OUB WOMAN'S PAPER, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 18U6.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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