23 Facts About Hamilton College

Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York.

Athletically, Hamilton teams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Hamilton College began in 1793 as the Hamilton College-Oneida Academy, a seminary founded by Rev Samuel Kirkland, a Presbyterian minister, as part of his missionary work with the Oneida tribe.

Kirkland named it in honor of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton College, who was a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Hamilton College-Oneida Academy.

In 1978, the all-male Hamilton College merged with the women's Kirkland College, founded by Hamilton across the road in the 1960s.

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The merger provoked controversy, particularly since Hamilton College refused to provide assistance with Kirkland's debts.

Hamilton College publicly justified the merger as prompted by its desire for co-education.

Original Hamilton College campus is often called the "light side" or "north side" of campus.

Since the 1970s, Hamilton has been a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference .

Hamilton College Chapel is a historically protected landmark and is the only three-story chapel still standing in America.

In 2011, Hamilton College opened the Days-Massolo Center with the goal of promoting diversity awareness and fostering dialogue among the wide variety of cultures represented on campus.

Hamilton College is well known for its flexible curriculum, for which there are no distribution requirements.

Hamilton College has been part of the SAT optional movement for undergraduate admission since 2002.

Hamilton College offers applicants different ways to meet their standardized testing requirements, including a choice of the SAT I, the ACT, or a combination of three SAT Subject Tests.

Hamilton College offers a cooperative living option to students, as well as substance-free and quiet housing.

Hamilton College is the home of two Nationally Recognized Latino Greek organizations, La Unidad Latina, Fraternity, Inc and Sigma Lambda Upsilon, Sorority Inc.

Hamilton College has a co-ed, non-Greek social society: the Emerson Literary Society.

Hamilton College Spectator, known simply as The Spectator or the Spec on campus, is Hamilton College's primary weekly news publication.

Additionally, a ceremony is held during which students, faculty, and other members of the Hamilton College community are recognized for their academic, leadership, and community-development accomplishments.

Traditionally the game was called the Orange Bowl, and upon the first Hamilton College-scored goal, oranges that students had smuggled into the rink were thrown onto the ice at the visiting goalie.

FebFestRooted in the long-standing tradition of the winter carnival at Hamilton College, FebFest is a relatively recent revival.

The rule was changed that year, allowing Hamilton College to participate in Division III tournaments in various sports.

Hamilton College's mascot is a Continental, a soldier in America's Continental Army of the Revolutionary War.