New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02
yASSAR AT TWENTY-FIVE.
.,,u On IT'S GROWTH AND CONDITION.

,rv,rv or ITS GROWTH AND CONDITION.
po,c,tosreie Jnne (SpeciaD.--In view of the
ro,cb of the twcntv-ffth anniversary OF the open
ing of Vassar Colge the alumnae trustees nave )uSt
issucd a circular containing important information
about the college. By vote OF inc lacui'V '"c
students Association this year assumed the care VI
maintaining college laws respecting domestic ORDER
daily exercise and hour of retiring Every mc""S
= taken 10 guard the rights of the individual and the
ouet of the family, but in manner when mahcS inc
strongest appeal to collective selircSpcct ana eo'u
Indictment The success of the similar plan OF sell
government rractsed for number Of years al Am
herst College is an earnest of good results even ocSo
those already attesed by the students ana oihcerS
Of Vassar Referring TO beqnestS specia luhuS' etc''
the circular SAYS that the endowment fund oil Slooo"
secured by President Taylor announced as com
plete on commencement day 1889, members Oh inc
graduating class having rendered valuable ald' Inc
s.o 600 nromised by the late John Guy Nassar was
far = long time in doubt owing to legal echnlcalltles
hut the amount in possession OF the coOege ana
other bcouests from the source are expec'ed'
The 81 600 given by Maria Mitchell has been dcSgha'en
as the william Mitchell Aid Fund
Through the lberllity of Frederick F. Thompson
henefactor of the college, Nassar has TINS year been
able 10 use & loan fund of $500 for the behcht oil
students in need of emporry aid
The students Aid society, organized last November
now Ia, membership Of over 200. ana aS inc hS'
fIjts Of its efforts the society offers complete scholar
shin of $500 to applicants for the freshman class
ur,seuting themselves this month.
The college library receives accesSionS amount
ing 70 about 900 volumes year, through purchase
l-f, and the binding Of periodicals.
some change have occurred in the curriculum
detailed post graduate course in Anglo SAXON ana
Higher English may Dc noted.
The associate pIofcSsorship> held by Misses Goodwin
Leach and salmon have been made fun pr9eNs9rshipS
"a deserved recognition OF spirited and scholarly
work \ course in biology now elective IN the junior
and senior years, l. conducted by Mis- NiTccHh
O'Grady. graduate Of The Massachusetts INSTITUTE
Of Technology, and late Fellow OF Biology at BNh
All students arc now required to attend the course
in personal and public ny eicne conducted by tr icSl
dent physician. 1t comprises lectures recitation, Hu
practical investigations Of the principles oi mouse
sanitation. .
In The department OF natural history there Is now
costly and complete collection representing inc FOSSIL,
of North Amrica. Other valuable acquisitions orc
Courts model OF the bed Of the Atlantic ocean pre-
pared In the United states photographic once ana
founded upon actual dccpsca SOunolngs hlaIc py
the official surveys Of Great Britain and NE me"
minerals, a small set OF ine microscopic sections NJ
hydrOds and mollusks complete sci Of H'n
microscopic sections Of bryozOa small bur Inc -'
of microscopic sections Of California io!ln,hS' ana
Invertebrates prepared al the Biological Laboratory "i
Naples. , -. -
in the department Of physics ard chemistry. every
room OF the laboratory i completely furnished
and eouinDed with apparatus Besides the end0w
ment Of The pro.eSsOrship. two special iunds se'uN
tho due increase Of apparatus and materials n con.
siderable quantity OF choice imported apparatus VIII
soon r,inforc. these lines OF laboratory WORK
The circular issued by the alumnae. Is signed by
Florence NJ Cushing Elizabeth f. Poppleon and Helen
IL. Backus. The demand for IT Is extensive