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NORTHFIELD , a See also:village of See also:Washington See also:county, See also:Vermont, U.S.A., in Northfield township, about 35 M . S.E. of See also:Burlington, in the See also:Green Mountains region . Pop . (1910) of the village 1918; of the township 3226 . Northfield is served by the Central Vermont railway . It is the seat of See also:Norwich University, founded in 1819 as the See also:American See also:Literary, Scientific and Military See also:Academy at Norwich, See also:Windsor county, Vermont, by See also:Captain Alden See also:Partridge (1785-1854) . Captain Partridge was a See also:professor in the U.S . Military Academy in 1813-18'6 and acting See also:superintendent of the Academy in 1816-1817, and was See also:president of Norwich University until 1843, he founded various other military See also:schools besides the one at Norwich . Norwich University was incorporated in 1834 under its See also:present name, and in 1866, when the buildings at Norwich were burned, was removed to Northfield . The See also:charter requires " a course of military instruction, both theoretical and. See also:practical," and the discipline of the institution is military in See also:form and principle . In 1898 the university was recognized by the See also:General See also:Assembly of Vermont as the military See also:college of the See also:state . It offers courses leading to the degrees of See also:Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of See also:Science in See also:civil See also:engineering, in See also:electrical engineering and in See also:chemistry .
In 1908 it had 13 instructors and 168 students
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