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MILESTONES 125 Years—Rollins College Rollins.edu/125 Since its founding in 1885, Rollins has earned recognition as one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, including a number one ranking among Southern master’s-level universities by U.S. News & World Report for five consecutive years.
ONE AFTERNOON IN 1880
75 Years—Bach Festival Society Bachfestivalflorida.org
while sitting in a garden, Lucy Cross drew on her past as she imagined the future.
In 1935, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park was founded to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth. At the time, Bach was a well-known composer, but the vast majority of his works were not yet part of the standard classical repertory. Three-
Gazing at the Florida land-
quarters of a century later, the Bach Festival Society is the third-oldest continuously performing
scape, the teacher envisioned
Bach Festival in the country and continues to present the composer’s orchestral and choral
a center of higher education
music to the public for enlightenment, education, pleasure, and enjoyment.
in Central Florida. Five years later, in 1885, Rollins College
50 Years—Hamilton Holt School
opened its doors and Cross’s
Rollins.edu/holt
vision became a reality.
Officially established in 1960, the Rollins evening studies division implemented adult education
Today, we’re proud of Rollins’ legacy of 125 years
courses for returning World War II veterans. Back then, the School of Continuing Studies was characterized as “the College that cares,” and faculty vowed to provide responsive, individualized edu-
as a premier institution of cation while meeting higher learning. We’re proud
a community need
of 125 years of committed
for higher education for adults. In 1987,
and innovative programs.
the
And we’re proud of 125 years
n a m e d for Rollins’
of inspiring students to envi-
e i g h t h p re s i d e n t ,
sion possibilities for the
Hamilton Holt, who
future and providing them
maintained a long-
with the tools they need to
standing commitment
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faculty, promising students,
be agents of change.
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