
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 22, 1993                   TAG: 9309220073
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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A COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

About 35 miles north of Lexington, Mary Baldwin College opened in 1842 as the Augusta Female Seminary. Mary Julia Baldwin, who became head of the school in 1863, enlisted the help of educator and textbook author Dr. William Holmes McGuffey in developing a curriculum modeled after the University of Virginia's.

The school later became Mary Baldwin College, named for the woman who patterned a women's school after a prestigious men's university.

The private women's liberal arts school has expanded. The campus has grown (in 1976, the college bought the 36-acre Staunton Military Academy); enrollment has increased and the selection of courses is wider.

All leadership positions at the college, known for its progressive programs, are held by women.

Fall 1993 enrollment includes 1,007 men and women in an adult degree program, 637 women undergraduates and 59 men and women in master's programs. The undergraduate program is not open to men.

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