The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-29
rus YoUxo WOMEN OF wELLzsLE1.
n Csrrespouaent Salts Oct - the- h .
Psisted Heat, and is disappointed.

attend H. Wellesley is new. but II is rich and
magnificent and like Smith College at North
.mpton II offers q course OF exceptionally ad-
vanced studies TO its students. 1t lie a pleasant
vay from Boston out hore over ten or twelve
miles Of the Albany Railroad. For matters to
look at on the route you have the dome OF the
etate House to begin wlth-a dome that ia laid
over with gold leaf and that shines afar after
the fashion Of the Paris Invalides; and then
YOU have succession OF fine suburban resi-
dences set in marvellous foliage. with baronial
gate posts which 1t must constitute the keenest
pleasure to drive between. Roads that stretch
away smooth and hard. and that are overhunR
BY all sorts OF gnarled and gigantic trees. sweep
pas, you as you bound between tho fire.
ouent stations; and the stern and rock
bound coast" that Nature and Mrs Hemans
have invested us with has melted away even at
this short distance from the s3a. into the soitest
paste ll landscape.
As descended from the train at the station
ct Wellesley village on commencement day,
found q square structure large enough TO sell
tickets in. and no more picturesque in itself
than all tho other uninteresting railroad sta
tons In which the country exceptionally
Abounds. But there was fringe OF carriages
drawn up around the platform which would
have invested any station with glory. These
carriages were diversified in form and painted.
% far as l could sec. in all the coors that have
ever been combined. Wishing that might try
them all, but knowing that could only ride in
one on my way out TO the college. made n shift
10 please myself in the beet degree that might.
and selected what considered the most extra
ordinary OF the conveyances offered. Nj choice
Eas a monstrous vehicle, some twenty feet in
have answered, had II been in the water instead
OF on a stout iour-wheeled truck for n whale
pSry briiiancyp. gilt. however, predomin mating.
il had name-the Alliance" II l remember
righty-on either side OF the prov. and there
was sundry other lettering. conveying informa-
lion IA to the boats customary course about
Wellesley. on the Runwalee. inside. the thwart.
the craft was conveniently entered by gang
way OF generous size. cut out on either side
driver sat on the bowsprit and being n very pic.
turesdue man, with very red face. hnrmonized
snce, and made an excellent figure head.
Not the thlnnest so;t OF cloud even inter tier
Way and SowIe d along ~" under full Spread e OF
four horses and the bearskins. which secreted
heat like so many eoapstone footwarmers. COM
lween two fires Dear me y young lady said
Dear mel" we're her exact words-it was like
sitting on stove. But the day was an exceed
ingly cool and pleasant one. and so the bear
skins were not absolutely unbcarable as they
fifteen degrees higher. We steered q course
along pretty highway bordered with oak trees
for about %s TssT h STys5 Put the A
handsomest and most impressive stone gate
posts that ! have ever seen; end we
College. In driving .be;ween gateposts you
always get Impressions which may vary accord
the catepoets which mark the confines of the
Wellesley College grounds give you the i'm.
preston OF wealth and conservatism. but not
OF age. Possibly the reason that they do not
convey the Impression OF age Is that they are
new poets: They are made OF stone which ,, has
offer the most pleasing sort OF contrast to the
deep and glossy green OF the oak leaves which
sprinkled by the sunshine with delicate and
vyacous checkerinR 1t was pleasure TO be
OF a porier's lodge which comported with
hem while the porter took up the tickets.
tho Wellesley commencement.
The ceremony Of inspection over our boat
sailed Tor half mile or more up gradual in
cline, and then we came In sight OF a
lplenhld structure. resembling Ave or six
French chateaux bound INTO one set on the crest
shade. stretched between us and II. There were
Rcouple NJ targets for archery practice, a net
saSsst 1T the sitSf OF OF broad lake through the
grove Of trees that ran like q crescent on the
NGs S aHchSr a ns 5eore q Se 4 'front.' Goa
EE Which az s1GSsdinsy dSnIn.s wS5
sItsnde ro thu vast H rtruciara at both en- Is
lnd n long facade was broken Mt intervals bl
W caught glimpses OF luce curtains and flower
and Iili-d bird cages. Far of. in Awindow O
OIL" OF iUe DhNlllOub. 4 SAW an OlfIA Esht
trained upon us, manned ty group Of fai
JounI persons whose airy musltns and bril-
liant ribbons fascinated but. did not tedrify
Through u window In the opposite pavilion
raw the Rev. DR.. Storrs OF Brooklyn. piled roun,
about waist high with flowers midway in hi
all 10y French coils whose summary look an
airy build cannot begin to convey an idea OF
vas before him. but was turned all our way as
with considerable chatter and circumstance. GU
1riyer swung the Alliance around and brouSh
her W in the winds eye with barely an inch be
tween her and the brOul stone stems.
We were some time In getting In. Mr. Du
rant NE founder Of the college, a miId-eye'
over the back part q ms head, admitted us q
courtyard OF a palace In Carthage. White stat
ues OF the gods and the heroes glittered ami
grasses Of the tropics. Filled with multtud
OF inconR ,unus impressions OF Carthaginia
paa,sss ana french chateaus ana phllnnthtrop TOP
eonts, passed with the others up staircns
end through a long corridor on tiptoe. following
Dir. Durant who not only set us ths example O
advancing in that stealhy manner. but pause
peas onally to turn and wave US with uplitc
han To the great hall In which the commence
ment exercises were going on. And here woul
20 say that. under NE new system ghlc
College at Northampton, acommencement give
you about as much notion Of the mental ton
and tendencies OF the young women who grad
iormance OF "P,nafore" In their Company
That noble plan. sanctioned 10y tradition
amaze and amuse their auditors through tn
reading OF original essays, has been rudel
overturned at Wellesley and Northampton
The young women. the graduates have bee
resolved by an ungenerous and unscrupulou
faculty into simple hgureheads and there
no day In the year when visit TO thes
colleges would not be more prontabl
and more entertaining than on commencemer
Gay II goes without saying that youni
woman OF nineteen or twenty who has studie
Greek and gone through the PHILOSOPHERS
precisely the one Intended by the original dc
sign 10 read an essay. An essay by man {
middle age. or by an old man, Is a nefariou
uistiutlon. and whites away from con
meIccment every particle OF interest that thos
who attend on these occasions are justified !
looking for Dr. Storrs is called one OF the bri
liant orators OF the day. but put his Grafton u
by the side OF an essay from one OF the grad
uatcs OF NAssar. and how pale and meagre II be
comesl DIR. Storrs's Grafton WAS an hour and
bali long. and WAS substantially the same thu
he delivered AT Andover. II WAS philosophers
and contained; there wasn't an excruciatinR q
absurd thing in H. and the commencement {
Wellesley didn't seem like r commencement
all. A pleasant faced little teacher who s.
next 10 me. md who wore the most comfortab
looking sort OF lawn gown. put her ian up 9
that he couldn't see her and went last TO slee
while Dr.. Storrs was having the commenc'
ment all TO himself j looked at that liu
teacher very kindly. / suspect. for caught SCI
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