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====== Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School ====== | ====== Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School ====== |
The Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School was a joint summer school program which took place during 1942, allowing students to accelerate their education before joining the military. | |
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During the first year of America's involvement in World War II, though enrollment did not sharply decline, the College encouraged students to embrace as much of their education as possible before following their "obligations to their nation." In order to complete this goal, the College introduced several measures to accelerate the undergraduate curricula, such as shortened vacations and exam periods, and Commencement was able to take place on May 17, 1942. | 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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That summer, the College introduced the Wesleyan-Trinity Summer School, which offered a joint summer term in which from May 18th to June 27th, Wesleyan faculty offered courses in Middletown, followed by six weeks in Hartford taught by Trinity faculty. | 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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The project was successful despite the original shock, with [[ogilby_remsen_brinckerhoff|President Ogilby]] stating, "Trinity and Wesleyan, close neighbors and therefore naturally rivals, may be safely termed today natural friends." | 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 program did not continue the following year, despite its success. Instead, Trinity followed a three-term school year. | 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." |
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| 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 and Anne Knapp, p. 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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