The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-06

PLACE AUX DAME S !!
A Committee or investigation
Demanded.
WHAT THE VASSAR GIRLS SAY.

chained together back OF the Hudson River.
stands Vassar College, the largest seminary for
young women south OF the 81. Lawrence. Here,
day by day, the curriculum embraces all the
branches that followed TO their dnality
by the boys or Harvard and Yale, ana the
discipline and drill Is onerous 1t can be
made for 3s4 young girls whose ages range
rom the budding promise OF fond fifteen
20 the more lnatured and graver charms or
twenty-five years. No academical buildings
or women In America nave a finer site or more
picturesque surroundings than Vassar College,
ana 1t = q common saying among the unbrided
Wis OF Pougnkeepsie that 1t "al comes from
glass OF beer,n or, In other words, that the money
which Matthew Vassar furnished 10 found tine
College was amassed by him in brewing Xxx ale
for the thirsty masses. 1t was put TO good use
however, in building this noble pile OF buildings
aGd laying the 200 acres OF htll, meadow and
mere, until IL has become like some old English
pleasaunce IN far on Cumberland DevonsnIre.
Inc long, lofty and sweeping corridors, the hand
lone chapel the large and airy dining room,
:apacous as any IN largest hotels. all OF these
speak the care and anxious forethought with
which the buildings were supervised by the gen
erous founder or the institution
PRETTY PoUGHKEEPsIE GIRLS.
40 net remember 10 nave seen IN any town.
beg Mayor Eastman's pardon-or city OF the
PoughKeepsle, many beautiful and unmarried
Soung girls. This comes OF the number OF LADIES'
seminarles in the town, ana OF course the rosy
Tipped lasses vi Nassar bear the palm Tor personal
charms and cool and artistic toilettes at this
time Of the year. The girls all get sponge cake
WITH their strawueTries AMI cream, which they
get at smiths, the Deimonlco's OF the place and
when stranger Is seen In town 1t becomes
known among all the girls with the speed that
Tor sending intelligence among the Scotch clans.
1, is common belief among PougnkeepsIans,
who very proud OF the repuled learning
u the Vassar maldens that these young
aides eat Greek roots al breakfast In
stead OF radisnes, ana accordingly they very
highly esteemed ana tae FIRST thing a stranger
hears Ia the city on the nil Il :-"Say bin 10 Vas
Eulledge YETI MOI Take It IN, It's just
nunky IL IS" Main and Market streets are
crowded WI the collegiate beauties on the DAY
the week saturday whica there are no
Irudies 10 torture their brains, and being in
Poughkeepsie, fortunately, on this balmy June
gay saw long professions or schoolgirls, fresh as
the flowers which they much resemble, ana
cool to LOOK at sherry cobbler. One young
lady, who has not the happiness OF belonging TO
the oand 81 tn select wno repose IN the airy DOR
mtoriea OF Nassar SAID 70 NE
u would rather ~ 70 Yassar College than any
seminary ia the universe, II l. so select and they
earn al the languages and all tile accomplish
ments; but the clothes costly. Wny four
waking suits year Is nothing. and ali the sum
vAssAR VERSUS WEST POINT.
And now lei me cay that ioqghkeepsie feels
HERALD Tor some days shou lmpngn the courage
ol tue Nassar girls. PoughkeePsle reels That her
escutcLeOn ~ iarnlsaed and her renown endan-
gered uniIl n l. clearly proven that girls stood
the militia campus like q PyTrnlc pnalanx.
Tue ladies oil NessAr assert that tuey ouly u
little DIT" aad mat theY we're mot ia tne least
alTad.r aud ta4tIt was "a sname, a real shame,
u write Letters accusing them oI being AFRAID"
And they declare that tney Will never speak 10 a
West Pol1t cadet who would dare 70 write
any leL:ers about then. Among those Of
Iae pupils OF Nassar WHO are most Indignant
are tue young ladies' OF The Palialethean Society,
D0Gy wnICn i formed ike the secret soc eues
among maze e0llegans. sucn US me Delta PSI the
AI20g Beta IA pa kindree associations.
Tue PnliaeiheAn society Of Vas ar wouid no aouDI
put West Point caaet 70 instant torture II they
saugnt one IN their grounds, such Is the feeling IN
regard 10 their supposed want y PUCK al the
Vsssar College takes place June 70 and Of course
ali me girls are busy and are worried
on that dag, which u memorable throughout
70 tax about this West Polat analr and Presl.
aent Raymond, WHO - very distinguished
scholar anu gentleman OF me Old schoos Is
kaewn 70 pc very ayerse 70 tue privilege of
tetvie wing ais iair pupils But u 10 impossiDe 10
Keep gIfis from ga king b they WISH 70 talk, ana
consequently they nave been engoled y make
riends Ia their own special and truly feminine
wn4r rHE GIRLS THINK or THE BATTLE.
Last evening Mndlm Alien Butter delivered q
lecture ~ Nassar College, ana to-day all the
the streets beng fairy tnronged wi h tnem
AmouY tnis ueyy u beauties we're those
ror toe ladies' ieenn2s / snall can respectively
Scnold5tica, PnlchefIa aud Prudenria as all these
Affect the classics aud quite familiar with
Horaces Are PoetIc4,r Plautus, ouIntillian ana
IuyenaL Fancy young ladY Who Is up ana ever
ready In the style ana method OF Jugenall How
she could speak her mind In severe set chaste
sentences ~ al admlrer wnen occasion nlignt call
Tor the exhibition These young lazy students
lad assembled together ana were aIscoursInR and
snattng In an easy and unrestTained manner AMI
he SUBJECT OF the mIssuyenture al West POINT,
lDout winch there mas been 50 much dlscussiou,
up. ! cannot state where the conversation
COX place, a. tnat would oe breach OF conf
alss SCHOLASTIC A-Have you read the letter in
NE HERALD signed Benny Ravens" In regard 10
our excursion 70 West Point, Elris
Mss PRrDESTIA-lndeed | have. and there Is
another to-day IN tue HERALD signed "A cray
tunity Of saying three words TO that cadet.
Mss ULcHkHIA "a very peautIful girl with
clear. Greek pronle)-Anu 70 THINK o. TINS "GTay
-adeLu accusing as u want Of DoItenessy
CHORUS Pucheria. Prudential and Scholastca
oreatnl-iHe idea Is preposterous anu really
Miss scHoLAsTICA who 10 Is said can repeat
lroln memory four Of tue twelve books q the hiad
anu All 81 the GeorgieslAnd - TANK Of such Sill
Aness az that Va glrl should mistake tue sen
fence "CttiDso ratio regalDp for spanish. think
iur Latin Will compare layorapy VITA the Latin
.augnt At West Point Don't Jon think 30, girlsr'
Mss PRUDENTIAL twnO does not say much, but
Ahthks a greab ueal1 am NeFJ certain Jhdt "
wilLf Besides, II should be remembered oY those
foolish cadets tina la Latin We nave the CONT
men tai pronunciation
Miss PULcHERIA Tatner spitelullyl They have
an idea that tney know everything, those CADETS
because they can IRE Oh guns and those hoFrd
cannon that maNe such a noise.
Miss PRUDENTIAL vas at the sham npht at
Vest Point. ana ! must confess that did run a
ltte because Of the noise and the shouting, but
when my neaft stopped beating horribly
stopped running Or should certainly have trIpped
~ anu fallen down.
Miss sCHoLAsTIcA tpensively) What a dreadful
paper that HERALD Is TO ne sure. Ii notices
every tninI, no matter what AZ IL, and you can
never tell when " mas a reporter present. The
yfncers and cadets assured us that day mat there
vas not ANY reporter IA tine Acauemy grounds.
Hiss RCDENTIA with slight shade oil as.
perltyl-Weil then, 1t Is very evident tnat the
officers and cadets we're altogether mistaken. 4
don't see anyhow what reason there Is Tor max
ing sucu luss about The matter. Now girls sup
pose we AID run, ana must admit that some or
is DID, don't think II - anypody's business but
gur own.