New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-01
PUSHING ON Tue WORK FOR WOMEN
COLLEGIATE ALUMNE IN COUNCIL

SYSTEM OF UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR
ADMISSION TO FEMALE COLLEGES.
The Association OF Collegiate Alumrse held Its regular
quarterly meeting yesterday the Hotel brunswick Last
week was great week for women, account Cd the
cessful International womens Congress at Washington and
the association fastened to do Its share OF the work by clos
ing with the beginning Of an agitation Tor uniform
requirements for admission the female colleges Of this
country There lack Of cooperation between the male
colleges preparatory schools that In the opinion
Of the association binders the OF the female schools
and colleges and there full discussion on these Two
subjects
The association contains $50 members who repre-
fourteen colleges Yesterday the ladies' par
lor in the Brunswick held hne representation Of the aSso
cation about $50 members being present who came nom
parts Of the country. They met al noon ana haa lunch
con- after which they settled dowa TO work Mrs heien
Hscock Backus presided and others present were
Miss Marion Talbot the secretary, Of Boston Miss Dame
Of Washington branch; Miss Lowell OF BTyn Mawri
Professor Ely Vassar College; Miss soddad OF Bal
umore; Miss Eva Claiming, Of Boston; Dr. Albert T.
Perkins OF Adelph Academy BROOKLYN anu othef
we'll known Instructors
The nominal question for discussion was Methods Of
Admission Colleges" Miss Lucy NJ salmon an asso-
eate professor history Vassar was the hst speaker
Her subjects were The Advantages and Disadvantages
OF the Certificate System" and The Desrsoilty OF
Unity Of Standard" scholarly looking woman arc
read paper exhaustive as legislative report She
bewaled lack OF concert between female schools ana
colleges and PGnsd GS SG en ~ n
colleges prevent high schools from becoming colleges SO
called poorly prepared students from gaming al
mission colleges and give more reasonable system o.
requirements for admission ,.,,
Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer ex.presdent OF wellesley
College the wife OF Professor Palmer OF Harvard SuNer
stv iolluwed Miss Salmon Examinations she thought,
we're f.lute A. system threatened The highest inter-
schools and colleges Certificates properly 4lnh
isered would fom strong bond betw cen colleges ana
preparatory schools There danger, however tal
small colleges gain pupils might lower ther stsn1sras
But they did that in Of examinations also Ihen Ss
Miss salmon pointed out certificates could not be &c
cepted from unknown schools but the whole she tav
ored the certificate system when properly As
means Of raising college standar1s Inc diseusslos
ught out the general belief that several colleges should
associate themselves together to bring about UNIFORM
standard OF requirements for admission.
DR. Perkins who principal Of Phillips Exeter
Academy before went to Brooklyn SAID that
perfectly indifferent to certificates except IN the
case OF pupils who great distances UNIFORM
standard obtained by the marking system IN e
amlnations nevertheless there had been great npI
ment examination papers the last twenty years Su
he would Ike sec some examiners reformed Who ashel
out or the-wsy questions What we neel sa,u ne
Society for Suppression Of Useless knowedg ior
these men" (Laughter) Miss Mead and others spoke.