The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-25

bedtime Is near, ana at ten vassar puts on
head Spon its pillow. saturday and Sunday own
an ARRANGEMENT peculiar TO themselves great
deal OF freedom Is allowed 70 the Pupils on friaay
silent time They may read, visit work or play
or, In Short do what they choose-restralned only
course, il devoted to religious duties. AS . rule.
the dormft0res are arranged that their sieeplna
rooms are IN connection with one pafor user a.
study by the occupants. Some or these uormtoS
ries contain single and some double BEDS Dut tner9
is full and free ventilation in all: The rooms
the expense Of the College, and matron is APP
pointed to keep them In order; but the students
them according to the bent OF Individual tastes
Among the outgrowths OF this daily life OF . the
students are several such as the mn pa
inquiry and the Floral Society. The Philalethean
ment. The members Of the general society are dis
tributed into chapters OF equal size Each chapter
GERS and manages its internal anairs on its own
plan constituting for all literary purposes an in~
dependent society. Essays, recitati0ns. readings.
occasionally public entertainments are given In the
hall OF the society or in the public chapel. The
for its object. Membership is voluntary but the
ana personal supervision Of the PROFESSOR
guests The Societe de Sevgne Is intended to prot
French language. Its meetings are held weekly
under the supervision OF teacher, ana the time u
spent In conversation classical readings anu a1c
tations voluntary association OF students espe.
cay interested in the study of nature has resulte0
in the formation or the Society OF Natural Hstory,
ligious inquiry seeks to foster an Intelligent mis-
sionary spirit among its members and their ielow
stu y It's meetings. also
take place monthly. Lastly, the Floral Society
deals not in the language OF flowers, but IN the
taste Is displayed in the laying out Of those garden
patches hereinbef0re mentioned
about t the middle Of September and closing near
the end of June. The vacation Immediately lol-
lows, embracing July, August and part OF sep,
@ntsr hoSays and another IN hs spring.
Thanksgiving Washingtons Birthday, the birth,
day Of Mr. vassa the ounder ana the annual al
holidays 1t may be interesting to note that there
are no punshments In Vassar short OF expulsion
these cases are so exceedingly rare as scarcely to
deserve being taken into account. But my inner
consciousness warns me to beware OF rose color,
Murray has done for the Adirondacks. Your cor
respondent, then, does not absurdly insist that
Vassar Is a scholastic Utopia realized for the frSt
time. Even prolonged visit must fail to detect
many flaws and imperfecti0ns which a.
% sht But Sere are soe evils which speak
solQudy that even superficial glance could not fall
to detect them. From these this wonderful Wo-'
mans college seems TO be Free There Is slngu-
lar absence of clique and faction, and those few
abnormal cases OF psychological rather tnan vicious
tnat t occur az and yet SO
quietly, that the maximum OF good seems 10 Dc
attained with the minimum OF offence anu scandal.
Let us hope these exceptions are far more tnan
counterbalanced by the faithful friendships &C..
mented We have already of the famous L4dies OF
Langowan that female Damon or PythlaS-tne
true-tlli-death Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler, and
the equally tenacious Sarah PonSonby. who liveai
together, secluded from the world, in uninterrupted
friendship for fifty years. Your correspondent does
not that friendships or rather tnat loveshps,i
SO close this often contracted at Vassar, but
probably as firm foundation for faithful comrade-
ship Is laid there as ever Is realized IN the OUTSIDE
world.
ENDowMENrs NEEDED
AS previously intlmated, what VaSSar now needs
more than anything else is endowments IN the
form Of State grants or OF scholarships emanating
which has given hundreds of thousands to the col
leges for young men, has not yet contributed an
or sne h mr. Fox wha has been
mentioned has been the only individual in oil the
broad United States to emulate the br0ad-slghted-
And until other emuators arise Vassar College
will not realize its potentialities-will not maze
actual the noble and beautiful ideal which its
founder conceived Tor it.. But it is Impossible to
believe so fair an institution will ever be allowed
b GSGe Of which,
are compelled to exclaim at last that we have
'learned their sweetness by their silence and their
light by their decay" Let readers OF the HERALD
go visit 1t themselves, and then examine whether
they do not feel tendency to some such thoughts
as these:-
And then sr0lied
For half the day through stately theatres,
Benched crescentwise. In each we sat we heard
The grave professor. On the lecture slate
The circle rounded under female hands.
With flawess demonstration. Followed then
A classic lecture, rich in sentiment
With scraps of thunderous epic lifted out
By violet hooded doctors; eleges
And quoted odes and jewels, live words long.
That the stretched fore finger of all time
Sparkle forever Then we dipped in all
That treats OF whatsoever is, the State
The total character OF man, the mind
The morals something OF the frame, the rock,
The stone the bird the fish. the she'll, the flower.
Electric, chemic laws and all the rest.
And whatsoever can be taught or known:
Till, like three horses that have broken fence
And gutted all night long, breast deep In corn.
We issued gorged with knowledge