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low them to start out on other pursuits in life
| than society and philanthropy. Barnard re-
| fuses admission to special students except in
| laboratory work and postgraduate studies. l
do not believe in that specialization that begins
In freshman year. l am in favor of throwing
open all pursuits in life to women, but would
also wish that they might be fully equipped for
these pursuits.
barnard is but one and one-half years old,
and it is impossible to say what its future will
be. Women are no longer in . pioneer state,
and 1t Is not necessary for to take whQt is not
desirable. The best is sure to come to us, but
there are those who would have the march of
civilization stop. while one-half of the human
race catches up with the other half. Let us,
| therefore, look to it that we build wisely and
| strong" Mrs. Meyer was literally applauded
| as che finished, and her address made O most
favorable impression upon the audience.
Mrs. Anna Nathan Meyer was the first woman
| 10 pass the rigid examination of Columbia Col
lege and by her subsequent hard work Barnard
College was founded. of which she is now ole
| Of the directors. Unlike the majority of women
on the platform with her and associated in her
| public work, Mrs. Meyer is not a suffragist.
| She has brilliant literary talents and is now
editing a volume entitled "Woman's Work in
America" She is n cousin Of the late Emma
Lazarus, whose writing on Jewish themes gave
her high place in conteniporaneous litera-
ture.
MRS. ANNA GORDON GULIcK.
missionary in Spain for nineteen years,
Mrs. Anna Gordon Gulick read q charming
paper on 'Woman's College in Spain" This
| institution is the creation of Mrs. Gulicks own
devoted work, together with that of her mis-
sionary husband. ''But we must come down
| to modern times said Mrs. Gulick after q
delightful description of Spain it has been,
and she went on to talk Of Spain as it is. which
| Is hardly what it ought to be. 'For 800 years. -
said she, Ignorance has hung like pail over
the land, but within the past twenty-five years
there has been a marked improvement, and the
liberty Of speech and the liberty of the press
are now recognized never to be denied again.
In the public schools the children are taught
reading and writing and to pray, that is they
learn to say their prayers. In addition the
girls learn little sewing and that is all. They
may not know the capitals of Europe, but they
will know how to walk well, to dance and to
dress prettily."
Then Mrs. Gulick told Of the success of the
move for the higher education Of woman in
Spain, and said that in the girls college there
are those who will receive their degrees in 1892.
She asked for the interest Of the women in
America for their sisters in Spain.
Mrs Alice Gordon Gulick il a missionary in
the American board of foreign missions of the
Congregational Church. Her husband is Rev.
Wllham III. Gulick, son of one of the earliest
missionaries to the Sandwich Islands. Mr. and
Mrs. Gulick keep school in San Sebastiano,
Spain, pretty summer resort ON the Bay of
Biscay. They have now forty or fifty pupils
They wish to enlarge the usefulness OF this
school, and Mrs. Quick presence in this coun-
try Is to work mp popular church interest in
this undertaking. Mrs. Gulick and Miss Anna
Gordon, the private secretary of Miss Willard,
are sisters.
DIR. HELEN L. WEBSTER.
DIR. Helen L. Webster. who has received the
degree of PHI D., has been professor at vassar,
and is now in q chair at Wellesley and makes
n ~ of ,Nl.t l.
capable. any one will admit, of treating
knowingly and successfully the subject .N o.
mans Progress in Higher Educa tion.'' She
proved last night that she could treat the sub
ject interestingly well.
There are two facts notable in the recent
advance of woman said DIR. Webster. She
no longer feels that il is necessary to be idle in
order TO be respectable. and women have grown
IN the feelings of friendship and FOOD will toward
each other. Two hundred and fifty years New
England waited TO learn that women were eager
for and capable of the highest mental training,
but the question soon rose as to what would be
the result II Boston women should become wiser
and better educated than the Boston men,"
She spoke briefly of the foundation OF women s
colleges and continued that In the west the
higher education of woman has been well fos-
tered, and there are signs of encouragement in
the south. She sketched the history of female
collegiate education in Europe. One of the
greatest needs IN America Is higher standard
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moro wisely directed: not moro work. but work
more judiciOusly used. The true student will
be satisfied with knowing FULLY and well some
one line Of study. There is need for workers,
not to study the already known, but to branch
out into new lines of investigation. who shall
add to the wealth of the worlds wisdom.
ELIZABETH T. KINGS PAPER.
A paper on Women in the Medical College
of Johns Hopkins University by Elizabeth T.
King was read by Isabella Hamilton. The
paper described at some length the work of the
school and the status of women there and also
spoke OF the efforts that are being made by
women to raise the addition to the endowment
needed to open the institution in a manner
commensurate with its foundation The open-
ing of the school will surely come, but it will
hasten If women but continue their interest
and increase their efforts in the work.
Miss Elizabeth L. King is the daughter OF Mr.
Francis King, one OF the weal.hest citizens of
baltimore. With Miss Mary Garrett. whom she
orlclaliy represents i'll the work OF founding the
Womens Medical College Mt Johns Hopkins
Miss Hing has been q hard worker, exciting the
interest and financial helping of some of the
leading women of this country. Mrs. Harrison
Is at the head OF the board of ladies' in this city,
In appearance Miss King is plump and petite
and her brown hair frames a face with Gentle
quiet expression. She is most enthusiastic in
the founding Of this college where women can
be trained in the medical profession and is be-
iiiS suPporteu III lurtneriflS the project by pub
lie spirit as well as private munifcence in Bal
tmOre.
MARY A.. RIPLEY.
A brief address on the subject of women in
the public schools made by Mary A. Ripley.
who for twenty-ti years was the principal of
high school. She began by stating that she
had notes In her hand that proved that in many
localities there was legislation against married
women as teachers. and that teachers on mar
rylng were expected to resign at the end of
the term in which the marriage took place.
Her address was protest against this class of
legislation and she said that the superintendent
had no right to go beyond the question of the ap-
plicants personal fitness. 1t did not concern the
employing superintendent whether or no the
teacher be n mother with well managed home
We do not discriminate against women in other
pursuits simply because they are married and
congenial work is the right Of every one The
fact that woman has a husband who ia
abundantly able to support her is no reason
why she should be shut ont Of her vocation ms
a teacher. Poverty is not q oualification
Neither is poor health. The school is not an
asylum for those women who are unable to
earn their living in any other way.
MISS s. l.. oBERuoLrzHR.
Miss s. L. Oberholtzer spoke ON the matter
Of school savings banks. She described the his
tory Of the movement in other countries and in
America, and told Of the advantages that would
accrue from following up the plan Of savings
banks for children. These banks received de-
posts OF l cent and upward, and the books are
kept by the teachers.
The discussion Of the