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LaGrange College is a private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1454&hl=y )〕 located in LaGrange, Georgia. Founded in 1831 as a female educational institution, LaGrange is the oldest private college in Georgia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1454&hl=y )〕 It offers more than 55 academic and pre-professional programs, including graduate degrees in education. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 LaGrange College has been ranked in the top 10 and as one of 10 “best values” among Southern comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/lagrange-college-1578 )〕 The college enrolls approximately 1,000 students and the student-faculty ratio is 11:1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 LaGrange draws more than half of its student body from Georgia. However, students from at least one-third of the other states in the U.S. and from abroad help provide a diverse community that includes various religious and ethnic backgrounds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 Famous alumni include Dean W. Young (1960), nationally syndicated cartoonist of the “Blondie” comic strip; Dwayne Shattuck (1983), Emmy-award-winning producer of “Mad Men”〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=13 December 2012 )〕 and “Magic City;” Elizabeth Carlock Harris (1961), former First Lady of Georgia;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/admission/finaid/grants.html )〕 Terry Kay (1959), best-selling author (“To Dance with the White Dog”);〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-527 )〕 Lee Crowe (1981), special effects animator for Warner Brothers;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://myfriendlycrow.yolasite.com/about-us.php, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971816/ )〕 R. Lee Walburn (1959), writer and editor of “Atlanta Magazine;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.georgiatrend.com/January-2010/Lee-Walburn-A-Sporting-Life/ )〕” and Blake Clarke (1969), television and film actor (“Home Improvement,” “The Waterboy” and “Boy Meets World”). The college is located in the town of LaGrange, Georgia, which has a population of 30,000. Nearby are Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain and Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House. The West Point Dam on the Chattahoochee River provides West Point Lake, one of the largest lakes in the region,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/projects.cfm?Id=k519710 )〕 with waterfronts and a marina within the city limit of LaGrange. ==History== On Dec. 26, 1831, the charter for LaGrange Female Academy was granted at the state capitol. Andrew Jackson was president of the United States, and there were only 24 states in the union. Abraham Lincoln was 22 years old. The Creek Indians had been moved from the LaGrange area for only six years, and Atlanta did not yet exist. The only other college in the state was Franklin College, now the University of Georgia. The college began as a women’s academy that was housed in a large white building just down the street from the current campus. A few years later, in 1851, the institution moved to its present location on “the Hill,” which is the highest geographical point in the city of LaGrange.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 In 1847, the school became LaGrange Female Institute, and the charter was amended to allow the school the power to confer degrees. The name was changed to LaGrange Female College in 1851.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South took ownership of the college in 1856. Today, it is an institution of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 As discussions continued about admitting men, LaGrange Female College became LaGrange College in 1934. In 1953, the institution’s Board of Trustees officially made it coeducational.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/bulletins/2012-2013-LaGrangeCollegeBulletin.pdf )〕 The size of the campus doubled in 1992 thanks to the donation of land and facilities from Callaway Foundation, Inc., that included Callaway Auditorium, Callaway Education Building, six tennis courts, two softball fields, sites for Cleaveland Baseball Field and the soccer field, and a swimming pool that would be converted into Charles D. Hudson Natatorium in 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LaGrange College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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