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Bates College
Bates College in 1857
Motto	Amore Ac Studio ("With Ardor and Devotion," or "Through Zeal and Study," by Charles Sumner)
Type	Private
Established	March 16, 1855
Endowment	$231 million (as of 2011)
President	Clayton Spencer
Academic staff	215
Undergraduates	1,769
Location	Lewiston , Maine , USA 44°6′20″N 70°12′15″W / 44.10556°N 70.20417°W / 44.10556; -70.20417
Campus	Suburban
Athletics	31 varsity teams, 9 club teams
Mascot	Bobcat
Website	bates.edu

Bates College is an American liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. Bates College was founded in 1855. 1,800 students attend Bates. Economics, English, Psychology, Biology, and History are popular majors at Bates College.

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The college's oldest academic building, Hathorn Hall was built in 1856 by Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant.
Robert F. Kennedy, in front of Smith Hall, during Winter Carnival.
Entrance to Roger Williams Hall.
Dana Chemistry Hall
Entrance to Hathorn Hall
Gomes Chapel, loosely modeled on King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
Chase Hall, the student activity center, served as the dining hall until the construction of the Commons.
Hedge Hall, named after Isaiah Hedge, referred to by students as the Hog in reference to a Hedge Hog and its structural resemblance to Hogwarts.
The Bates College Museum of Art in the Olin Arts Center.
The college's dining complex: Commons.
Ivy growing on the side of Hathorn Hall, featuring respective classes' Ivy stones, in celebration of the college's Ivy Day.
The laying of the Ivy, 1920.
A baseball game against Harvard in 1912
Bates has a wide range of tree species as a precaution against disease, and to diversify the ecosystem in their quad.
The central administration of Bates, Lane Hall.
Bryant Gumbel, journalist and sportswriter
Holman Melcher, American military officer during the American Civil War
Frank Sandford, evangelical Christian leader
Benjamin Mays, civil rights leader
E. Robert Kinney, former CEO of General Mills
Jared Golden, U.S. Congressman
Edmund Muskie, former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Senator
George Hammond, scientist and theoretical chemist