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| ====== Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School ====== | ====== Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School ====== |
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| During the first year of America's involvement in World War II, the College's enrollment did not decline sharply. Still, the College encouraged students to embrace as much of their education as possible before following their "obligations to their nation." | The Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School was a joint summer school program which took place in 1942, allowing students to accelerate their education before joining the military. |
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| In order to complete this goal, the College introduced several measures to accelerate the undergraduate curricula. Shortened breaks for example helped the College's 1942 Commencement occur on May 17th. | During the first year of America's involvement in World War II, though enrollment did not sharply decline, Trinity encouraged students to complete as much of their education as possible before following their "obligations to their nation." In order to carry out this goal, the College introduced several measures to accelerate the undergraduate curricula, such as shortened vacations and exam periods, and an earlier [[commencement|Commencement]], which took place on May 17, 1942. |
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| That summer, the College also introduced a program that shooked alumni- the Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School. In the first six weeks, from May 18th to June 27th, Wesleyan faculty offered courses in Middletown, followed by six weeks in Hartford taught by Trinity faculty. | That summer, the College introduced the Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School. It consisted of a joint summer term where from May 18 to June 27, Wesleyan faculty offered six weeks of courses in Middletown, followed by a second six weeks of courses in [[hartford|Hartford]] taught by Trinity faculty. |
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| The project was successful despite the original shock, with President Ogibly stating, "Trinity and | The project was successful despite some initial doubts, with President [[ogilby_remsen_brinckerhoff|Remsen Ogilby]] stating, "Trinity and Wesleyan, close neighbors and therefore naturally rivals, may be safely termed today natural friends." |
| Wesleyan, close neighbors and therefore naturally rivals, may be safely termed today | |
| natural friends." Even with this great success, the program did not occur the following year. | Though the program was successful, it did not continue the following year. Instead, Trinity followed a three-term school year. |
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| ===== Sources ===== | ===== Sources ===== |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=w_books|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter J. Knapp, pp. 97. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 97. |
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| Website: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1516&context=bulletin|Trinity College Digital Repository]]. | |
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| | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38787274|Trinity College Bulletin]] (Wesleyan-Trinity Summer Term), 1942. |
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