), was educated at Manchester College by the Unitarian philosopher James Martineau . He then trained as
9512-561: The outbreak of World War I , Potter persuaded her mother to move to the Lake District, renting her a property in Sawrey. Finding life in Sawrey dull, Helen Potter soon moved to Lindeth Howe (now a 34-bedroomed hotel), a large house the Potters had previously rented for the summer in Bowness , on the other side of Lake Windermere. Potter continued to write stories for Frederick Warne & Co and fully participated in country life. She established
9628-407: The places of extraordinary beauty but also those heads of valleys and low grazing lands that would be irreparably ruined by development." Potter was also an authority on the traditional Lakeland crafts and period furniture, as well as local stonework. She restored and preserved the farms that she bought or managed, making sure that each farm house had in it a piece of antique Lakeland furniture. Potter
9744-399: The problems of afforestation , preserving the intact grazing lands, and husbanding the quarries and timber on these farms. All her farms were stocked with Herdwick sheep and frequently with Galloway cattle . Potter continued to write stories and to draw, although mostly for her own pleasure. In 1922, Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes , a collection of traditional English nursery rhymes ,
9860-654: The renovated farmhouse on Castle Farm, which was 34 acres (14 ha) large. Hill Top remained a working farm but was now remodelled to allow for the tenant family and Potter's private studio and workshop. At last her own woman, Potter settled into the partnerships that shaped the rest of her life: her country solicitor husband and his large family, her farms, the Sawrey community and the predictable rounds of country life. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Tom Kitten are representative of Hill Top Farm and her farming life and reflect her happiness with her country life. Her father, Rupert Potter, died in 1914, and with
9976-547: The residential college model was adopted in 2003 by all of Milan universities, according to a joint program developed in collaboration with several private and public institutions, such as Microsoft and the Lombardy Region, at the Collegio di Milano. In South Korea , the residential college system was first adopted by MIRAE campus of Yonsei University in 2007 and later extended to Songdo campus in 2013. Due to
10092-502: The residential colleges. Another point of variance is whether colleges are multi-disciplinary (as at Oxford and Cambridge) or focused on certain subject areas such as at Fordham University , which has dedicated residential colleges (Integrated Learning Communities) for upperclass students for various themes including global business and science, as well as separate first year residential colleges, including one for students considering pre-med or science majors. The primary difference between
10208-633: The same in Potter and who was to have a lasting impact on her life. At about the age of 14, Potter began to keep a diary, written in a simple substitution cipher of her own devising. Her Journal was important to the development of her creativity, serving as both sketchbook and literary experiment. In tiny handwriting, she reported on society, recorded her impressions of art and artists, recounted stories and observed life around her. The Journal , deciphered and transcribed by Leslie Linder in 1958, does not provide an intimate record of her personal life, but it
10324-545: The same printer bought several more drawings for Weatherly's Our Dear Relations , another book of rhymes, and the following year Potter sold a series of frog illustrations and verses for Changing Pictures , a popular annual offered by the art publisher Ernest Nister. Potter was pleased by this success and determined to publish her own illustrated stories. Whenever Potter went on holiday to the Lake District or Scotland , she sent letters to young friends, illustrating them with quick sketches. Many of these letters were written to
10440-619: The season, the team won its first NESCAC regular season title. On January 21, 2021, Connecticut College goalkeeper AJ Marcucci was selected 67th overall in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls . He became the first-ever draft pick from Connecticut College and was the first Division III pick since 2016. The Connecticut College Women's Water Polo Team has won four Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III championships. Connecticut College has produced 427 collegiate All-Americans, sixty Academic All-Americans and twelve Olympic qualifiers. The Connecticut College Athletics Hall of Fame
10556-751: The story of the first publication and many editions. Potter's country life, her farming and role as a landscape preservationist are discussed in the work of Matthew Kelly, The Women Who Saved the English Countryside (2022). See also Susan Denyer and authors in the publications of The National Trust , such as Beatrix Potter at Home in the Lake District (2004). Potter's work as a scientific illustrator and her work in mycology are discussed in Linda Lear 's books Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (2006) and Beatrix Potter: The Extraordinary Life of
10672-531: The twenty months he survived her. When he died in August 1945, he left the remainder to the National Trust. Potter left almost all the original illustrations for her books to the National Trust. The copyright to her stories and merchandise was then given to her publisher Frederick Warne & Co, now a division of the Penguin Group . On 1 January 2014, the copyright expired in the UK and other countries with
10788-500: The women's soccer team won the College's first NESCAC Championship, defeating Williams College in penalty kicks. The team advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament, but lost in the second round to Montclair State University in extra time. On December 4, 2021, the men's soccer team won the College's first-ever NCAA Division III National Championship by defeating Amherst College in penalty kicks. Earlier in
10904-468: The world in many languages with her stories being retold in songs, films, ballet, and animations, and her life is depicted in two films – The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1983) and Miss Potter (2006). Potter's family on both sides were from the Manchester area. They were English Unitarians , associated with dissenting Protestant congregations, influential in 19th-century Britain, that affirmed
11020-480: Was Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes in 1922, a collection of favourite rhymes. Although The Tale of Little Pig Robinson was not published until 1930, it had been written much earlier. Potter continued creating her little books until after the First World War when her energies were increasingly directed toward her farming, sheep-breeding, and land conservation. The immense popularity of Potter's books
11136-461: Was 67.5% White, 9.9% Hispanic, 4.1% Asian American, 3.8% African American, and 3.7% multiracial, with an additional 9% international students. Connecticut College is a member of Phi Beta Kappa , the Annapolis Group , and the New England Small College Athletic Conference ( NESCAC ). Connecticut College does not offer a Greek system of fraternities or sororities. The college has seven
11252-517: Was a regular visitor to the art galleries of London, particularly enjoying the summer and winter exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London. Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father's friend, the artist Sir John Everett Millais , who recognised Potter's talent of observation. Although Potter was aware of art and artistic trends, her drawing and her prose style were uniquely her own. As
11368-399: Was an English writer, illustrator , natural scientist , and conservationist . She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit , which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books, including The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck and The Tale of Tom Kitten , have sold more than 250 million copies. An entrepreneur, Potter was
11484-684: Was based on the lively quality of her illustrations, the non-didactic nature of her stories, the depiction of the rural countryside, and the imaginative qualities she lent to her animal characters. Potter was also a canny businesswoman. As early as 1903, she made and patented a Peter Rabbit doll. It was followed by other merchandise over the years, including painting books, board games, wall-paper, figurines, baby blankets and china tea-sets. All were licensed by Frederick Warne & Co and earned Potter an independent income, as well as immense profits for her publisher. In 1905, Potter and Norman Warne became unofficially engaged. Potter's parents objected to
11600-466: Was chartered in 1911 as Connecticut's only women's college , having been established as a direct response to Wesleyan University 's decision to stop admitting women. Elizabeth C. Wright and other Wesleyan alumnae convinced others to found this new college, espousing the increasing desire among women for higher education. To that end, the institution was founded as the Connecticut College for Women. Their initial endowment came from financial assistance from
11716-464: Was destroyed in the Blitz . Bousfield Primary School now stands where the house once was. A blue plaque on the school building testifies to the former site of the Potter home. Both parents were artistically talented, and Rupert was an adept amateur photographer. Rupert had invested in the stock market, and by the early 1890s, he was extremely wealthy. Beatrix Potter was educated by three governesses,
11832-617: Was drawn in black and white with a coloured frontispiece. Rawnsley had great faith in Potter's tale, recast it in didactic verse, and made the rounds of the London publishing houses. Frederick Warne & Co had previously rejected the tale but, eager to compete in the booming small format children's book market, reconsidered and accepted the "bunny book" (as the firm called it) following the recommendation of their prominent children's book artist L. Leslie Brooke . The firm declined Rawnsley's verse in favour of Potter's original prose, and Potter agreed to colour her pen and ink illustrations, choosing
11948-644: Was established in 1989 and currently has over 100 inductees. Connecticut College graduates of note include Bloomberg Businessweek senior national correspondent Joshua Green , AOL CEO Tim Armstrong , New York Times best-selling authors Sloane Crosley , Hannah Tinti and David Grann , Academy Award -winning actress Estelle Parsons , fashion designer Peter Som , National Baseball Hall of Fame director Jeff Idelson , philanthropist Nan Kempner , Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown, Senior Federal District Judge Kimba Wood and American Olympic rower Anita DeFrantz . Residential college A residential college
12064-437: Was evidence that women were becoming uninterested in attending women's colleges. At that time, the school adopted its current name, Connecticut College. In the spring of 2023, students, faculty, and staff began protesting against college president Katherine Bergeron , who had been president of the college for nearly a decade. The protests focused on allegations of bullying and actions related to diversity and equity, most notably
12180-705: Was home to the American Dance Festival from 1947 to 1977, featuring choreographers such as Martha Graham , José Limón, and Merce Cunningham in what was called "the most important summertime event in modern dance." The campus makes up part of the Connecticut College Arboretum . This arboretum and botanical garden is free and open to the public year-round. Harkness Chapel was designed by architect James Gamble Rogers , exhibiting his colonial Georgian style , with twelve stained glass windows by G. Owen Bonawit . The building
12296-581: Was interested in every branch of natural science except astronomy . Botany was a passion for most Victorians , and nature study was a popular enthusiasm. She collected fossils, studied archaeological artefacts from London excavations, and was interested in entomology . In all these areas, she drew and painted her specimens with increasing skill. By the 1890s, her scientific interests centred on mycology . First drawn to fungi because of their colours and evanescence in nature and her delight in painting them, her interest deepened after meeting Charles McIntosh,
12412-577: Was interested in preserving not only the Herdwick sheep but also the way of life of fell farming. In 1930 the Heelises became partners with the National Trust in buying and managing the fell farms included in the large Monk Coniston Estate. The estate was composed of many farms spread over a wide area of north-western Lancashire, including the Tarn Hows . Potter was the de facto estate manager for
12528-487: Was modified at Durham University , also in the UK, in the 19th century to create non-teaching colleges that were, in general, legally part of the university, but with a few independent colleges added in the 20th century. With the arrival of residential colleges in the United States the model diversified further. The Durham adaptation of colleges being owned by the university rather than being independent corporations
12644-468: Was more interested in Tenniel 's illustrations than what they were about. The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites, and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them. She studied book illustration from a young age and developed her own tastes, but the work of the picture book triumvirate Walter Crane , Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott ,
12760-517: Was published 1 September 2016, to mark the 150th anniversary of Potter's birth. Also in 2016, Peter Rabbit was depicted on the reverse of a British fifty pence coin , and Peter along with other Potter characters featured on a series of UK postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail . In 2017, The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations by Emily Zach was published after San Francisco publisher Chronicle Books decided to mark
12876-966: Was published posthumously by The Horn Book Magazine in 1944. Potter was a generous patron of the Girl Guides , whose troops she allowed to make their summer encampments on her land, and whose company she enjoyed as an older woman. Potter and William Heelis enjoyed a happy marriage of thirty years, continuing their farming and preservation efforts throughout the hard days of World War II . Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William's large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate, and giving comfort and aid to her husband's brothers and sisters. Potter died of complications from pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at Castle Cottage, and her remains were cremated at Carleton Crematorium , Blackpool. She left nearly all her property to
12992-412: Was published. Her books in the late 1920s included the semi-autobiographical The Fairy Caravan , a fanciful tale set in her beloved Troutbeck fells . It was published only in the US during Potter's lifetime, and not until 1952 in the UK. Sister Anne , Potter's version of the story of Bluebeard , was written for her American readers, but illustrated by Katharine Sturges. A final folktale, Wag by Wall ,
13108-482: Was reported in July 2014 that Potter had personally given a number of her own original hand-painted illustrations to the two daughters of Arthur and Harriet Lupton, who were cousins to both Beatrix Potter and Catherine, Princess of Wales . Potter's parents lived comfortably at 2 Bolton Gardens, West Brompton , London, where Helen Beatrix was born on 28 July 1866 and her brother Walter Bertram on 14 March 1872. The house
13224-587: Was searching for more independent activities and wished to earn some money of her own while dutifully taking care of her parents, dealing with her especially demanding mother, and managing their various households. In the Victorian era , women of her class were privately educated and rarely went to university. Potter's parents encouraged her higher education, but the social norms of the time limited her academic career within Britain's institutions. Beatrix Potter
13340-448: Was selected by the search committee to be the College's 12th president. Her term officially began on June 1, 2024. The main campus has three residential areas. The North Campus contains the newest residential halls. The South Campus contains residence halls along the west side of Tempel Green, across from several academic buildings. The oldest dorms on campus are Plant House and Blackstone House, which were founded in 1914. The campus houses
13456-466: Was the first author to license fictional characters to a range of toys and household objects still on sale today". In an article by the Smithsonian magazine titled, How Beatrix Potter Invented Character Merchandising , Joy Lanzendorfer writes, "Potter was also an entrepreneur and a pioneer in licensing and merchandising literary characters. Potter built a retail empire out of her “bunny book” that
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