New-York tribune., 1883-06-05
WHAT WOMEN MAY STUDY.
scurn,up ARRANeEp BY COLUMBIA.

ADoPTED-A REPORT ON THE LIBRARY.
rrpa trustees of Columbia College held their an
nnal nesting yesterday afternoon. Several import
.nt r.norfs W, re adopted including the annual re-
,orf of President Barnard; the report relative 10
th. ed,cation OF women, which was presented at
an. meeting last month and was printed in THE
TRrBryE exclusively May 8 report from the
Library Committee. and one from the COMMITTEE
on SANITARY Engineering. rhe presidents report
was also presented at the meeting of the Board In
Nav and an abstract was published. 1t was re-
ferred 10 a commttee, which recommended ysster-
day that it be printed DR.. Barnard was author
izea as nsua to confer such degrees at the college
commencement next week as the several faculties
sbould recommend. DR.. w. II. Carpenter was ap-
pointsd AN instructor IN the German and Scandi-
nayian languages. and Bernard f. OConnor an In
structor in the French language. The graduates
upon whom the feliowships are hereafter conferred
will be required when called upon, to assist i'll the
undergraduate instruction. While the Committee
ON Sanitary Engineering in its report stated that
the present department should be developed until
il became fully equipped school i'll order that the
degree of Sanitary Engineer might be conferred, IL
added that for various reasons this was mpossioio
now. and recommended that Drs. Chandler Iro"
bridge and Greenleaf should give iectuIes on 'p0''
courses in the department.
at the reou. ST OF the Committee on the Llbrrry'
preparsd a statement of the work most needed IN
tbe library at present and SO, 600 was appropriated
toward the expense of putting it in proper shape.
Al the last meeting $4,000 was voted for the sane
purpose Mr.. Dewey recommended that for salcty
and for business the five Libraries ana Dup
Icates embracing 10000 volumes, should be prop
erIy classified in the library building, the worn
hooks being bound and repaired; that all the COL
lego publications should be collected; that there
should bs an alphabetical catalogue OF all the nDra
ries, "a subject catalogue. and complete table OF
the classification with a minute alphabetical index
of subjects: that the library, which is now kept
omen fifteen hours a week during term time, should
Ia omen from a. IN. TO 10 p. m. throughout the
wear vacations and holidays included; and that
competent Librarians should be employed to give
nseded help and suggestions in the various depart
meuts An appropriation CT 81, 500 was also recon-
mended TO be used in employing assistant lbrar-
lans and assistants In the loan accession, blnding
md repair catalogue and shelf departments, three
papes and n woman for Office work~in all, eight
women foui men and three boys The committee
adyiled that an appropriation of $4,000 should be
granted to be used in defraying the expenses Tor
elk months the plan recommended py MI
Dewey.
Tn, report on the education of women had been
THE TRIBUNE and copy sent to each trostee.
Il was written by the Rev. DR.. Morgan DIX, chair
man of the committee. Before stating the proposed
pIao. mention is made of the prevailing impression
that the standard of female education in this city
pesds and of the several methods suggested
TO the committees by various persons TO secure tnat
ond. The plan agreed upon includes the loiiowin
partlcuars mat there shall be four years course
- studv ARRANGED in groups one of which shall be
required and one selected for the first two years,
very strict preparatory examination snail ne helI
to which no girl under seventeen years sha pe au-
ultted: that the students passing satisfactory eA-
sminxtinns may study where and now tney pieaso,
and be examined by the officers OF the coiIege as
often rs may be necessary; and tlat at Inc enu oi
the fourth year. at the completion oil any Oh tne
prescribed courses the student shall receive GER
tiicate bearing the college seal ana STATING "naI
ehe has done. This certificate. tno trustees say,
wiz be nearly the equivalent OF aipi0s S oeroe g.aIsI
study is arranged under nine groups. as lohoMs'
The English language and literature; modern IAN
guagos aud foreign literature; atln language anu
l,teiature: Greek Language and literature; history
and political sciences moral ana lhleIeCtuSi
philosophy; mathematics; physics, Chemistry anu anu
hygiene; natural biology. geology, 1aleoniology,
bofany and zoology schedule OF the studleS IN
which the students will be examined preparatory
to beginning the collegiate course, ana during sach
year in that course, is included IN tne report.
Dr. Dix said 10 a TRIBUNE reporter that the stud
les did not differ much from those pursued sn az
Vassar or Wellesley College, but he added tnat ne
did not know how hey compared Win those in the
curriculum of the Normal College III this clty.
comparison of the schedule with the requirements nus
for admission to ,he Academic Department .oi Co
lumba College, for prOmotcn IN the sewers classcs
and for the degrec OF Bachelor of Arts, shows that
there is little difference between them
THE LIST OF STUDIES.
The complete list of studies with the books upon
which the examinations will be held. is as follows
COURSE OF PREPARATORY AND COLLEGIATE STUDY
FOR WOMEN.
At the preparatory exam ration all can1dates VIII DC
exam ON the following suDJects:
1.-English Grammar. No particular textoooA re-
42~Ensiish Composition. composition to be written
IN the room the OF examination on subject pro
posed BY examiner, and to be at least one loOscap
'3NAncient Geography sohmidts Course, with Longs
Classical Atlas with particular attention to l'ayo
Greece and Asa Minor. o.,, ,,,,
4-Modern Geography y-Appeten's Standard Higher
S&Spcient History-Rawlinsons Manual
6-ArIthmetic with the Metric System OF Weights
and MeaSures). No particular text book required 49,
For 10 courses other than the Englsh the
further acquisitions will be as follows:
1.-The Latin Language and Literature
l. The Latin Grammar.
q Cesars Commentaries on the Gallo var
8. Five Books oi the Hneid.
4. SIX Orations OF Cicero
u-The Greek Language aud Literature.
4. The Greek Grammar.
q Xeaophon's Anaoasis, four books.
3. HOmer's Had, three books
III-The Modern Languages aud Foreign Literature.
For the elementary course. no preliminary exanina n
top will required. For advanced course, tne re-
QUESTIONS Will be as follows:
l-Frcnch
l. Braehet's Elementary Grammar.
2 Macnillans Second French Reader.
g. TRANSACTIONS from English into French.
2.-GefmaD.
l. Shcldon's German Grammar.
2. SIahI's German VERSIONS"
g. twenty-five pages of whitney's German Reader
3-I,aDan.
l. Lemmi's Grammar.
2 Montagues Italian Literature" except the extracts
from Dante.
g. One OF Goldoni's longer Comedies.
A-Spanish.
!. Josse's Grammar.
2. Ono book OF Gil Bias.
3. sixty pages Of Mantilla's Ebro de Lectura"
Iy.-The Mathematics
/. Algebra the first five books OF Peck's Manual