January 26, 2004Disputes over the direction of ConnecticutAgricultural resulted in the short tenure ofPresident George Flint, who, as president from1899 to 1901, fought with faculty and trustees. Just after the so-called "War of the Rebellion"died down, however, this photograph in the 1902annual report of the college caused a flap withlegislators in Hartford. Why? The frivolity ofstudents sledding instead of studying - and thefact that a woman (second from right) is on thesled with these members of the junior class,set off a storm of criticism. The building behind the sledders is theAgricultural Experiment Station, built around1890. It was located approximately where theCLAS Building (formerly the Waring ChemistryBuiding) is located today, near theintersection of Glenbrook Road and North