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It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. [8] Tufts remained a small liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates. [9] The corporate name of the university is "Trustees of Tufts ...
Tufts College, c. 1854. In the 1840s, the Universalist church wanted to open a college in New England due to the majority of members being barred from expensive colleges. In the spring of 1847, Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer of New York opened a correspondence with Rev. Hosea Ballou of Medford and Rev. Thomas Whittemore of Cambridgeport who was also the editor of Trumpet and Universalist Magazine.
In 1903, the trustees of Tufts College adopted a "new plan" of organization that divided the college into several schools: Liberal Arts (formerly Letters), Engineering, Divinity (or Religion), Graduate Arts and Sciences, as well as the schools of medicine and dental medicine.
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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (Museum School, SMFA at Tufts, or SMFA; formerly the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) is the art school of Tufts University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees dedicated to the visual arts.
Tufts class Life Tenure Notes 1 Hosea Ballou II – 1796–1861: 1853–1860: Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill. – Oliver Dean [2] – 1783–1871: 1860–1862 (acting president); founded Dean Academy in 1865 2 Alonzo Ames Miner – 1814–1895: 1862–1875: Expansion and Civil War: 3 Elmer Hewitt Capen: 1860: ...
The Crane Theological School was a Universalist seminary at Tufts University founded in 1869 as the Tufts College Divinity School and closed in 1968. [1] It was one of three Universalist seminaries founded in America during the nineteenth century, along with the Theological School of St. Lawrence University and the Ryder Divinity School at ...
The Experimental College at Tufts University (also known as the Ex College), is located in Medford, Massachusetts. The college was founded in 1964, to expand the offerings of the undergraduate course curriculum, and has remained an integral part of the university ever since. [1] [2] [3] The Experimental College offers credit-bearing courses at ...