The national leader., 1889-04-06
A College For Women.

From an article in the Public Le lge,
we CLEAN some important facts with re-
spect to the contemplated establish.
ment, by Mr.. A. ]. Drexel, our million.
aire banker, Of an Institution at Wayne
Delaware County, Pa, for the proper
training and education of young
women. The project which has beer
in contemplation for some time past by
Mr.. Drexel. was put in practical shape
the other day by the purchase OF the
Lowella Mansion at Wayne. and a Sc
lection or trustees and managers fol
the institution, which is to be call.
ed, "Drexel Industrial College fol
Women"
The object of the institution as set
forth in the charter, is to instruct
females between the ages of IL and Is
years in all duties appertalning to the
care of a household, and to teach such
trades and businesses as will make them
practical women, able to earn respec-
table livelihood. The benefits of the
college are to be extended, first, to the
daughters of clergymen, and second, tC
daughters Of respectable parents, who
through adverse circumstances, are un.
able to give their children proper train
ing and education.
The property which has been pur-
chased, as stated above, at Wayne is
well-known as a summer hotel, and it
is to be retained as the home or living
building, and on either side Mr.. Drexel
proposes to erect the college and ad-
ministration buildings.
1t Is said that Mr.. Drexel contem-
plates devoCing 81, 500, 900 to this laud.
able object.
1t is stated that in connection with
the college, instruction will be given
upon the plan of the Cooper Institute,
of n. Y, by which pupils will receive
tuition while residing at their own
homes.
1t will be about eighteen months be-
fore the college will be in full opera
tion. About one hundred women will
be accommodated in the beginning,
and when the new buildings are COM
pleted, there will be room for three
hundred.
Mr.. Drexel has selected the following
persons for Trustees:
President, the Right Rev. Bishop
Whitaker; Vice President, A. J. Drex-
el; Treasurer, James w. Paul; Secre-
tary. Rev. T X. Conrad, d. d. The
other Trustees are, John R. Drexel, 4.
j. Drexel, Jr., G. N. G. Drexel, j. R.
Fell. G. G. Thomas, George w. Childs,
j. G. Bullitt. r. G. Dale, George B.
Roberts, H. c. Gibson, DR.. William
Pepper, H. L. Geyelin, W. II. Runk,
Rev. W. F. Watkins and Dr.. FL. B.
Howe. Mrs. Drexel, who takes great
personal interest in the project has Sc
lected the following ladies as managers:
Mrs. John Bellanges Cox, Mrs. L. X.
Conrad, Mrs. James n. Paul. Mrs. J.
r. Fell, Mrs. j. r. Drexel, Mrs. H. G.
Gibson. Mrs. George w. Childs, Mrs.
j. Lippincott, Mrs, ]. Rhoades, Miss
Martha Brown. Mrs. Wayne Mac Veagh,
Mrs. Harry BIddle. Mrs. Edward Rob.
erts, Mrs. Horace Fassett, Mrs. George
r. Preston, Mrs. George krumbhaar,
Mrs. j, d. Lippincott, Miss G. B.
Smith, Mrs. H. j. Rowland, Mrs.
George B. Roberts, Mrs. A. V. Meigs,
and Miss Marion Biddle.
Until the college is completed the
meetings of the managers will be held
at the Lincoln Institution. The first was
held on the 18th INST, at which Bishop
| Whitaker delivered an address explain
ing the needs and usefulness Of the
magnificent institution of which these
ladies are to assume the control.
Mrs. Cox also made some very inter-
esting statements regarding what is to
be accomplished through the instru-
mentality Of this institution.