The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-02-01
VASSAR ALUMNE SPEAK UP.
THEY WANT MORE LIFE PUT INTO THE
COLLEGE MANAGEMENT

Vigorous DiseussioA Amer Luaehesn ~ bel.
neniea's-Newer Colleges fer Werner said
to be Getting Ahead In the Rsee-A Protest
A few years ago vassar College was the
only college for women In the United States. 1t
was vol and favorably known all over the
country. and Its students came from oil SEQ
tons. 1t prospered. md Its classes were always
full. In 1874 there wero over 400 students.
or late years the number OF students has de-
clined and this year there are less than three
hundred In the college. The classroom work
and the curriculum are as good as ever. or
better than ever. Part OF tho falling OF Is
doubtless due to the establishment OF the
Wellesley College at Boston. Smith College at
Northampton. and the Harvard Annex. Part
may also DO due to the hard times. but alumn@
are criticising the management OF the business
affairs OF the college.
At the general alumnR meeting at the coll
lege In June, 1884. a committee was appointed
to confer with tho Board OF Trustees OF the
college. and to learn the causes OF the falling
of. The intention was to have this committee
act as medium for the interchange OF opin-
ons between the aumne land tho Board OF
Trustees. The committee. however. did moth
several talks with the trustees. The result was
that recently the trustees sent a communica-
tion to the slumnG asking them what sug-
gestions they had to mako as TO the manage
The New, YORK Association Of tho. Alumne
net yesterday at Delmonico's. with Mrs. Abby
ess p1asdns as snd If G s Iouna h s ss
AumnG Association was held. in response to
street About is6 slunn~ IRON, ali paris loi
ws read nhs d he
The ladies said that the Board Of Trustees
too inactiye and matchmaking IN tlo
times, They relied on tho past reputation OF
the college. and made NO effort to push its In
tho course o. studies. Wellesley and Smiths Y
and Both had more students than Sv Tasssr a.
IF 70. 1st s S1, XII s
no cut in salaries. but II the reduction In stu
dents continued Ipenses would have to be less
msnt fund o Was only ssoeSS se and ana ths
were needed in the Executive Gom@tte %e ot
the Board OF Trustees who would take stops
ese a to Ss hs
animate This was PROVED By the faes that
wh s.a M o IN
telnpts had boon made by the alumnie to have
had been refused, and until this time their ad-
vice had not even boon asked for.
result Of ths sion Mrs. hnope
sonted the following rosoutions
the Of Sas S seR H., RECEIVED from
IN ws s 4 es ss sR Ind
o% 10 ss Ea: INV e % ,Ss By a
vs% H. n ysty g. n Of lna
sxh Standard mah,snsd tn eoese ' wofs
R.sora That in re.psonse to the invitation of the
maintain II The board Of trustee: large proportion OF
= Thai ihs trustee. max. determined snor, to dis.
for and the trouble found apply
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sxs osE n: Win X. .as
B mind 81 he s which ss COLLEGE
tssRs ssss l.
and q o. Ss the in
s That :. formal response be made 10 each of these
ssssaasss
At Of ne taken In and that
the sHmns at the College in June 1883 ''""''"''N W
These were taken up section by section, and
der was thought that an annual %%sssf report 70 o
tend ID to tssp alive the Interest Of the alumn@
"A committee, consisting OF Mrs. Poppeton,
Mrs. ANA Cstlin. Mrs. Hazard OF Brooklyn,
Mrs, Helen Brown OF New York, and Mrs F.
N. Gushing OF Boston. was, appointed to pre-
and to represent the alumnR In any action
which might follow. They will report at the
next n meeting Of the alHmng at the college IN
the Board Of Trustees are all residents OF
Poughkeepsie. They are: President 8. l..
and Msssrs. Allen. Young. Buckingham. and
Doan.