New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-30

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{" Republic" the Ph@do the Phietus Of Plato.
can speak in the very highest terms Of their industry
sometimes lectIred for an hour and half and even
for an hour and three-quarters, without INTERRUPTION
end Of the academic .de Pesr 77s examined OF
my lady pupils in the Aristotle papers when a. m
papers which / was giving to the Trinity men v NO
graduated in 1880 and that Of the ladies' was 'nu
III Aristotle and hrst In Plato.
Professor Postgate SAYS:
The performances Of women In examinations at Cam
bridge and elsewhere look upon as wholly
The standard by which should test then Is az ~ in
trnscay good and worth doing IL present there are
close upon 800 studying in Cambridge OF whoIn
the majority are reading for honors examinations; so
popular has the movement become IN the country tis
when the Grace for admitting them examinations was
brought forward carried the largest division
ever known by majority OF about 10 10 l. Dol.
at Cambridge and at University College Inc women NV
unfrequently beat the in the lists Last year TWO
thirds OF those examined in comparative pmooey Mere
ing another very good candidate man, who has since
taken scholarship, believe at Oxford
Professor Bryce says:
am greatly interested hear the proposal made
that of the lectures at Columbia College should De
thrown open TO en-sudens. aud earnestly hope u
may receive the approval Of tho college authorities
We in England are more and more disposed to
look 10 the opening Of University classes ,st
most effective OF providing higher education f2r
women aud IN raising up In partcua ar class OF hgny
cultivated women teachers beneve tnat tne geuerAI
feeling OF those in England have thought most on
these natter and had the best oppotuie. OF !D-efV
Columbia Coll ge
Inspector Fitch, in his letter, gives some partc-
ulars in regard to the results of admitting women
to colleges with men, He says:
The older Universities Of oxford and Cambridge took
very important step some sixteen years ago N the
the local examinations the same conditions hOys
Little by little the schools OF the country learned to
avail Themselves of this privilege, and this year about
1000 grs have been examined al various local centres
by the authorities of the Universities. This move
melit. however. affected only students Of school age
The foundation OF Gifton and NEWMAN was
q later step and. You ell know. was designed to
place a really academic education ~ the highest kind
within the reach Of women. For many years the Uni
versity acting with the traditional aud not unbecoming
that hts an ancient corporation sort ~
experimental and informal sanction to the plan, by
simply permitting - Examiners 10 report On the papers
by the students OF ho7e colleges II l. only within
two years that The University has consented TO
udcltes exactly equivalent To degrees and obtained
the other universities OF the United hnglom-Ecln-
bu gh. Dublin. glasgow, Aberdeen Durham and II. An
dreW-- followed ne ead Of the older universities
in opening 70 gr- Hs well ~ ooys the full advantages of
their local examinations.
the University OF Louion sands different footing
from b or them II r. ht.i more ihIu a. examining
Board. though one OF great authority and influence. \
az aud nave DeeE pr iI'n PrlNa,ey. Msreryrr II Is
able 20 lake more decided siep than any other uni
versiiy m 'he dIr,cn"a ~ improvement in womcu's
.ducatiOn. At first the experiment maze
OF maintaining special examination Tor women. with
curriculum framed In SUPPOSED difference t. special
selves O Ar examination, II sool became evident tha
the successes they won were al achieved od
lnes, ia clss.c>, scruCe mathematics. lterature-lu
fc. subjects which belong to ordinary OF
liberal educa Ion. aad in any Of the special
pr"prate for them a. women. Moreover
IL manifest that -pecia feminine examination
iuieror .claly enient, whereas genuine SUI
ueuts desired 10 tncif knowledge and intellectual
cultivation tested b. the ordinary aud recognized stand
ards aud asArd ior no special tenderness OF favor Ac
cOulIugiy, al cr much discussion, II determined IN
- a ,tDfa M u u adj
women Oh eAdcus me same IoothS ~ men 10 al the
degrees IN al the faculties arts, Laws. medicine, science
mu=cl. ami permitting tAen 10 receive the same hOnors
rhe e pertinent "a you Will see from the nclosed dg
ures Dcen decidedly successful An increasing uuu-
" women mas eAcn year come up Tor natricuatlou
and GRADUATION, and some OF the SUCCESSES they
tanned have been remarkable The gold medal IA an
atOmy one OF the chrI ana most coveted prizes N
tue medical pro csslon-wds Won last year bg
woman Another lazy came ont hrsi lumrnial ana
moral philosophy, ana TIE pIopOI'"H ~ women VII"
pass wei IN TIE eIiulAatiOus Is nuch greater tudn
mat Of the ON tine w.Vir. / am NOR and more
convinced Lhat Lhcat movements HAsr OcnH ch'II"H
right and benencent and thai tner influence IN raising
the quality Of education throughout tue country las
been euOrn0us Muai has hcen done J. u encourage III
gri. schools aud ia colleges Tor women more Dr'uny
nd disciplined course of study to give 10 female su-
uents lnOdFts Tor lh'cAcctuAt tAcrlou nisn"r
IDEAL OF and more opportunities Tor sell knO"lrdEe,
ana. III particular. 70 create large ciass Oh highy
duauOd Lazy teachers, Who nave gNeh to TIE worm thc
same guarantee OF their sscssiOn OF liberal education
tAal usually afforded by uo.dins university degree
IL II NOT only tue lie" "o nave PuOnc4S ulsuI
tn Il-rl Fes-tGe tcdchef-, the STUDENTS OF lhru
iclne and "'heis VINO nave i4iue proless"la
Of thrlr academic 7iccr-5-to "hoA thr recent ac
ton universities, especially Of cambridge ana 81
London, has proved a OOoh hdurrc1s u "Odeu no"
81 tnr mead Oi 'hcI own uouseHo4us nave carried iH'"
domestic lie knOw,cdgc, higher tlses dud
pOus. stronger interest ia tfutn an" greater power
uueucns Or good tic ives and cuaracters oi tnose
whom they love
IL liter all oy raising the general level Of Intelligence
of anu family life, tnai these movements az
the uuver-ucs Will pc most com letrly vndlcatcu ana
not by occasional Successes M professions
puDlc lie, winch mus, De- raher exceptional puenOm-
. ~ women are COucrrutu