The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-29
JERSEY COLLEGE GIRLS.
Miss Lulu G. Farrant and
Miss Bridgart in Column
bias Feminine De-
partment.
NOVELSOCIAL GATHERING
Mrs. GiffOrd's Animal Drawing Class
Afternoon Teas--Social
Notes.

Specially tcritien foe the jersey City Netcs,
Between the schoolgirl and the college,
girl there is a great gulf fixed. There is
a certain amount of frivolity that we ex-
pect from u schooleirl. Giggling is for
given her, we condone even her love OF
tutti-frutti aud pickles, and if she
firts we accept it rs one of the "chil-
dren's diseases''-something like munps
or whooping-cough.
But when that schoolgirl takes out
three tucks in her gown, rolls up her
hair into a severe p%ompadour, aud takes
the examinations for college, she has
passed the Rubicon, and her days of gid
diness are at an end. Her older friends,
who last year smiled at her prauks, now
impress upon her, her responsibility in
enlightening the world, and her duty to
her Alma Mater, ard there is little Won
der that her new dignity weighs heavily
upon her and she has exalted notions of
tue respect which is her due.
Jersey City has many maldens VINO
wear the cap IN gown. When Barnard
College, on Madison venue. New York
city, was opened three years ago. with n
curriculum identical with that of Column
Va bAC Va Nv
dauuted many learned young women, but
not so Miss Lulu Grace Farrant. Her
marked ability had already shown itself
in many ways-in 1889 she graduated as
valedictoriau from tie Jersey City High
School, winning the medal awarded tor
the best essay on an English subject, as
we'll, and the following October found
her enrolled as n member of the first class
of women in Barnard College.
PROMINENT IN COLLEGE.
Since then she has retained q justly
prominent position in the college-her
literary talents have developed to u
marked degree, and she has been chosen
Bernard correspondent for the Columbia
College paper. A buster Young lady than
Miss Farrant it would be hard 10 1nd.
In addition to the college course, which
is in itself sufficient to occupy one girls
time, she has for some time engaged in
journalistic work. and is we'll known as
an interchangeable church worker.
1t would take q statistician to count all
the irons the energetic young lady is keep
ing in the fire. And any one who sees
her briskly walking along Madison ave-
nue. could imagine from the sparkle of
her eyes, the decided curl of her brown
locks, and the business-like tilt OF her
pince-nez that here was a young lady
who did not believe in letting grass grow
under her slippers.
Her college curse Is nearly completed.
for in 1898 the first class to graduate from
Barnard will hold its commencement,
and Miss Farrant will be free to enter on
the career which all her friends predict
will be a bright one.
MISS BRIDGART's CAREER.
In 1850 the authorities of Barnard Col
lege decided TO offer a free scholarship to
the young woman who should pass the
most satisfactory entrance examination
to it's halls. There were competitors from
all over the country, many OF them grad
yates from special preparatory schools
and seminaries. but the honor Of winning
the first prize scholarship belongs to II
Jersey City girl. Miss Evangeline Rollin-
son Bridgart. of Magnolia avenue, carried
off the palm to which so many aspired.
This was not the first honor that had been
awarded Miss Bridgart. AT another en-
trance examination, which was held in
1856 for admission to the Jersey City High
School, Miss Bridgart won the fret medal.
distapcing over two hundred competitors
In an examination so difficult that only a
very small numbe passed at all. In 1890
Miss Bridgart graduated from the High
School rs a salutatorian, winning first
rank in Latin ana Greek. During the
summer vacation she patiently toiled AT.
the subjects for college examination,
while her friends played tennis. and in
October achieved the high honor already
mentioned. Upon her entrance to
Barnard ner CLASSMATES elecL5u nef ClaSS
President.
There are few young ladies' who exer
else a more delightful ~in1iuen ce than this
young student. One might talk with her
for years and not hear her use the first
personal pronoun; in fact, no n need
hope TO obtain from her al account of her
achievements.
MISS LILLIAN BRIDGART.
Her younger Sisl err, Miss Lillian, Is at
present preparing for the entrance ex-
aminations in June. Medal winning
seems to run in the family for Miss Lii
liam followed in the footsteps of her sister
by capturing perhaps the most coveted
medal given by the High School-that
awarded to the best speaker of the even
at commencement.
The sisters are both pronounced blondes,
with blue eyes and golden brown hair, a
marx ed contrast in manner rs the
youn ger is as vivacious as the elder Is re-
firing.
The authorities of Barnard recognize
the ability OF the pupils SEN them by the
Jersey City High School and judge our
city accordingly. so they say. Surely it
speaks well for our educational lnstitu-
lions IL the two classes now at Barnard
are led by Jersey City girls!
OTHER FAIR STUDENTS.
And this Is by no mean all our list of
notable collegians. There is Miss Susie
". Knox of Hasbrouck, who entered
Smith College from the class of 1899.
Misses Florence and Clara De Hart. who
are pursuing their medical studies at the
Women's College of the New York In
Urinary, on Fifteenth street, New York
city, aud hosts of others, whose names
and exploits will be duly chronicled in
this column in the near future.