Hallowed Heritage: The Life of VirginiaTorpey, Dorothy Margaret
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Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
Torpey, Dorothy Margaret
Virginia -- Civilization
As in most states, the early private colleges were usually founded
by religious groups. By the end of the Nineteenth Century,
colleges had been established in Virginia by Presbyterians,
Episcopalians, Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans and
the Brethren Sect. The following institutions were in existence
at this time: the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in
Alexandria, the University of Richmond (Baptist), Hampden-Sydney
College at Hampden-Sydney (Presbyterian), St. Vincent's Seminary
and College at Richmond (Catholic), Emory and Henry College at
Emory (Methodist), Roanoke College at Salem (Lutheran), St. John's
Catholic Academy and Seminary at Norfolk, Mary Baldwin College
at Staunton (for women--Presbyterian), Randolph-Macon College at
Ashland (for men--Methodist), Bridgewater College at Bridgewater
(Brethren), St. Paul's Polytechnic Institute at Lawrenceville
(Episcopalian), the Virginia Theological Seminary and College
at Lynchburg (for Negroes), Randolph-Macon College at Lynchburg
(for women--Methodist), Union Theological Seminary in Virginia at
Richmond (Interdenominational) and Virginia Union University at
Richmond (for Negroes--Baptist).
Other colleges founded in the Nineteenth Century include the Hampton
Institute at Hampton (private--Negro), Medical College of Virginia
at Richmond (state), Hollins College at Hollins (private), Longwood
College at Farmville (state--women), Virginia Military Institute
at Lexington (state), Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg
(private) and Virginia State College at Petersburg (Negro). Madison
College was founded in 1908 at Harrisonburg as a private institution
of higher learning and, nine years later, Eastern Mennonite College
was also chartered in Harrisonburg.
The increase of women in colleges became apparent by the Twentieth
Century with the organization of Sweet Briar College at Sweet Briar
(private), Mary Washington College at Fredericksburg (women's
division of the University of Virginia--state), Randolph-Macon
Woman's College at Lynchburg, Lynchburg College at Lynchburg
(coed--Disciples of Christ) and Radford College at Radford (women's
division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute--state). In
addition, there are seven junior colleges: Stratford at Danville,
Averett at Danville, Southern Seminary and Junior College at Buena
Vista, Sullins at Bristol, Marion at Marion, Virginia Intermont
at Bristol--all colleges for women only. These additional junior
colleges--Shenandoah at Dayton, Bluefield at Bluefield and Ferrum at
Ferrum--are coed institutions.
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