It was a very good college at one time.
Established in 1893 by the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church of the United States as the Woman's College of Frederick, the school was officially chartered in 1897 "with the purpose and object of creating and maintaining a college for the promotion and advancement of women, and the cultivation and diffusion of Literature, Science and Art." The college's founding was the result of the Potomac Synod's decision to transition the coeducational Mercersburg College into the all-male Mercersburg Academy and establish a women's college south of the Mason–Dixon line. In 1913, the institution was renamed Hood College by its Board of Trustees to honor its most generous benefactor, Margaret Scholl Hood, whose land donation allowed the school to move from rented facilities in downtown Frederick to its own campus in the northwest region of the city.
An all-female institution until 1971, the college initially admitted men only as commuters. This continued until 2003, when male students were extended the option of residential status. The influx of new students has led to major changes at the school, including extensive dormitory renovations, and the construction of a new athletic building and a new tennis and aquatic center.
I already posted on the other thread; this is my mother’s beloved college. I told her about this issue and they may consider pulling their substantial and loyal contributions.
Even scarier, the president (acting like an equivocating enabler) is the daughter of a friend of my aunt’s. From MA. Where liberals rule.
Mom always tells how the pres when she was there resigned because he did NOT want federal funding, whereas Board members were pushing for it more and more. Mom was there at the very end of completely non-fed funding sources, 60 years ago.