Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-02
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Features OF the New lnstitutiD.. for
Women.

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Baltimore American
The institution for the instruction of
women, founded by the late Mr.. Joseph
W. Taylor OF Burlington, N. j., at Bryn
Mawr, about 10 miles from Philadelphia,
will be opened In September next. The
buildings were commenced some years
ago by the founder, aud have been fin
ished under the direction of the trustees,
to whom he left the management of the
fund of $500, 900, which constitutes the
endowment Of the institution. One of
these buildings, called Taylor Hall, con-
tains the library, recitation rooms, &c.
Merton Hall is very complete and very
modern dormitory, and the third build
ing, the gymnasium, which is 30 large
that one expects TO find ii smaller dor
mitory at least, is doubtless one of the
best fitted, as well as one of the largest,
structures of the kind in the country. II
Is certainly the most elaborate
and complete gymnasiums that has
yet been provided for women. II
is to contain full set of the apparatus
which goes by the name of DIR. Sargent of
Harvard, and instruction in physical
culture is TO be given by Il lady director,
who has taken DR.. Sargent's full course of
training. Thelarge hall which contains the
apparatus has also running or walking
track for use in bad weather, and about
this central hall there are grouped all the
usual dressing and bath rooms which one
expects nowadays to find in such buildings.
The college is located upon high ground
back Of the village of Bryn Mawr, with
ample space, out of which lawns and
tennis courts are in course of being
evolved.
Francis I. King and Dr.. James Carey
Thomas, of Baltimore, are members of
the board of trustees. Miss M. Carey
Thomas, daughter of the doctor, is dean
of the faculty and professor of English.
DIR. James T.. Rhoads of Philadelphia, is
the president of the college.
The group system of studies, which
has worked admirably at the Johns Hop
kins University, has been adopted. It
enables the student TO choose very freely
as to the main line of study to be pur-
sued, and yet at the same time compels
the choice of harmonious, symmetrical
combination of subjects. The student
may, for instance, select two languages,
or a language and mathematics, or math-
ematics and physics, or physics and
chemistry, or chemistry and biology, or
history and political science as chief or
major courses to which TO devote most
time and attention in which to seek a
special training. But there is n common
ground Of English and philosophy upon
which all must meet. Those who do not
choose TO give chief attention TO Ian
guage must give some time TO linguistic
studies in short required course, and
those who give most of their time TO his
tory or to languages cannot exclude
science altogether, but must take some
branch of it as a ''minor."
These undergraduate courses lead to
| the degree of A. b., and are 80 grouped
| that TINT degree can be earned in the
usual four years, but no Limit of time is
prescribed, and special students are nd.
mitted who are applicants for no degree
at all.
As special inducement to graduate
students, five fellowships are to be offered
each yeaI-one in history, one in English
one in biology, one in Greek, aud one in
mathematics. "All candidates for the
degree Of doctor of philosophy and master
of arts must pursue for three years, aftel
having received their first degree, n courst
of liberal (non. professional study at som,
college or university a proved by th,
faculty, and spend at least two of thes,
years ut Bryn Mawr College. They mus
be examined in two, and may al thei
discretion be examined i'll tire,
subjects, the examination being o
equal difficulty in either case
and must present n satisfactory disserta
ton on some topic included in their frs
or principal subject. They may be re
quired to pursue certain auxiliary studio
in connection with the subjects whicl
they have elected, and the degree o
doctor of philosophy like That of bnchelo
of arts, will be given to no one who can
not read Latin, French and German, o
who is wholly unacquainted with Greek
The dissertation must be printed. TIL
degree of doctor of philosophy will in N
case be conferred by the college MS ii
honorary degree" Besides the residel
fellowships, there is to be, in til
course of time, so soon, that is
as the college has any graduate
of its own, "Bryn Mnwr Europea
Fellowship" which is to be conferre
. each year upon q graduate of the colleg
/ son the ground of excellency in scholar
ship" in order that she may be enabled
, by the aid of its allowance of $500, (
f pursue her studies for one year at som
, English or Continental university, he
choice of II university being subject to I'll
approval of the faculty. The prime obiet
of the whole system is to direct and d,
, velop individual talent. The purpose
, to substitute rational instruction for I'll
; old and now almost worn out methods {
dynamic rule-of. thumb examining, mn
everything done in this direction must
course be watched with the utmost il
terest and sympathy by every one who
' truly well affected toward educationi
4 reform.