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Katharine Lee Bates 1859-1929 While in Colorado, she taught alongside many great teachers including future presi- Katharine was born August 12, 1859, to dent Woodrow Wilson. Reverend William Bates and Cornelia During her tenure at Colorado College, she Frances Lee in Falmouth, Massachusetts. and other visiting teachers rode to the summit She graduated with a degree in English from of Pikes Peak on burros. While standing on the Wellesley College in 1886. summit looking out over Colorado Springs, She taught high school and prep school English she was inspired to write the first four lines of from 1880-1889. a poem that would later become “America the Katharine spent a year, 1890-91, studying Beautiful,” the song. English at Oxford University in England. Wrote many books during her lifetime in- In 1891, she became a professor of English at cluding The English Religious Drama (1893), Wellesley College and remained in that posi- Spanish Highways and Byways (1900), and tion for 40 years. America the Beautiful and Other Poems In 1893, Katharine traveled to Colorado (1911). to spend the summer as a visiting pro- Katharine Lee Bates died at age 69 on March fessor of English at Colorado College. 28, 1929, in Wellesley, MA. Great Resources on Katherine Lee Bates Bueler, Gladys R. Colorado’s Colorful Characters Golden, Colorado: The Smoking Stack Press, 1975. pp. 93-94. Print. “Katharine Lee Bates.” Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1944. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. Feeney, Donna D. “America The Beautiful.” American History, v 35.3. (2000) 16. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 23 Oct. 2012. Photo courtesy of Katharine Lee Bates, ca. 1893. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District, 001-354. .

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WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 1928-1929 WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS FEBRUARY, 1930 WELLESLEY COLLEGE BULLETIN ANNUAL REPORTS NUMBER PRESIDENT AND TREASURER 1928-1929 Bulletins published eight times a year by Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. February, 1 number; April, 2; 1 1. May, 3; October, ; November, Entered as second-class matter, February 12, 1912, at the Post Office at Boston, Massachusetts, under the Acts of July, 1894. Volume 19 Number 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Report of the President 5 Report of the Dean of the College 16 Report of the Dean of Freshmen 23 Report of the Dean of Residence 27 Report of the Committee on Graduate Instruction 31 Report of the Librarian 34 Appendix to the President's Report: Service in Memory of Katharine Lee Bates 41 Legacies and Gifts 42 New Courses for 1929-1930 44 Academic Biography of New Members of the Teaching Stafif for 1929-1930 44 Leaves of Absence in 1929-1930 48 Promotions of 1929-1930 48 Resignations and Expired Appointments, June 1929 49 Fellowship and Graduate Scholarship Awards for 1929-1930 . 51 Publications of the Faculty 53 Simday Services 55 Addresses 56 Music 60 Exhibitions at the Farnsworth Art Museum 61 Appendix to the Dean's Report 62 Report of the Treasurer 83 3 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT To the Board of Trustees: I have the honor to present a report for the year closing June 30, 1929, the 54th year of the College. On March 28, 1929, Katharine Lee Bates, Professor Emeritus of English Literature, died at her home in Wellesley after a long illness.
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