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Earlham College is a private, 4-year college located in Richmond, IN about halfway between Indianapolis and Dayton, OH. The 800 acre campus features traditional red brick architecture and is centered on a large main quad called “the Heart.” Founded in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the school grew from a boarding school for boys and is the third Quaker college in the US and the second to be co-educational. Among the high points in its history, in 1942 Earlham enrolled several dozen Japanese-American students to prevent their internment during World War II, a decision that was very controversial at the time; also, in 1970, it was the first to incorporate wilderness programs for credit as part of the curriculum. Among many notable alumni is Associated Press president William Penn Nixon.