Editing Beloit College (section)

==History==
The first president of Beloit was a [[Yale University]] graduate, [[Aaron Lucius Chapin]], who served as president from December, 1849 until 1886.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beloit.edu/archives/history/presidents/aaron_chapin |title=Archives: Aaron Lucius Chapin |publisher=Beloit.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-05-20}}</ref>

Although independent today, Beloit College was historically, though unofficially,  associated with the [[Congregational church|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.

It is located within the [[Near East Side Historic District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beloithistoricdistricts.org/wordpress/east-side-historic-district/ |title=Near East Side Historic District |publisher=Beloit Historic Districts.org |accessdate=2013-06-01}}</ref>