New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02

,,,,.,nrxT G1IMAX-wOMAN'S EDUCATION.
paItimore Md June (specal-onc week more oil
hand vorl, for the Hopkins men and then the eXamna
,, yin no over and both faculty and students VIII
,s,,. o,or unou the long summer vacation. At the
cIosinr exercises June L., Acting PRESIDENT lr'
Remsen will confer the degrees. Inc class OF ~ win
tbcn celebrate and it, members say such ccieD'"'"
Ia, meyer before been known in the brlef history vi
Hopkins graduating Publications. Ihere VIII Dc Il
hannnet a hop and other festivities President "'
man contributed another interesting letter to his series
,, foreign lands being published in this city Ills
lot Ie,ter il from Athens, and gives an entertaihh6
aescrption of a visit TO olympia III "hich nc says
In the museum are the great group of scnlptlred
figures which filled the pedlment Oh INC lchp'e "
Zeus Copies of the reproductions oil tue statues III 'o
rsd,nents exactly like those which have decorated
o.. y.r,I veors Professor Gildcrseevcs library In the
,, Iri,s University are placed at the side Of the
great originals.
LITTLE attention has been paid to athletics the last
u,cek tho men being too busy with the EXAMINATIONS
and the closing work in the laboratories ana ec'urV
halls The lacrosse team, while somewhat disoouia1oi
At finishing the in third place are cohsoieu Dy
the thousht that it might have been worse They
shouId certainly have gone ahead OF Prihce"h' beHe
composed of the best lacrosse material OF any oil inc
co,eo. teams The players attribute their losses tn
RIM ~ lluck 1t is likely however. that they were
over confident and in the first games OF the series
d,d not nut forth their best efforts. Certainly some
thing wns wrong with the team. as before the season
oroncd the championship was almost conceded to the
Hopkins.
No action will be taken by the Board oi Trustees on
tho proposition made by prominent women for the
adiss Of their sex the medical school unt!l next
fall II is understood that the trustees dc'lre hrst 10
ronsul President Gilman. He knows OF The gencrou-
oger 80 the ladies of boston, New York. Philadelphia
and RoIfmorc 10 raise fund II 100000 for the IN
tItutior and will no doubt return from Europe with
his mind made up ~ To the course 10 be pursued
since the establishment of the university there ha'
hecn a marked influence eNertcd by IL on the women
OF baltimore. They have become enthusiastic IN The
desire 10 promote the higher education OF their seN
Among these lades the scheme for opening the
Uonkln> Medical school 10 women meets with hearty
,uproyal There are several successful female ply
,fciaus hers who also deeply interested IN the
proicct one Of thee, who i directly Interested III
The movement says:
Ne have plenty Of smaller colleges whcr women
can study the theory and ordinary practice Of medcu"
hu what we want is an Institution in which women can
,tudy the higher branches. and become. II they arc
capable workers IN the field Of original r,:ciroh.
- Il j. now. women who wish % attain special hno"I
edge in medicine have Ia 20 10 Europe" I'm some oi
the transatlantic UuiverSite, they nre afforded the
,ane opportunities 4, men. IL is ONLY the more m
tcllcctual and intelligent women who study dciuc.
while the same cannot De- said 81 the men. Many
men are admitted 70 medical schools whose prepare
tory education utterly inadequate for professional
career