President Jean Scott stood in the center of The Christy Mall, reflecting to a small gathering of students, staff, faculty and community members on what life would have been like from that same spot 175 years ago.
In 1835, Andrew Jackson was president and the United States was mostly an agrarian society, with economic depressions hitting about every two to three years, she said.
Forbes.com, which is in its second year of ranking U.S. colleges and universities, lists Marietta College in the top 19 percent of “America’s Best Colleges.”
Marietta has moved up 56 spots from a year ago to the 112th Best College. The rankings include 600 of the roughly 4,000 undergraduate institutions. The ranking places Marietta between the Knox College (111) and Bates College (113).
Where were you at 9 a.m. Aug. 20, 2009?
Wherever that was we hope you thought about Marietta College for even a split second. See, that’s when the College officially began celebrating its 175th anniversary, which will continue the entire academic year until it wraps at Commencement on May 9, 2010.
