The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-11
From BScHsA letter.
The Vassar College.


Mr.. Matthew Fsssar, grown rich il
trade, conceived the thought oi consecrat
ing his fortune b che creation of q grta
educational establishments for girls. ihe,
should thers Fcssivc tAs sans instruction
as 10 given - yosnR men in the best Col
g Ill iiie United States. For the &C
cotnpilshment Of THIS object, Mr.. Vassai
correyp ,nued with learned men OF d.tfel
4 eIt COUNTRIES who were nl,,st actively &c
capied an raising tbsIexei OF, female edu
cation. 1t WAS in 1851 that he put int
execution pfsn which had been the sub.
lject of long stady end serious meditation
Tie moment when the Legislature of the
State of New Ycfh, accepting Mr.. Vas
sar's offer, Incorporated this coiieHe .or
girls into the saiverAIt5,. is sa tlporta1
date in the. history OF public edu. atlol.
in the United Ststes The r.gh. i ~o
men TO superior education was thus rec
ognized. They we've declared nuslly To
participate III al the studies sill then re
erved fur lnsA; thus WAS solelnnly pro-
claimed th equality OF intelligence i,
!, The tive sexcs MY. Vassar acc M 2ilshe,i
the generous aet which crowned /, iona
|ald honorable career in simple i d s.. r
thy manner He chose with care t..
twenty eight trustees who should con.
pose tie board of management of til.
new establishment, assem- 0:el ih1ln, Eel,
tuary q 1891, in one ri th~ puniic hall
u the city OF Poughke-I'sie,o and, aftci
explaining 40 them With emotion his de-
Signs in creating chs work which he
should conHde TO their patronage, he
handed them bon containing sccur ties
for the alnount Of 2,50O, 900 francs
Ii was with this @ifs oKefe.i by j SIM
pie brewer, that an edifice Aas u be rails.
ed y hose maRalHcsHos no establishment
Tor public lust. uction has ever tq;i;.led
either in the old or new world Aimil-
ted to every part IF this college, bulls. IN
q little city on the banks Of the Hudson
confess that nothing that I saw in the
cities of the United States, whose sclIo i
OF all kinds / examined, produced upon
me more lively impression. -Four nun
dred girls from all parts of America, ar,
there assembled. All the discoveries ot
m 'dern science hare contributed to secure
their comfort, and, gathered around them
they find every means to facilitate the
stuLEof the different branches of human
knowledge. "a 'fi8 ISIS G5l' aast :
The college, SITUATED upon plain a,
some distance from the city, and in the
midst of n charming country, commando
ing view of wide nor .z,n, has - facade
OF more than one hundred and sixty me-
| tres, at the centre of which is pavilion,
sixty metres wide; the extremeties are cut
at "a right angle by two wings fifty five
metres in width. 10 has been richly pro
vlded with all the conveniences suitable
to such an establomenA The basement
contains numerous pipes wisely arranged
and distributing to the who ediice air,
gas, and hot and cold water The first
and second stories, traversed by vast cor
ridors, are occupied by recitation rooms
study halls, cabinets Of chemistry, physics
and natural history, minerology and geol
ogy land galleries for paintings and draw
ing. Around the principal edtice is
grouped several special buildings an
observatory, which possesses powerful
lelesc npe,and the most perfect Instruments
for the study of astronomy gymnasium
or calisthenlum; u riding school. Gar
dens, parks and woods with running
brooks, serve rs places for promenade and
recreation. 9-3 80 7u 2i'a z1Ef'r'a .-t"r +
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at the aye OF fourteen. The course OF
study is for four years To be prepared
10 enter the first years course, one must
be able to read tour books OF Caezar, four
orstions Of Cicero and six books Of Wig
al /, have studied algebra, as far as u
equations of second degree; rhetoric, and
"a little general HISTORY During these
four years the Instruction embraces the
Latan, Greek, French, German aud Iral-
ian languages !; mathematics, physics,
chemistry, geology, botany, zoology, anat
Omy, physiology, rhetoric, English and
foreign literatures, logic and political
economy. a5s as} .,t.f ssa .srats
"One must not be astonished at so for
midable programme, comprising, rs i.
the Gu tom in America, verItable ency
c.opedia. The papilsare not obliged T.,
follow every branch the courses being
separate and at distinct hours, they ca
choose among the studies, under the al
vice OF the principal AMI professors, those
winch are most suitable for them If the
instruction lacks IN dep h what it offers
in extent, IT even OH many points it can
not but be superficial, this defect, observ
, able III almost every school in the United
States, is SO manifest to the guard ians o
public eduCdt ION, that 1t must sooner OF
tter be diminished. The necessity of re
trenchllg the less essential parts is I'm
ldarstood. At all events, we have III
right to be too severe OH this point to
wards the United States when we exam
Inc the programmes fer our own classi.
} inst ruction, against whose superaoui.
: dance SO maby protests are made every
day and winch NC fad il so hard TO re-