Chapter 26
Week 8, Instructor Calendar November 1898
There is something exquisitely poetical in the idea of a June wedding. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
President Langdon was understandably reluctant at first, but after a tour of the Armstrong property, he quickly warmed to the idea.
Within a week, it was arranged. The money was paid, the papers signed, and the house preparations begun. After a long, closed-door meeting with the mayor of Hartford, Langdon established the college’s first Gown and Town Day, dedicated to the special bond between the college and the citizens of Hartford. The Courant ran the story. This year, Hartford Women’s College was to be the beneficiary, and the plea went out for help. Matrons, shopkeepers, and farmers—many of them long-time friends of the Armstrong family—arr
