New-York tribune., 1873-06-26
90 NETWORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 26 1873

teru Of residence in several or professional
! schools has been la.ely heightened, but still
| needs 20 be further prolonged. Three years
none too much for law, four years for medicine and
,heoIogy BY recent vote OF the corporation, passed
AZ the instance OF the Academic Council, a body CON-
pr,sing all the professors OF the University member
of one department can attend any OF the instruction
given in the other departments thus law student
! study history political economy with the college
! classes a medical student can pursue chemistry with
prof Cooke or ZOOLOGY with Prof Agassiz a scientific
stndeut can study German in Holden chapel, human
anatomy at the medical college We thus offer TO tao
student in any department the advantages OF our
whole organization far as he can avail himself Of
them The multiplication OF the college dormtories has
enabled the corporation to admit scientific students
/ them-a privilege which We gentlemen, know how 10
] value-we. VINO arc even now looking tenderly back
unon our own DAYS spent within these walls those days
| ~ buovant hope, brief care. quick Joy, and pure
ambitions hope that before many years the consttu
ency Of the Board OF Overseers will include all persons
who have received q degree from the University and
that the invitation to this dinner viii be equally
prehensive, and that the Commencement exercises viii
represent the whole University.
Important changes have been recently made IN tho
reouses for admission to the college and the scien
tfc School. portion Of the Latin now demanded for
admission 70 college has been abandoned In favor Of Ro
man history and in three successive years three add
TONS 20 the present requisites will be made-n 1874 En-
Olish: In 1878 the elements or Frencn OF OEermani IN
1874 the rudment Of two natural sciences These
cbanres have been made after much deiberatlon and
careful consultation with the heads OF preparatory
scboos and academies In 1874 and thereafter he eK-
animation for admission 10 college VIII De dYlsble INTO
two parts that the candidate, he please can pass
narr one wear and the rest in another year returning
TO school the interval The College Faculty and the
prncipgs OF these schools agree thdt these improve
ncnts can all be made without advancing the present
the scientific School, English French, German or latn
and the rudiments OF some natural science are 70 be
added in 1874 the present reqastons for admission
The scientific professions demahd as lhofousAy euu-
Gated men as the learned PROFESSIONS
wOHAN's CHANCES
One other step has been taken tins year which has
some significance, but rather because OF It's direction
than OF its length Last summer the Woman's Edu-
cation Association OF Boston asked that tho corporation
through a committee II the University would hold
auinatons FOR young women at Boston on the general
plan the local examinations which have Tor several
years been successfully conducted by the universities Of
oxford Cambridge London. and Edinburgh. Alter
consulting the the corporation said that they
woud A committee OF the Faculty thereupon eN-
amiued anu compared the courses OF STUDY ID nnmber
OF schools an1 academies 0r girls, discussed tho length
and breadth of the atainments which II would Dc
reasonable for the present 70 expect and arranged
scheme " examinations IN t~o SrAges, 70 oe Iea Ioi
he first time n ls7i The WOmans Education Associa-
tlOu published the detailed programme OF these exam
giving information about fees, lodging, beneficiary
aid, and other Ike matters. People naturally ask
What good can examinations by the University
do when the University does not teach girls
schools which college admission examinations
have done for preparatory schools Tor boys
study for several years life between II and ls There
Is now no standard for girls schools. no means or pub
pupils or teachers These dedcieucies the proposed
examinations for women may IN par supply. LAe eA-
OF may be organized TO take charge
" the candidates and 90 tho local part OF me business
and NAV promise a reasonable number OF cand dates.
rtry ,np the better edueaon of young women. Ia
and
the great need Whatever this University can do % I'M
nroye the education OF Young women. without inter-
ferug with its historical. legitimate and suihrleHt
work OF educating Young men WI oe gaay done; ine
educating adult young men and women together There
is just mOnentary interest IN such experiments
in education need many years 10 develop their
complete results, particularly wnen they anect the
physique well as the manners morals, ana mental
habits OF the generations eXperlmented upon.
II Il now four years since became PRESIDENT OF me
University. IL mas been ptlou OF many claH--a
trust, he whole, OF substantial growth Bui tAer. s
thing which among all changes remains eSselt.ls
the same mean tAe Y IeTal . VI "a tio
men who year after {eA 20 iGitn rom Lhs place; We
Grating, that there - less honor less puc spirit re-
Uuralitv lu the community now tndn formerly more
cyn.csm, more iud'lerenusm, more knayery aud more
crime in proportion % the population. Against thIs
common erv desire 20 bear testimony that year py
year troops OF Young out from these nails as
fAey nave ever gone ful. OF high purpose and manly
ambition. instinct With honor aud ihat brave Roman
sentiment OF public duty, meaning 10 serve Goa anu
their country and better eqUpped for tha service than
they have ever BEEN But some, doubtless may say
Lap but Is their flower which cAdracterizes people
and contains the sect OF their future.
SsAt the meeting Of the Alumni IN Harvard Hall, this
morning Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Lee
Francis T. Parker James Freeman Clarke, anu
Geo. f. Hoar elected Overseers for SIX
years, and Alexander Agassiz, for two years.
The Neurology OF Harvard College gives the number OF
deaths during the past year at So The Nestor Of Har
ward College s the Hon. Horace Binney OF Philadelphia
He is 90 years old and graduated in 1891 The next
on the LIST is Judge willard Hall, who was graduated IN
l7go He IS % years old. Both Of these gentlemen have
beep members OF Congress. samvel Dunn Parker, the
oldest living member Of the Boston BAR graduate Oh
1888 is next on the list There now no representa-
tives left OF 1898, 1900 1901, 1902. OF 1893.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society win hold its annual meet
ing tomorrow when the Hon. Charles Francis Adams
Will deliver the orauon
VASsAR COLLEGE.