The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-02
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Something About the New Boston societ

Something About the New Boston Society
A Boston correspondent of the Spring
field Republican says Much inquiry
having been made concerning the new
association here called the "Society &c
Encourage Studies at Home, it may be
we'll to give some information concern
ing it to your readers. It was formed
last year, I believe, and its only organi
zation seems to be committee, of which
DIR. Samuel Eliot IA Brimmer street) is
chairman, and Miss Ticknor g PaIb
street is secretary. Among the Other
members are Mrs Agassiz and Miss
Hagen, of Cambridge, Miss Cleveland
and Miss Cora Clarke daughter of DIR.
j. f. Clarke, of Jamaica Plain, Miss f.
E. Appleton, of Brooklira and N--
George Ticknor, of Boston. The pur-
pose of the society is "to induce Young
ladies to form the habit of devotine
some part of every day to study of a
systematic and thorough kind" To
effect this, courses of reading and plans
of scientific study are arranged, one of
which lies before me. 1t includes six
courses L, general history Q5OO to
1900; 2, natural science Geology, bot
any, physical geography and geology;
B, art, with exercises in drawing and
painting; 4, German; 5, French; 6, Eng
lish literature, including portions OF
| Shakespeare, Bacon, Milton's prose and
poetry, Addison, Goldsmith, Thackeray,
etc. Other courses have no doubt been
arranged, but this is all the list 1 have
seen. The rules of the society are as
| follows
1. Ladies joining the society as stu
dent members must be at least seventeen
years old.
2. Each member will pay 50 year, at
the beginning of each term, to meet ex-
penses of printing, postage, etc.
3. Members will be expected to try to
devote o certain amount of time each
day, or each week, to their work as mem
bers.
4. The term for study will be from
October to June 1. In June a meet
ing will be held in some private house
in Boston, where all may assemble to re
ceive and distribute certificates or diplo-
mas.
5. A lady wishing to join the society
as student can procure programme of
studies from the secretary. When she
has selected the branch or branches she
wishes to pursue, she will inform the
secretary of her choice, and will receive
in return the special directions which
have been prepared for the course she
has selected. She will at the same time
be informed to which member of the
committee, and at what stated times, she
is expected to report her progress; and
at those times she will be supplied with
| further lists and directions.
6. Pains will be taken to select for
the programme works that can be easily
obtained, as students will procure them
| for themselves. Book clubs and public
libraries will make the more expensive
volumes accessible, and some of these
will be loaned by the society with tri-
| fling charge. Advice about the purchase
of books on the list will be given when
asked, if the books are to be bought in
| Boston.
At the ndof the term of eight months
the students who have taken any or all
of the prescribed courses are invited tc
send in essays in English, French ol
German, on subjects of their own choice,
to show the results of their diligence.