The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-26
AS 1T LOOKS TO WOMEN.
What President Andrews is Doing for
Girl Students at Brown.
AND PROPOSES IN FUTURE.
The High Standard of Work Maintained
Wins Warm ommendation-The slim
uius To High school students-Pians
for Coming Years.

The work which is being done by young
women in connection with the Brown
University examinations is justifying
and more than justifying an experiment
undertaken largely upon the individual
responsibility Of President Andrews.
The simple announcement in the Uni
versity catalogue that Brown engages to
examine women in any of the studies COW
cred by the courses or required for admis-
sion 10 those courses has proved direct
and powerful stimulus in increasing the
attendance of girls in the classical depart
,nent of the High School. Where the av-
erage number taking college preparatory
work in past years mas been six or eight
it is now twenty.
OF the record made by the young women
who are this winter taking the Brown
freshman studies President Andrews says
il is impossible TO speak too highly. a
class OF eight meets daily at the state
Normal School on Benefit street and is
taught by Brown instructors. In the
winter examinations all but two of these
freshwomen were rated above ninety in
their Greek and IS was the lowest mark
obtained. Their work ranks, according to
President Andrews. with the best done in
the university. One OF these students
came from Wellesley after her work there
had begun. Two other young women are
taking the same course in this city with
out special instruction and are also get
ting on bravely.
1t may not be generally known in Provi-
dence that the financial responsibility for
this undertaking has been shouldered by
President Andrews personally, whose
earnest wish and strong purpose is that
Rhode Island girls may not be compelled
TO leave their own State 10 obtain col
legiate education. 80 firm was his con-
vicrion that any concession on the part OF
3rown would meet with an eager response
from women students that he made him
self liable for bills which, mad only two or
three girls applied for instruction, would
have been very fairly heavy ones.
Brown has not agreed to give degrees to
women, but il is believed that when class
shall have completed the full course of
study the degrees will not be lacking.
President Andrews holds himself ready TO
extend his pecuniary responsibility TO
both freshman and sophomore class next
year, as a new body of young women comes
up for examination.
His ultimate plans for the sharing of
Browns benefits with the women of Rhode
Island are far-reaching and may take
years to realize. IL is understood that he
would like TO see an endowment fund
raised to put the annex, If such name
may be applied to IL, on substantial and
permanent basis, with headquarters in n
convenient house where the girl students
could be under the superintendent or "a
matron. 1t is earnestly TO be hoped that
men and women of means will quickly
seize upon SO rare an opportunity TO put
Rhode Island abreast of other States in
the advantages offered to her daughters.
The Brown movement, Rhode Islanders
will find, is one that deserves their sup
port and will command their admiration.
The newly organized State branch of the
Association of Collegiate Alumnae has
hown a ready appreciation OF President
Andrews wise and progressive scheme
and has already its own plans under con-
sideration for putting good loan library
at the disposal of Browns women stud
ents. The association may be asked To
"matronize" the girls TO some extent next
year, or since President Andrews is a
strong believer in selfgovernment, the
classes may be asked TO elect one Of their
own number as dean.