OUB WOMAN'S PAPER, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 18U6. 2T A COLLEGE SYMPOSIUM Many Tributes to Alma Haters from Brlrjht Students. WHERE WOMEN ARC EDUCATED SmatM Girts Who Are Entkasiastlo Over Famous Institution of Lsr lag Musical. Medical and Belles Lattre Courses. SALUTATORY. ' Only a few years ago, comparatively speaking, the young woman who wished to enter college was looked upon with amasement and disapproval. "Let the girls go to college like the boys! Im possible! They could never compre hend the studies, and besides, it would unlit them for woman's duties (that meant taktngcareof the men.of course). No, such a desire on their part must be nipped In the bud. Hut the sturdy bud would not be nipped and has blossomed nut into a (lower of such beauty and strength that it Is now most carefully watched and tended. All over the country have sprung up colleges for women of such excellence, that the question now Is, not whether to go to college but where to bo. Olrls attend college, not to become "new women" In the popular sense of the word, but to get the broadest kind of an education possible. . That spirit of college loyalty among the men, of which so much has been said and sung, is Just as strong among the women, and what college girl will find any trouble In tilling out the blank lta the well known song "There's only one college in this world for me. One alma mater and that la !" In greeting the readers of Our Wo man's Paper, the editor of the college department wishes to thank most heart ily those who have so gracefully lent their aid to make' these pages interest ing, by telling of their school and col lege days. The alma maters must be proud of the daughters who have repre. sen ted them so well. THE EDITOR. VASSAR. Her Influence at Home and Abroad Dis tinguished Graduates and Members ol the Faculty. In September, 1865, Vassar offered to women a higher education. The aim of Matthew Vassar, In founding the college, was to give woman what her brothers were receiving from Yale and Harvard. A few women of mature thought waiting for Just this oppor tunity entered the college at once. As there were few schools capable of pre paring girls for this higher course, Vassar was obliged to establish a pre paratory school. Now, through Vas sar'n Influence in the private schools of the country, this department has been abolished. In 1885, 275 names were registered. In the catalogue of 1895 there were 485 of collegiate grade. Two hundred and lifty Btudents ap plied for admission this last year. Un fortunately, for the want of dormi tories, all could not be received. Vas sar has graduated twenty-nine clesses. The first class In the year 1867 num. bored four members. The class of '95 enrolled one hundred. In all 1,182 graduates have been sent out from the college. Because of Its large member ship Vassar exercises almost a domi nating Influence upon the Association Of College Alumnae. About seventy Vassar women have received higher degrees. Fifty have received the degree of A. M.; eight the degree of Ph. D., five of them from Yale; three the degree of S. H. (Insti tute of Technology); two that of LI B.. and one that of LL. D. Mary Scott, of '76 received from Yale one of the two fellowships given to women and the degree of Ph. D. Yale speaks of the Vassar graduate as be ing especially well fitted to carry on the work of that college. The degree of doctor of philosophy with honor has Just been granted by Heidelberg university to Miss O. T. Morrill. Miss Morrill was graduated from Vassar fourteen years ago and taught in various women's colleges until Oc tober, 1893, when she went to Europe for further study. Vassar had made her a master of arts In 1889. She was permitted to attend lectures In Zurich, Leipzig and Berlin, but denied en rollment. The celebrated Professor Lupitska, of Berlin university, head of the English department there and since dead, becoming Interested in her, sent her to his friend. Dr. Schick, of Heidelberg university, last autumn, where, at last, graduation was prom ised her, an honor allowed to but one woman before her, while she is the first American woman to obtain a de gree. Miss Morrill expects to return home early in the summer and will teach the languages at Vassar this coming year. Vassar graduates are now studying for advanced degrees at Radcllffe, Yale and In the foreign universities of Heid elberg, Leipzig, Oottingen, Geneva, Dresden and Brussels. Pour Vassar women hold fellowships in the Univer sity of Chicago. There are seven more who are now studying medicine at the Johns Hopkins and the New York Medical College and at Chicago and .Michigan universities. Vassar women have entered nearly all the professions. They have at tained success as teachers, authors, editors, physicians, farmers and art ists. ; Mrs. Prances Plsher Wood, of '74, has made herself known In several ways. She Is the proprietor of a herd of Jerseys and manufactures a choice brand of sterilized milk. Mrs. Wood Is considered an expert In all matters pertaining to Oriental art. She Is frequently called upon by the New York custom house office to pass Judg ment upon Japanese curios. She has made such a reputation that when she goes'lnto Oriental shops she Is recog nized at once by the knowledge she dis plays concerning the curios and the language. Her own collection of east ern treasures is valued at $40,000. Mrs. Wood was her own architect in build ing ber summer home at Onteora Park, which Is entirely eastern In design, .built without paint, plaster, varnish or stain; walls, ceilings, floors, are all of natural wood, after the Japanese style. The noted place Professor Maria Mitchell held for so many years Is now occupied by Professor Mary Whitney, who after leaving college, studied at home and abroad. At one time she was connected with the Harvard ob servatory. Miss Mace, of '60, is assistant to Pro fessor Newcomb in the United States Naval Observatory at Washington. It Is with great pleasure the Vassar wo man notes the marked distinction .given to Professor Mitchell in placing her name, the only woman's name, on the walls of the new library building of Boston. Mrs. Christine Ladd-Franklln, of '69, who has been a fellow at Johns Hop kins university, and has received the degree of LL. D., is a phenomenal mathematician. Her papers on such subjects as the Pascal Heregram, Methods of Determining the Horopter, .the Algebra of Logic, etc., have ap peared in the most advanced scientific periodicals and in the publications of lonns Hopkins university. Mrs. Ellen Swallow-Richards, of '70, has . published much in the line of chemical and mlneraioglcal Investiga tions and has done praotlcal - work rhiea serves the gratitude ol every t. iv 14 f ,i i housekeeper. Her pamphlets on Home Sanitation, The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning, ' etc., have been widely circulated. MraRlchards is tin tne founder of that famous pioneer insti tution, the New England kitchen of Boston. Miss Welt, of '91. haa distinguished herself In the universities of Geneva and Paris, and is said to be the only woman chemist in Paris. An important work In collecting the HEALTH STATISTICS of alumnae which dealt the final blow to the old theory that a college education Is injurious to a girl's health, haa been accomplished by Mrs. Annie Howes Barnes, of '74. Vassar has her missionaries. Two have gone to Japan, one to India, oth ers have married missionaries. Miss Comfort, formerly ot the city or New York, is the wife of Crookshank Pasha, of Egypt. One of the most bril liant of Vassar women. Miss Susan Swift, Is a major In the Salvation army In London, the only American woman to hold such a oosltlon. Through the energy of Count Mori, head of the Jap anese legation at Washington, the Japanese government was peisuaded to send girls as well as boys to America for their education. Five girls In 1872 were brought here. Two were taken to New Haven. Miss Tamakawa was placed In the home of Dr. 'Leonard Ba con and Miss Nagai In the family of John S. C. Abbott, the historian. Each had the tenderest care, and arter tnor ough preparation both entered the col lege, the former the regular academic course, from which she was graduated as one of the honor students, the third in her class; the latter the musical de partment. From the first Miss Tamakawa ex celled in English studies and spoke our language without accent. Her com mencement, address won great ap plause. Professor Backus, then at the head of the F-x,,,", department, now MISS TAMAKAWA. president of Packer Institute, says ot her: "In my extensive acquaintance with young women as students I know of not one more Interesting In her spirit and natural gifts. She was a rare stu dent, and In her social relation uncon sciously to herself charmed all with her own personality. Soon after she returned to Japan, she married Count Oyama, minister of war. He was promoted to the rank of marquis in honor of his great military achievements. Now ha Is recognlzjd as the General Grant of Japan. As wife of the minister of war, the marquise of Oyama has had much to do In estab lishing hospitals. She was thoroughly trained ns a nurse In the Connecticut hospital after leaving college. Miss Nagat was graduated from the musical department of Vassar, and soon after her return to Japan mar ried Mr. Urln. a Japanese graduate of AnnanoU. Now she Is one of the prin cipal teachers In the Woman's High and Normal School of Toklo, the first school of the kind established by the Japanese government for the higher education ot women. The Hon. B. O. Nortnrop, after visiting Japan, writes of Mrs. Urln's enthusiasm and culture as ex tending far beyond the school Into the Japanese home life, and says of her: "I was invited to a dinner by her broth er, Mr. T. Masuda, at his charming mansion, Goten Tama, Toklo. His ex tensive grounds. Including hill and dale, are beautifully adorned. But more Interesting to me than these at tractive grounds and buildings, with their choice treasures of Japanese art, was the privilege so rare in Japan of meeting the cultured wife and hostess in her rightful place at that table." A few of the many prominent posi tions accorded to the Vassar alumnae have been noted. It Is not the only ambition of .Vassar to send her gradu ates into the professions, but rather to have them trained with some edu cated common sense so they are fitted to fill any position life may bring them. Could the founder of Vassar look upon the fulfillment of his Ideas and com pare the position of women now with what it was thirty years ago, he could not but feel his heartfelt desires had been realized. . EMELINE K. RICHMOND. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. (At Ann Arbor, Mich.) The great University of Michigan, lo cated In the beautiful city of Ann Ar bor. Is now one of the four leading uni versities of this country. Ann Arbor Is situated in one of the richest and fairest . agricultural regions of the world, but Its best claim to fame Is Its great university. Here on the banks ot the Huron, amid the peach orchards and wheat fields of summer and the sturdy frosts and deep snows of winter, has grown up within the last half cen tury an institution of learning whose foundations are the broadest and whose patronage Is the largest ot any In America. Its foundation rests on the faith and love of all the people of the great and Intelligent state of Michigan, for by the revenues of the people and the appropriations of the legislature is it sustained. - Its patronage has so grown that It has distanced all compet itors, and "more than three thousand Btudents drink learning at Its fountain, ITS DEPARTMENTS. Its departments consist of a school of literature and science, school of law. school of pharmacy, school of mining and engineering and a school of music, all housed in commodious quarters. The site of the university is a well-shaded plot of some forty acres in extent, on which there are about a dozen large buildings used for lecture rooms, labor atorles, libraries and museums. By the laws of the state the university is a part of the public educational system, From the common schools proficiency admits to the high school, from the high school proficiency admits to the university. As a result It Is the pride of every ambitious family In the state to have some son or daughter graduate from the university, and a a further result Michigan bids fair to excel all other states In the union in the general intelligence of its people. There is no dormitory system at Ann Arbor, the students occupying rooms at the rest dencee of private families. As a con sequence of this students' clubs and fraternities flourish. Co-education is the rule in all the departments. ALICE E. OSTHAt), MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL, FARMINdTON. . Miss Porter established her school for girls over fifty years ago, in Farming ton, Connecticut. She belongs to an old and intellectual New England family. Her brother, the late Noah Porter, was for many years the President of Yale College. Hor judgment in selecting suitable and efficient teachers, and the remarkable faculty she possesses for understanding the dispositions and ca pabilities of her pupils have had much to doiwlth the success of her school. Miss Porter, 1 although oyer eighty yearrof ' "SI! A. IT wssBMBsfsassftO tm age, still passes part of each day In the main building of the school, to which she goes every morning troiu her home in the village to preside at breakfast and to comer, on the numerous ques tions of school life, with her associate principal. Miss Dow. Miss Porter has her study in this house and each new pupil calls upon her there, and is care fully questioned as to her former stu dies, advised as to those she should continue and others she should begin. ine main house accommodates about fifty pupils, or half the scholars, the other half.composed of the newest girls. occupy the outside houses, which are all presided over by teachers. A girl Is called an "old girl" after remaining a year in the school and she then takes up ner residence in the main house as a "second haller," her room being on the second floor. The following year she moves to the next floor and becomes a "third haller," and here she remains un til she leaves school. As on old girl she has all the privileges the name im plies at Farmlngton. tor perhaps in no other school Is the distinction quite so mariced Detween the new and the old girl. THE NEW GIRL. A "new girl" Is considered "fresh" who occupies certain chairs In the stu dies and parlors, who speaks first to an old girl," who does not steD from the board walk to allow an "old girl" to pass, who presumes to ask an "old girl" to dance with her, and who Is at all as suming in her manners towards an "old girl." When the "new girl" has been tried and round not wanting in defer ence she Is "taken up" by the "old girls" and invited by them to the concerts, lectures, dances, walks, etc., and finds school life made pleasanter In conse quence. AMUSEMENTS. There are few rules in the school for ilibs i'orter and .Miss Dow rely on Hie character and honesty of their girls In regard to their behavior. The school day begins at half-past seven with breakfast, followed by prayer led by Miss Porter. The rest of the day Is de voted to study and recitation, with the exception of two hours in the afternoon, wnicn are allowed for recreation. The girls enjoy skating, sleighing and coast ing in winter, and tennis, riding, driv ing and walking during the fall and spring. No expense is spared In secur ing the best talent, both native and for eign, to lecture and give concerts for the pupils, Ysaye, Lachaume, Cesar Thom son, Xavler Scharwenka, Martcan, MacDowell and many other celebrities have given charming concerts In the school parlors. A FAIR PICTURE. Near the main house Is the "Art and Music Hall," built and presented to Miss Porter by some of her former pupils and used for the purposes the name Indicates. At the end of the vil lage street stands the "Lodge," which is owned and maintained by former and present pupils for the benefit of poor working girls In the cities who are glad to rest and enjoy country life during the hot weather. "Farmlngton, dear old town. Sweetest place the sun shines on." This refrain from one of the school songs expresses the sentiment the Far mlngton girl feels for this quaint old place in which she has spent so many pleasant hours. The wide street over hung by grand old elm trees, the houses, many of them built over a hundred years ago, the village Inn, the church with Its tnperlng spire, the river Mow ing through the outlying valley this Is Farmlngton, dear to the heart of a Farmlngton girl. ELEANOR ANDERSON. WELLS COLLEGE. A lake now gray, now blue beneath the changing skies. Upon its shore the village of Aurora calm ly lies, A long and pleasant road shaded by fine old trees. And then a stately building back from the street one sees. That's Wells. The first view of the simple yet Im posing buildings of Wells College, overlooking the beautiful campus and the bright waters of Cayuga Lake, Is very pleasing. To the student who posses four years amid these surround ings, the first impression grows Into a conviction that this is aa Ideal location for a college. The founder of the college, Mr. Henry Wells, desired to combine the home life of Miss Porter's school at Farming ton with the collegiate course of study at Vassar, at that time the leading col lege for women, and his wishes have been carried out with marked success. The number of students is limited, thus avoiding the constant strain of living among a crowd one might easily feel her identity lost. The quiet, refining, Christian influences of Wells College life, the atmosphere of home, and the hearty, healthful pleasures ot the girls are felt by any one who spends a few days at the college. First of all. stud ents are there for work, and work they do with a will. Wells Is no place for drones, and the days are as full as are those of a busy Scranton woman, though with a blessed routine that many of us sigh for In the interrupted days of our later lives. But time Is also found for out of door sportB walking, tennis, rowing and for Indoor relaxa tion In the way of class banquets, re ceptions, and unique entertainments devised by the Ingenuity of the students out of almost nothing, for the village "store" is a limited source of supply. Another pleasant feature of life at Wells, and one which could hardly be found In the large colleges, Is the op portunity for tne students to meet per sonally the distinguished lecturers and musicians who visit the college. These visitors are, as a rule, enter tained at the college, and after the lec ture or concert, an Informal reception is often held. The writer recalls with keen pleasure the visits of such men as Matthew Arnold, Edmund Gosse, Charles Dudley Warner, Donald O. Mitchell, George Cable, and many oth ers, all of whom left interesting impres sions of their personality, as well as of their professional ability. As the college days grow further Into the past, one realizes more fully the opportunities that were given at Wells for Intellectual culture, and the strong Influences of the college life, of which Miss Helen Smith, the Dean, is the very soul and centre. If these opportunities are not Improved to the utmost, the fault Is with the students, and not with the college, for Wells Is an Alma Mater who gives, and gives lavishly to her daughters, asking only that they In turn, as good and noble women, shall give to the world as they have received. O. S. WESTON. BETHLEHEM MORAVIAN SCHOOL The Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bethlehem, Pa., was found ed January 6, 1749, as a Church board ing school. It was reorganized Octo ber 2, 1786, with power to receive pupils from other denominations. Since this time it has been in successful operation and is believed to be the oldest Institu tion of the kind in the United States. The school is conducted on religious, but not sectarian, principles, with scrupulous .regard to the views and sentiments of each Christian denomi nation, but the pupils ar required to attend divine services In the Moravian church nd ehapeli'A"""" ---- ' ,. v. MISS HELEN SANDERSON, EDITOR. The students and teachers of the seminary constitute one household, at the head of which stands the principal and his wife. All the students are di vided into room companies or family groups of from fifteen to twenty mem bers, selected according to age. While each group has Its own study room, with one of the room teachers always In charge, and Its own dormitory with Individual alcoves. Its lavatory, bath room, etc.. It has also a number of pri vate sitting rooms, each occupied by from three to five students. The teach ers sleep in the same dormitory with the pupils of their charge, the pupils being required to retire at 8 o'clock and the teachers at 10, when the lights are extinguished. The rising bell rlr.rra at half past 5 In the morning. Breakfast Is at 8. At the table a hymn Is sung and the text for the day reud, when It Is expected that we all Join with cheerful voice In thus praising our Lord. After break fast each pupil attends in person to making her bed, after which an hour is given for study. Then the bell sum mons them to chapel. No pupil is al lowed to excuse herself from attend ance at this service. At 8 o'clock the bell rings for school. After school the pupils are accompan ied by the teachers In their dally walks. each company going in a different di rection, the oldest member having the privilege of leading her respective com pany and choosing her own partner. On Friday afternoon after school tne walks ure dispensed with, and instead the room companies meet In their sit ting rooms and do the necssary sewing and mending, and while thus engaged they are entertained by the teachers reading to them from Interesting books written by the best authors. I'uplls are not allowed to receive vis itors at the school or to visit out of It, except with the express permission of their parents or guardians, and even with the authority obtained the princi pal exercises his own discretion in giv ing his sanction to it. Our favorite walk was to the old Moravian graveyard, for not many cemeteries are more Interesting than Is this one. Not far from the church, It Is situated in about the center of the town, shaded by tall and venerable trees, which cast their shadows upon the resting places of the dead. A mound of grass, bearing a flat marble or granite stone with the name of tne person burled beneath Inscribed there on, is all that is raised over them. Here lies a bishop of the Moravian church, on his right a soldier who met his death while fighting bravely for his country, and on the other stde a poor old man who knew nothlrg but poverty and hard work during his life time. Just as they died they were burled, one after the other, and side by Hide, for all are equal In death. There is a very interesting fact at tached to this place, for In this grave yard the hero of one of Cooper's novels Is said to be burled, no other than the "Last of the Mohicans." All the men are buried In one part of the graveyard and the women In another part. An cient, trees, which have looked upon this quiet spot for years, still continue to stand through storm and sunshine, peace and strife, while with their rustling leaves they lull to rest those who are sleeping there until the judg ment day. BERTHA POWELL. COLLEGE CONUNDRUMS. Why is Wells college on Sunday morning like a well tilled wine cellar? Because It is full of champagne (sham pain). If the distance from Wellesley to Bos ton is fifteen mtles, how many students will It require to reach that distance? Fifteen, because a miss Is as good as a mile. WELLESLEY COLLEGE. If the opinion prevalent in Boston be accepted, Wellesley College Is only fif teen miles from the hub of the universe. As a rule, however, Bostonlans and Westerners do not agree on this par ticular point. We prefer to think of the college as situated In the town of Wellesley, ne of the most beautiful and healthful places in all Massachu setts. A walk of about half a mile from the Boston and Albany station brings us to the main entrance of the grounds. These are our special pride, three hun dred and sixty acres of wooded land, broad meadows and lawns. Here we find plenty of room for our out-door athletics, and during warm weather games of golf, basket-ball, lacrosse and tennis may be seen at almost any time. The wide "campus," beginning now to put on Its prettiest shade of green. Is all that we can desire for our tree-day fete. Bounding one side of the grounds is LAKE WABAN, not very large, but none the less dear to the heart of every college girl. Na ture, with the help ot a suggestion or two from our founder, Mr. Durant, has made it Ideal. The curious Italian gardens of Mr. Humewell form a pleas ant break in the hue of trees and rho dodendrons which edge the Irregular shores. It is not strange that the May days, bewitching point Tupelo, and the water that ripples around her, tempt us to leave books and final papers to their own devices. It is to Waban we go for skating in winter and boating in summer. Here also you may find our crews, of which, though they never race with Yale or Harvard, we are very proud. Most of the college buildings are situ ated on knolls not far from the lake. The two larger dormitories are College and Stone halls, besides which there are seven homelike- cottages. The art building, chemistry building and music hall complete the list. College hall, the main building and centre of college ife, is an eighth of a mile in length and ac commodates about two hundred and eighty girls. Here are our chapel, li braries, gymnasium, recitation rooms, post office, express office, and book store, a miniature village under one roof. NEED OF A. NEW CHAPEL, In the chapel, for want of a more suitable place, we hold our concerts and lectures aa .wl' as religious wr- vlcesand the gymnasium la the very unromantic back-ground for our danc es and plays. Chapel and gymnasium were both outgrown long ago. The de vices resorted to by the faculty that we may all have the privilege of at tending daily chapel at twenty min utes past eight, are many. Another question which troubles the students more seriously, especially on popular concert nights, is how a room accomo dating six hundred pupils can be made to hold a much larger number ot girls and all their Harvard friends. The only solution of the problem which we hope ever to reach, is that of a kind friend who will make the new chapel of our dreams a reality. AUGUSTA P. FORDHAM, "9i MISS BALDWIN'S SCHOOL A stranger visiting Philadelphia ought not to feel that her visit Is com plete until she has seen Bryn Mawr, that beautiful suburb, whose chief at tractions are the college and Mrs. Bald win's Preparatory school. Not five minutes walk from the sta tion is the main building of the school with which the recitation hall Is con nected, and Just a few steps beyond Is "Qedarhurst" accommodating about half as many girls as the main house; but the most .attractive dormitory Is Stanthorpe. In walking up the pretty driveway which leads to the gray stone building, a good view Is obtained of the smooth lawns with the pine trees and the one lovely old weeping willow. In Stanthorpe one notices especially the home life and the sisterly affection which exists among the girls, driving away very quickly any tendency to "that home sick feeling" which comes so naturally to a new girl. There are two courses of study at Miss Baldwin's, the preparatory, for those who Intend entering college, and the general course. The "C. P.'s", as the college prepara tory girls are called, study much harder than the others, and during the spring term have three hour examinations every Saturday morning. There are about one hundred and twenty-five girls In the school of which number fifty-five are boarders and the rest day students. One reason why Miss Baldwin's la such a good preparatory school Is that a number of her teachers are professors at Bryn Mawr college, or else graduates of the same. When there Is any special attraction at the college, such ax a good lecture or a class play, Miss Bald win's girls often have an opportunity of attending It. Very few rules govern the school life, but the girls are put on their honor to strictly obey these. As long as a girl shows herself worthy of trust, she Is' allowed the utmost freedom as to the way she passes her time outside of study hours. There Is always something with which to fill pleasantly the hours of re creation. Aside from the beautiful walks and the gymnasium, basket ball and tennis are very popular, also skat ing In winter, but what they enjoy above all other things is to take long rides on their wheels over the well-kept roads In and around Bryn Mawr. The girls are very fond of dancing In the gymnasium In the evening before the bell for study hour rings, and oc casionally the different houses take turns In entertaining by giving small teas and receptions. A birthday Ih thought to be quite an event and Is usually celebrated by a spread. The girls consider It a great pleasure to go Into the city on Saturday which the older ones are permitted to do without a chaperon. The girls are allowed to receive their gentlemen friends on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons arid whenever any one of them is fortunate enough to have a caller, the rest of the girls take a personal Interest In him, and do their beBt to catch a glimpse of him, through the windows and over the ban isters. Next year Miss Baldwin will have her entire school together In the Bryn Mawr hotel, a fine, large building with very beautiful grounds, where those who are placed under her care will have Increased opportunities for study and womanly development. MARGARET D. HANLEY. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE. A. When Dr. Joseph W. Taylor, of Bur lington, New Jersey, decided on Bryn Mawr as the site ot the college he pro posed to endow for the advanced edu cation of women, he could have made no better choice. Situated as It Is on a hill In the midst of a beautiful rolling country, excellent opportunities are there offered for the enjoyment of out-ot-door life, while It Is still near enough to Philadelphia for all the advantages of a large city. Though the college is but now In Its twelfth year an imposing number of buildings bear witness to Its steady growth and increasing poularlty, due In great part to a persistent upholding of Its original high standard of scholar ship. Taking Johns Hopkins University as its model, Bryn Mawr was the SECOND COLLEGE IN AMERICA to adopt the group system, thereby giv ing the students the Inestimable benefit ot much elective work. Though there are many required courses, still by a combination of the major studies with the year and a half of free elective, even post-graduate work along chosen lines may be taken. As a consequence of thlB class feeling pure and simple has very little place at Bryn Mawr, even senior and freshmen meeting unavoidably In some courses. But by this levelling of all ranks a rare unity, of feeling has been established which underlies the personal prejudices and petty cllqulsm which of necessity exist. It Is this unity of feeling and strong common Interest in the well-being of the college that has done most to effect such a satisfactory development of the plan. of self-government among the students. With the growth of the college the utter absence of rules which characterized It at first could not last, and the Association for Self-Government was started as an experiment. From an experiment it has become a reality, establishing a well regulated order In the mutual relations ot stu dents and faculty. One might think that with all this at tention to the serious things of life little time would be left for PUN AT BRYN MAWR. But such is decidedly not the case. There is a well-developed social life which becomes more pronounced each year. Of course both formal and In formal entertainments make up this life, and among the former are certain customs which began in the early years of the college. Of such the most Im portant Is the entertainment of the sophomores, as a welcome to the fresh men, In the course of which Is Intro duced, in some original way, the pres entation to each freshman of a lantern, as . the formal symbol of the college. But to the giving ot teas are the "Bryn Mawrtyrs" particularly addicted, and the variety of spreads covered by the magic word Is marvellous. Since the establishment In '92 of the Athletic Association that branch of col lege life haa flourished wonderfully. Besides the gymnasium with Its swim ming tank there hi an out-of.door ath- letic field and tennis, golf and basket ball are enthusiastically Indulged In. At Bryn Mawr the development ot mind and body go hand In hand, and physical as well as mental excellency Is prised. No one who has seen Bryn Mawr can deny that she has great possibilities be fore ber; and to me the strongest proof that these possibilities will one day be realised, la the love ot Bryn Mawr that la felt by every one of her graduates and undergraduates. ALICE BELIN. THE BIBLE INSTITUTE. By the City Missionary ol the Secood Presbyteriai Church. As an evangelist, Mr. Moody's reputa tion la world wide but there Is a work he has established of which the people, generally, are not so well Informed but which will live long after he has gone to his reward. The Bible Institutes with headquar ters at Northfield and Chicago owe their existence, under God, to Mr. Moody. Especial attention Is called to the Women's Department of the Chicago In stitute which Is located on La Salle ave nue near Mr. Moody's church. It was formally opened Oct. 1, 1889 with Miss Capron as superintendent. Since then she has resigned and her assistant Miaa Emily Strong, of West Pittston succeed ed her. Three additional houses have been purchased recently and over one-hundred young women can be nicely accom modated. ITS PRACTICAL OBJECTS. Its object Is to train young women in the knowledge and practical use of the English Bible, to send Into service young women having thorough conse cration. Intense love for souls, a good knowledge of God's word and how to use It In winning souls for Christ. The Institute haa become so well known as a religious training school that It has been called the "West Point" of Christian work. Music is made a prominent feature. Prof. T. B. Towner haa charge of that department. Study and work go hand In hand, about an equal amount of time being spent In each. A portion ot every day (except Monday), is spent in actual work In the needy parts of the city and suburbs. The object Is to teach the students not only the theory of the work but also the work Itself by actually doing it. Lectures and recitations are held dally (except Sunday and Monday) at 9 a. m., 10 a, m. and 11 a. m. In the lec ture room of the men's department which Is located near by. A visitor on entering the home would be Impressed by the spiritual atmos phere of the place. It is Interesting to study the faces of the eighty or ninety girls as they enter the chapel eager for the helpful lesson MIsb Strong Is sure to give them from God's word. After the domestic work la done (for the girls do the light work) all attend the lectures. After noon-lunch all gather around the superintendent onoe more for the "noon verses" some prom ise to claim for the afternoon's work, whether is Is Btudy or practical work. One of the most Important lines ot work is the "street work." When a girl enters the school she Is "given a little parish" all her own. This Is com posed of two or three blocks on Home street, she visits and revlsiU all the families, takes the children to Sunday school and children's meetings which are held every Wednesday afternoon In the church. During the long winter evenings cottage meetings are held In these "little parishes." ' Many people hnve have found Christ as the result of this street work. What a blessed privi lege to Introduce Christ Into these needy houses! Last year there were twenty-one de nomlnatlons represented from twenty three different state and Canada, Ger many, Ireland, Scotland, Japan and Nova Scotia. Many have gone out to the "uttermost parts of the earth" to tell the good news of salvation and many are In the home land telling the same "old, old story." May the Lord prosper Mr. Moody In this far reaching work which may be even more enduring than the evangelistic work with which, the world Is so familiar. LUCILE M'GAUGHEY. WELLS COLLEGE BOAT CLUB. (A Pretty Pen Picture.) It is with a slight feeling of jealousy that most colleges look upon the su perior advantages of Cornell for aquat ics, because of its position at the head of Lake Cayuga. We do not blame them for their pride at having been rep resented on English waters or for their enthusiasm over the coming races. We read of the proficiency of their crew and of the popularity Cornell has gained through the Interest manifested In this department of athletics; but 1b it known that the situation of Wells on the banks of this fame lake offers to It similar ad vantages? The college overlooks the widest part of the lake, where from shore to shore the distance is about four miles. The opportunity for rowing that this offers to the young women is fully ap preciated, and proves one of the most pleasant features of recreation hours. Not two hundred feet from the Col. lege grounds stands the original boat house, which Is soon to be replaced by a more Imposing structure. It is well equipped with cedar boats, which are the pride of every Wells girl's heart. Rowing is especially popular In the springtime, and after the dinner hour there Is a general rush toward the lake, for all are anxious to enjoy the boating before darkness sets In. There is always a certain grandeur about a sunset over the water, but to be on Cayuga when the day Is dying, and watch the sun as it slowly sinks behind the hills on the opposite shore Is to see a beautiful picture from the hand of the Master, which can never be forgotten. It Is always a solemn moment when the last ray disappears and not a ripple can be seen on the water, nor a sound heard to disturb the beautiful calm which settles over the earth. THE INSPIRATION OP BEAUTY. In moments like these, amid all the happy circumstances of college sur roundings, the deeper things of life come to us, and who can deny but that at such a time many life purposes have been formed, and many hearts made to look from the beautiful things in na ture to the Creator of all good things? It makes the surroundings sacred, and rowing proves something beside a healthful exercise. The expenses of the Boat Club are de frayed by the membership fees, and frequent entertainments are given In the collegewhlch not onlyald In a finan cial way, but prove a pleasant feature in the social life of the students. WellB has no crew as yet, so can not hope to be represented at Henley this year, nor do we. anticipate joining the coming races with Columbia, Univer sity of Pennsylvania and Cornell, but the Wells College Boat Club can never cease to be a source of enjoyment and of Inestimable value to the physical de velopment of the students. EMMMA M. HANLEY. A VALENTINE FROM WELLESLEY. TO VASSAR. "Vasaar maiden, rose and gray, Pray accept my love to-day I You -know 'tis deep and true, For It comes from Wellesley blue; i To your college e'er be true, Keep her highest aim In view, lie the better for her living. Make her better by your striving. Though you think she Is the best, Others will the elaim contest. So, while you're to Vasiar true. , I'll uphold the Wellesty blue." STANFORD UNIVERSITY. By a Student. Stanford University was founded by Leland Stanford and Jane Lathrop Stanford in memory of their only son, Leland Stanford, jr.. who died of ma larial fever in Italy. March, 1S84. The child of many hopes, heir to a vast es tate, he had reached the period when the question of education become par amount. Certain phases of the educa tional movement had already interest ed him keenly and. though atlll In hie sixteenth year, he had laid many plan for his future course. To his parents, stricken with grief, the most fitting me morial of the life, so rudely interrupted, seemed the promotion ot education in some of Its many forms, and, with mod esty and simplicity, these two con ceived the idea of leaving their great wealth In such a way that It would do for the children of California what they had hoped for their son. A special act ot the legislature was sought, and in November, 1885, the Act of Endowment, embodying the character ot the Institu tion and the gift of eighty thousand acres of land In the rich valleys of Cali fornia was made public. The place chosen for the new univer sity was the Palo Alto estate, In the Santa Clara Valley, the seat of Mr. Stanford's country resident The Santa Clara valley has long been famous for Its beauty, fertility, and excellence of climate. Easy of access to the metro polis of the coast, free from the rigors ot eastern winters and the extreme of eastern summers, with a rare ocean quality In the air, the students at Palo Alto have one succession of springtime and autumn. The buildings are placed In the head plain sloping up from the bay to the foothills ot the Sierra More no, and the ground la high enough so that glimpses of the water may be seen through the trees. The Lick Observa tory, crowning Mt. Hamilton some thir ty miles away, may easily be seen on a clear and bright day. Just behind are the foothills, and beyond again are the mountains whose heights look down upon the Pacific over long stretches of redwood forest. The buildings themselves, planned on the Old Mission architecture,are unique and harmonious In effect. Gathered) about a court five hundred and twenty eight feet by two hundred and forty-six, enclosing an area ot three and a quar ter acres paved with asphalt and diver sified with eight Immense beds of. tro pical plants and flowers, are the twelve buildings of the Inner quadrangle. They are built of soft bull sandstone with red tile roof, connected by a continuous open arcade facing the court, and are one story In height Other buildings already erected are the two dormitories, the art museum, the two gymnasiums, various engineering structures and numerous cottages. It was 1S91 before a president waa fin ally chosen or the buildings sufficiently advanced to warrant the starting ot the university. The number ot students en rolled that year was about Ave hun dred. Since then the Ave hundred stud ents have grown to eleven hundred; the Instructing body has Increased from thirty to eighty. All the various stud ent activities which give color to aca demic life the daily and weekly papers, the literary societies, the musical or ganizations, the collegiate and Intercol legiate athletics have taken vigorous) root. The student spirit Is beauty, self reliant, manly and womanly. The dor. mltortes are successfully managed by students on the co-operative plan;: while several hundred Btudents live outside the halls in private homes, la chapter houses and boarding clubs. More than a third of the Btudents are young women, and here, as every where in the west, education is a mat ter of course and excites no antagon isms. The idea In founding was " university for both sexes" for "we deem It of first Importance that the educa tion of both sexes shall be equally full and complete, varied only as nature In dicates. The rights of one eex, political or otherwise, are the same a those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized." The sudden death of Mr. Btanford, in, the early Bummer of 1893, made neces sary a temporary postponement of all plans for enlargement of work and in crease of facilities. A year later, the government of the United States, Inter posed with a claim, growing out of its relations with the Central Pacific rail road, amounting to almost the entire apprised value of the estate. Mrs. Stanford, with untiring vigor, succeed ed In pushing the case through the var ious courts with as little delay as pos sible, and the final decision of the 8U preme court of the United States, favor ing the estate, was handed down March, Tho university, though still In its in fancy and hardly half completed, has excited a powerful Influence in the edu cational world, and with Its young fa culty, broad and comprehensive courses, an endowment greater than that which any other university now enjoys, there is no reason why some day It shall not lead the college world. KATHARINE Y. HASKELU ' .J THE MISSES ELY'S SCHOOL (By a Recent Pupil.) The Misses Ely's school for girls, sit uated on Riverside Drive and Eighty fifth street, New York city, was organ ized nearly ten yeara ago in Brooklyn, and had at that time thirteen boarding and about twenty-five day scholars. Four years ago they removed to their present site, and now have ninety-eight boarders, and one-hundred day scholars. This school offers the advantages of a comfortable and generously ordered home, with opportunities for thorough work In the study of English mathema tics. Natural Science, French, German, Latin, Greek, Musto and Drawing. Every aid is given to girls desiring thorough classic training, and special attention is paid to those pupils prepar ing for college. It la desired that all who do not Intend to pursue a college course will submit their work to the test offered by college examinations. The girls are required to take out-of-door exercise before each school session. The premises, which cover more than an acre, have a gymnasium, tennis courts, and a wide piazza which gives opportunity rarely obtainable in a city school, for exercise even in stormy, weather. The location of the house, between the Riverside and Central Parks, secures every access to many beautiful walks where more freedom of exercise can be had than is possible upon the avenues and thoroughfares of the city. A lecture is given every Saturday, morning, on some current topic, or lit erary or artistic subject Effort Is also made to awaken Interest In the relig ious and philanthropic work of the day, arid once or twice a week an address is given by some clergyman or other per son in touch with the various lines of benevolent work. No study of any kind Is done In the evening, that being entirely devoted to rest and a quiet home life. Once a week the burden of the even ing's entertainment Is thrown upon the pupils, and each girl is expected to take her part In Its social duties. The idea, that many people have In regard to a city school, that very little studying Is done. Is a most erronous one, in con nection with the Misses Ely's school, as the standard Is high, and the pupils are obliged to work hard to keep up with their classes. In every way this is a moot delightful school, but one in which each pupil muBt work, as In every school, to attain the high standard set before her, and which she Is expected to reach. CLARA SIMPSON. . Other Interesting college papers will be found on page 28J The Linen department always has an interstlng trade story. This time It's a lot of fine bleached Table Damasks, with Napkins to match. A very large purchase enables us to sell them at the price of common goods. CONNOLLY & WALLACH. l "A'V; V.
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