New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-19
THE HOPKINS MEDICAL SCHOOL.
ENDOWMENT FOR WOMEN STUDENTS" EXAMS


Baltimore, May IS specaD.-The notable women
attending the Conference Of Charities and Corrections
now in session here have given impetus to The
movement for the admission Of women to the proposed
medical school Of the Hopkins DR.. Charlotte B Brown
OF San Francisco, the physician in charge OF the
Chdrens Hospital in that city, and delegate TO the
conference has been telling the Baltimore ladies' how
women are progressing I'm the medical profession In
California She says women are admitted to all the
large medical colleges and the professors declare that
they stand the highest in their classes Mrs. Henry
Winter Davis and Miss Mary Garrett arc among the
most earnest workers for the advancement OF their
sex in Maryland. The interest shown by Mrs. John
Cooper Mrs. J. Perpont Morgan, Mrs. Henry Willard
Mrs Chaplin, and otner NewYork ladies, at the meet
Ing held at the residence OF Mrs. Richard irwin, IN
your city last week, assures success In raising the
Sl50,OO0 The most important part Of the movement
however is 10 obtain tho consent OF the trustees The
Hopkins ranks with Yale, Harvard and Princeton
win it be the of the four great universities of the
country 10 open its doors 10 womenl This Is the
question that Is now the subject OF speculation In
college circles.
The old assembly hall OF the university has under
gone such change that President Gilman will not
know II when he returns from his travels In the East
1t should always have been preserved as a memorial
hail. for in 1t held the first receptions and open
ing exercises Of the university. The constantly In
creasing demand for however, neccssatcd chang
! ing it into chemical lecture room. Although an
entire building IS already devoted 10 the chemical
department, the space nearly all taken up in labora
I tories. In the hall the seats in tiers, and a
novel system Of ventilaors introduced - carry OIL the
noxCus gases. The experiment table is also constructed
ON an improved plan, and the preparatory room i'm
medlately adjoinS.
| As the present session is nearing the end the
! " examining process is in full operation. The ex-
amnations begin Monday. the Goth inst. and continue
until June .. The class OF 80 will excel any Of its
predecessors in the Of grand finale. There will
| nc banquet night and dance the next. The
latter Is 20 be brilliant social event and invitations
have already been issued 20 the leading society bellies
The funds for these elaborate entertainments 10
be supplied from the sale Of the Hopkins Medley
the graduating class book. It's publication has been
somewhat delayed, but il will certainly come out this
week. II is said 10 be gem. II IS fall Of funny
poems and cartoons on events In university life and
the experiences OF the csss of 80 1t will also
tain interesting articles the various departments OF
the university biographies Of the faculty and pictures
| of the varsity teams.
In addition 10 the feast and the ball. the graduating
proposes to have big bonfire IN which Jevans
on logic" the most hdeOus OF the eXtbooks used
during the year. will be burned.
The baseball team makes no improvement. Only
the other day the University Of Virginia club defeated
them by a score OF : 10 /. The trouble with the
Hopkins men is that they are no batters The
athletic interest Of the university centres in the
lacrosse team which continues 10 play good game.