New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-19
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
YALE.
A NUMBER OF WOMEN EXPECTING TO TAKE VI
POSTNGRhDUATE STUDY.
YALE.

POSTGRADUATE STUDY.
New Haven, Conn.,, Sept 10 (special,-There IS one
thing that renders the coming year at Yale pa'o
unique and interesting; for the first time sihcr "e
good people Of Connecticut decided To esuiDlish 'o'
legiatc institution for the higher Drnhches VI
the aged portals OF Yale will open 10 receive nun
Der OF women Coula the old fathers OF the coio'y
who established the college sec this lnc OF young
women they would surely open their eyes In amaze
ment 10 SEQ the progress that edncauoh mas h'ue'
especially In feminine direction IL Is wen hioM"
that these august ancestors OF ours looked WIN III
favor upon any learning which was not exclusively
enioyed by the men II the community, believing, us
many do to-day that wpmen's life should IN purely
domt >tic one and that weLbeng and that OF her
children was not enhanced by sprinfling OF Greek
roots and mathematical problems. Yale has been de-
lIberate IN this matter for two reasons-its lack OF
funds for any such purpose, and its long established
conservative way OF looking at things which makes 1t
carefully Investigate and weigh every new movement
that younger blood may suggest. Yale has long had
the reputation Of being college representing the Oh,
weestablished rules which guided our fOrefathers.
Notwithstanding the changes of her most formidable
and respectable rival, she stin insists upon strict
classic training the foundation OF liberal cduca-
ton and adheres to tno old religious customs, requr
ing the regular attendance Of students at daily and
sunday religious exercises. She seldom yields point,
except upon strong evidence OF It's WISDOM and at
tempts wild experiments such other institutions
often undertake
This being the case. IT was a somewhat staytling
announcement the faculty made last Commencement,
when the news spread over the country that in the
future Yale would admit young women graduates OF
other colleges to her walls. In this II had not waited
for other institutions TO take the initiative but had
come forth with all the boldneSs of ali experiment.
All objections were answered by the convincing
argument: Since the higher education of women Is
admitted to be a desirable thing. il Yale has ad
vantages that other Institution OFFER Is II not
selfish and unpatriouc impulse which makes her Oh
stinately keep FROM her walls, for no other
reason than that they womenl The arguments
against coeducaton do not apply, because Is not co.
education. a large number Of people seem TO think
that there is special department, kind Of annex
the University exclusively set apart for the women
OF the land. This is not the admission of num-
Der OF women students Will not make the slightest
change In the curriculum Before a lady may enter
She must present a diploma received from some col
iegate institution other testimony of her fitness
to continue the higher and special branches Of study
she has nothing whatever to do With the academcal
any other Undergraduate department, but has free
access TO all the post graduate courses Of the Cnivcr
sity She Will be upon exactly the same footing as
the men. and will receive scholarships and feowships
exactly the same terms her fitness to take these
honors being the only requirement.
That the new movement Is appreciated b. those
whom it mainly concerns is evidenced by the large
number of applications that have been received. IL
is said that the day after the new idea made
public, twenty applications from graduates OF wOmens
colleges were put Oh fle A large number have been
received since that time The exact number OF women
students could be ascerained. but il is said that
nearly every female college OF note will be repre-
senteed vassar. WELLESLEY and smith each send q
number, and many Institutions not well known Will
he represented The courses that have been selected
oomprise nearly all Of the post graduate departmeht
though speca. taste for philosophical, scientific
and linguistic lines IS noticed.
The scholarships have not yet been awarded, but two
feowshps have been bestowed upon two graduates OF
young woman institutions in the different lines Mary
a. Scott, Of Vassar, 10 has received fellowship IN
philosophy and the Romance languages Resides
taking her degree at vassar, she has also studied
Johns Hopkins ard Cambridge Uh~osity, England.
She has also done considerable teaching and has gained
a reputation as wIjtc in fer lines. Mary Granam.
Wellesley 80 is the other fortunate one. and viii
pu: sue studies IN econ, nice an ethics. In these
two branches she took first honogs at Wellesley and
has since been teaching II Mount lolyoke
The scholarships will be awarded when the cor
poratiOn meets In November. number OF graduates
Of the various female colleges will be hOn0rei, and
every encouragement which the university can give 70
ambitious women will be freely bestowed. There
Is no doubt that the experiment will prove success,
and its progress viii be watched with great interest
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