The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13

man. TWENTY-FIVE Of the newly discovered
bright lines have been discovered BY her. ana
large part OF the Annals OF the Observatory
has been prepared under her direction.
Tho Ladies' Club In sydney Is the only club
In the city which is not in debt. Their rooms
are In a central and convenient locality. where
tea. coffee or cocoa are served at any hour.
members and their friends. and where, private
reception rooms are FURNISHED to iad,es TnS
numbers nearly 100 members.
From the reports Of the W. c. T. U. in Denver
1t may I've computed that more than $3O0.O0O
has been raised and expended by the differ
ent societies throughout tho United States
during the past year, and more than 100000
Women are united In the cause OF temperance.
Two hundred and eighty-two coffee houses.
friendly houses, and feeding rooms have been
established and are maintained by the society.
SO crowded were tho assemblies at tho con-
vention that ono building could not accom-
mouutc the audiences, and overflow meetings
wero held. addressed by Lady Henry Somer-
set and others. in the different churches.
by tho patient archaeological research car
ried on by one woman it has been proved. for
the qualification OF all women. that the bifur-
Gated neither garment supposed to DO specially
distinctive of the masculine toilet rightly be.
longs to the feminine dress. The women OF
GARMENT e " M form. and man VI per-
criving thu convenience, and comfort OF this
article OF drcss. evolved BY the superior intel
igencc of woman. appropri ted the same for
his own use, and doomed his womnnkind to
encumber their limbs with, flowing robes
which render it impossible for them to cope
with man in the useful avocations.
Kate Marsden. who is coming to this
country to lecture. with Wow to raising m cans
for founding more lener colonies in Siberia. Is
woman OF most heroic courage andz who
has taken upon herself a work which would
be loathsoms and impossible to any one not
inspired with u sublime passion for sef.sacr-
forests and districts where one false stop
Siberia. Miss Nfarsden has travelled seeking
. ont the ,wretched lepers. nnd fonnhinn the
thirteen Isrsr colonies she haS established Tor
without shelter OF any Kind.
That which Carlyle names as the chiet Of
liie's tragedies. "thut human creature
| capable OF knowledge should die ignorant"
need be no longer enacted among us. now that
the university extension movement makes
advanced study possible for thosn engros sed
with cares or namperen ny CONDITIONS which
In England the extension movement has be-
come vital part uf educational life. The
DR.. CLANCY. President of Bates College. illus
trates the progress OF co education BY telling
the story Of how a man in 20 on being asked
how many students were attending the col
lege answered: Forty three students and u
niger and woman" and adds Now there
are forty women in the classes"
Marguerite Gombert recently passed the
examination for the doctors degree in
| philosophy and lettcrs at Brussels with
| marked success 1t is the first time that n
| woman has attained such distinction in Bel
BEEN aIsd npo , to Iestow this degroe upon
woman candidate.
| Five OF Vassar's alumnn are taking post
| graduate courses at Yale. two at tho
| University Of Chicago. ono at Ann Arbor and
| one at l.eipsir About 40 per cent. Of tho
graduates are said to marry. and majority Of
the Others become teachers.
Ofthe four Dutch universities. three. Ieyhan.
| Utrecht. and Amsterdam. are open o women. Of
! whom goody number avail themselves of the
| privilege. The co-elurational system prevails
are opcn to girls 4 large number OF women
| have adopted the prof ession Of chemists. and
| there are women pupils at every dispensary in
| Amsterdam.
| The senate OF the Sydney University have
| appointed Louisa Macdonald. NJ. A.. prin-
Women. to be public examiner in Greek and
to give course Of six lectures on Greek.
Nav Jackson Of New London. Conn. n
| student at Smith College. is credited with
| learning in one year as much Greek as usu-
ally requires three years hard study Her
| Greek pnrers we're sent to Yale. and would
| have admitted her there.
| A High School for girls in Iceland has been
established. The subjects taught include
| English literature and Scandinavian lit.ra-
| ture and history. besides the regular branches
| Of study Cookery and tailoring are also
| taught. because Icelandic women have always
| to make the mems clothes.
| The number OF women students at the Paris
Faculties has increased by 100 in the last two
years. At the Faculty OF Medicine there are
1903 Russian women. 3 Houmaninn. Greek.
American: 3 English and ~ French stu
| women students number .. as against IA for
! eicnsrs. and at the Faculty OF Letters there
| are 81 French students and ID foreigners.
Coordination is carried out to the most prac
teal details in the st. Lawrence College. one
| Of the earliest OF co-educational institutions.
| During the recent camraiGc the Republican
| Club included both young women and men in
| from the collegiate tha Town Hall through n
| pouring rain 10 listen +" speakers on the
! issues Of tn" campaign. II was on" of the
! faculty in this institution who many years ago
! answered tie question Of u horriileI English
lady as to what form Of discipline the school
nl,,ted when men anr women We're allowed
madam. The young women don't require
! any and they discipline the young men with
tlI"ir very presence. We really have nothing
to 90 about 1t.