A biography of William Smith, founder of William Smith College, Geneva, New York. In addition to biographical information on Smith and his background, author Anna Botsford Comstock also discusses his attitude toward women, the founding of William Smith College, and his friendship with Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller. Includes a short recollection of a visit to William Smith's home in 1909, by Frances Eddy Houston, a member of the William Smith Charter Class of 1912.
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