Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-25

voMrN aRADUArTs OF vAssAR. SMITH, WILLIS
IEy. CORNELL. MICHIGAN AND OTHER LEADING
CoIIraIs-roFiCs roN-IBERED IT TuE ASso-
cIsrtoS-wBNr TIE WASHINGTON BRANCH II
poINa 20 ENrEErAIS THE&.
n T. ONLY Few wears that women have he'd
opportlnitv e. pursue studies H. the higher
grade OF colleges ard universities. bat 20 well
have thsv improved their privileges tina; there
arr nov hundreds - American women who are
proud % their welcomed college degrees
Thev have IN organization which Tor strength
and u-.flins-z hls no equal among men grad
r-.e-. Thi- T. Known ~ The As'rcis'ion Of Col
lsz.a,e AIumns an1 WILL honor wa.hir rtou with
it. eleventh aHuusi meeting OF Ihursday, FIJI
dNv and SATURDAY - his week
III. association numbers $50 members, al
Of whom are graduates % ole q the folloWing
fr-ti'utipns. Boston University, brvu Navr
ColIsg-. Uuiver-ity % California. University
OF Eansa- MR.sachu-ctts Institute @! Tech
nolugv. Ua!versity %: Michigan. ObHrlin Col
isg~ Northv--te-u Tniyer-I'y, smith College.
S.rr-slss University NaszaT College. wellesley
college. Wesleyan Uaiv-rsity AMI I University OF
Wisconsin.
~ the number registered tvsri tr- s'rle have
received the d.gre- = doctor Of philosophy,
i31 III degree 10 master of Hr-s and tsentT-
e,shi have he'd fellow-hIl- In various univer-
sites.
~ a--irour have the members % this asEo-
citation been o maintain tn hI-h standing 70
quirei for membership hat they have recently
voted that requests for membership from
Other colleges vii be- CONSIDERED any college
not ALREADY included among the fourteen
enumerated must NAit % be InyiieI To JOIN the
afsCctation-
Among the states rerre-rI'ei Massachusetts
ks- wa member. Nev / urs ~, Irun=' lraLiE
los. illiaoi. III. California - and the District
tered over the country from Maine Co Texas. and
Canada. England France, Germany. China aud
JaFaa are represented GA the li-t Of siumue.
osIEcr- OF ruE oRssSIzsrToS.
Tho general association works largely through
catnuiittsss whose titles viii indicate IN part
III. objects Cor which College women organ
hrt The committee feliyssbips has Sc
eured three fellowship for aluun.e. two in
FgrrFe and one In America The ccmt,ittee
on sudowmsnt Of colleges seeks to make the
Institutions already e1l-tlng more eHicieut and
- discourage the creation q DeW Institutions
with Inadequate -ud1wmcut-. What the com
uiti.i educational progress l. doing viii be
explained 1T the open NEE ing 20 be held At the
Naii0rsi Museum Friday evening, when Mrs.
Marthz Foote Grow. III. D., and Miss
Marion Talbot. A. NJ. both members Of
The faculty % the Chicago University, will
discuss this pertinent and interesting question.
The committee on college administration con-
sl-t- Wl AAft-r a4AmiF Nnif are ssfhlfE N-Al-A-
go % various colleges md numbers seven.
They consider questions which affect the Inter
e-ts 81 the Institutions wuich thsy Represent
AMI maintain close relation betWeen the
alumni and collegiate progress. 81 he commit
tie study OF wage question il invest eating
the position 20 educnted women factors In
Industrial composition. The committee IN
study % development OF ehiidTea under the
leadership 81 Mrs. Barus of this CITY. has
aroused great interest among Psychologist
81 a.
chuds birth until he becomes a creature Of
habit inform schedules for recording these
obssrvstion- are In use among mothers and
teachers Of the slGmnR. whose college training
h supposed TO make them impartial ob~ervers
A statistics show that the children of college
women have q good chance for life NAV eX-
pect some valuable results from the work OF
this committee.
The committee on OCCUPATIONS assists college
women 70 And opportunities fitted for their
special gifts and TO open new Lines Of work to
them
WORK cARRrxD on rY BRANCHES.
These are some Of the objects in which the
general association Is interested. but thsy by
no means represent the altruist;o activities OF
the slumns. Thirteen branch associations
have been organized in different cities 10 CO.
operate with the work of the general a-socia-
ton ard at the SANE time to carry on local
work The Indiana and Philadelphia branches
NV Cerrl~4 on utuhefNilE sAtrI-4uu NOEA. hGs
former providing lectures on political economy
b. Prof. jerks, now Of Cornell University.
Through the influence Of the California branch
gymnasium for the Of women was estab-
hShed and = woman medi,al inspector was ap-
pointed at the State University.
Other branches have discussed important
Questions Of the day and literary and historical
subjects. ''Ihsfrimsries. "''French Literature
"helation OF College W omen 20 the Social Need -
state socialism "Ame.icana." Industrial
n-sN~ q.
~ Stndy Science in Boston" women on College
Faculties and Governing Boards are a-noag
the subjects studied BY different local branches
Tho college settlement in New York under the
care Of college women has for its object the
establishmsnt of 'sneishboriv relations with
those sho live near Il and mas been an infu-
ence for good in the uninviting region of Riv-
tngton street.
THE WASHINGTON BRANCH.
The Washington branch has by no means
been idle Last winter evening classes were
carried on for self-supporting women The
grade Of WORK was above that done by the city
night school and was designated as college e1-
tension work. The cla-se- were held In rooms
kindly offered by Mira Soners and the teachers
we're al arlnH and others. Classes were carried
on In French. German. Shakespeare, topics Of
the day and millinery. A small fee was charged
and willingly paid. This winter II r. hoped TO
enlarge the work and TO obtain rooms IL a cen
trial part Of town.
For the entertainment Of their guests the
Washington branch has about perfected its
arrangements. The Aroo will be HEADQUARTERS
and visiting slumne viii find there a member
OF the committee hospitality to receive
mem and give any needed information. The
baltimore and Ohio railroad has furnished
guide books for the strangers.
The association will visit Kendall Green
1hnr-dAy morning and meet for the first busi-
ness meeting at the Arno thursday afternoon,