History
The first president of Beloit was a Yale University graduate, Aaron Lucius Chapin, who served as president from December, 1849 until 1886.
Although independent today, Beloit College was historically, though unofficially, associated with the Congregationalist tradition.
The college remained very small for almost its entire first century with enrollment topping 1,000 students only with the influx of World War II veterans in 1945-1946. The "Beloit Plan", a year-round curriculum introduced in 1964, comprising three full terms and a "field term" of off-campus study, brought the college national attention. The trustees decided to return to the two semester program in 1978.
One of the campus Indian mounds, in the shape of a turtle, inspired Beloit's symbol.
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