New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-05
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
AN APPEAL FROM LOCAL ALUMNE'

Tot the Editor of he Tribune
sir: Four years ago these neighborins cites "ere
swept with a thrill! OF pain b. news Oh 'ne su.ueu
death OF the noble and gifted woman who had oeen
for ,ventysx wears tie leading teacher OF BrooAnn'
The Tribune said that life of great ana constantly
increasing value to the country bad peeh si'iinc :"
the railway accident at North Haven, ana no "onut
~ some thought that the college OF WINCH NARY DTS
ham was president-elect had received oio" i'o.
vbich II could never recover. After this mter'M
~, ,,ns tho Almanac Association OF which Miss Brig
h,n ,ros president moved by her example OF devo-
lion n, well as by their loyalty and wish 10 serve
heir gcneration desire 10 Offer statement cohcern'
nc the present condition OF Mount HoyoHe ,oiieee
and 10 solicit generous regard for II from men ana
women Ct wealth cities and those adjacent In
NewJersey.
After the pause Of suspense into which the college
VA, thrown in l9.o, Mrs. Elizabeth storrs Mead was
secured as president. The college has moved risnt
ON oyer since The curriculum has been broadened
until IT f. equal that Of other colleges. Depart
mcnt, which have been specially fosered. like those
Of biology ard botany turn out work which for honest
,hcrouchnes, and Intelligence ranks with that done
onvwh,r. in America. Members OF the faculty have
leen drawn from Cberln. Ann Arbor, cornell ana
several have Obtained their degrees by study In Europe
An ENLARGED spirit has penetrated the Whole life of
the college, and the only thing IT needs In order 10
march with tie quckstep OF to-day Is financial support.
rs college this IL young, but the seminary out OF
which II hn, grown was founded by Mary Lyon in
is3G II was an effort TO give young women OF au
classes educational advantages equal TO those winch
YOUNG men receiving. us running cApehSs
have always been kept AT the lowest point, so that
no young oman should be denied is advantages who
was worthy OF III The college stands suirouhoeu
tv TIA seventy acres amid picturesque scenery at Tue
base OF Mount Iolyohc. Tie nominal value 81 It's prop
crv - 10000. Il, build ngs few but admirable
large fOur-,qua-c main building lncIudng 2SH''
uasium he-pro0f library N.ll>ton nan, containing
valuable cabinets. laboratories AMI an art gallery de-
serving the name fine astronomical onser'alOgy
with exceptional appliances and new laboratory
and recitation building 70 be completed In August
zoos anv one inquire: why. II Mount iclyoke
ros been sending out long, her alumnae do
not themselves provide college endowmentf' Easily
answered, Those alumnae not the stock
ENchancc They not bankers. nor railroad kings,
neither merchants nor manufacturers. These MY
Years they have been guiding their homes. rearing
:,u children teaching their schools, rcscuing the
pcrlshlnc Two hundred of them have gene to the
ends OF the earth IN the service OF mis>i board, OK
MI denominations. They have been contributing 10
the ntcll:cnc, and good citizenship OF the country.
but II they have earned money 1t has been at the rate
CT womcns wages: and colleges. no more than war
ships, can. ,for the present, be developed on shcn
earnings or On such pocket money.
There has been notion In some circles In New.
York that Mount IIolyohe is local Massachusetts, In
stitulon II has never been such. It, students have
always been tle provincial as those of Yale
or Harvard They are this year derived from twenty
enc different states and foreign countries. The
number from New York state has averaged forty
five every year az the last decade. OF 81 students
in residence this year sixty. almost onefifth. are
from New York and Ncw-Jcrscy. This Alumnae Assoc
citation appeals liberal friend, OF education In New
York. BROOKLYN and New-Jegsey not for everything
the college needs. but for generous hlth fo say, the
following prime necessities:
Endowment Of few departments $3.50 cnO
fund In aid OF STUDENT oO,NV
TO complete the Mary brigham Cottate i~locoo oooo
Chingrs in steam hcofpg apparatus Uut in IN :. noo
TO finish and furnish laboratory ........... i5,oV
Sew gr enhJuse for botanical work aooo
In the expectation OF getting something ou' IN
the hope OF getting every dollar There -
partial endowment OF the presidency, but OF cePas'
ments none, and while. rs IA seminary, Moum h"so"o
awaited Itself Of much superior teaching talent through
the unselhsh devotion Of It's graduates, VIII DE- IN
possible for the college command sucn iac. rs s
II deserves without endowment for salaries. ,,,.e
Mary gham Cottage Is In demand al once 10 IN
Outside last year. The education fund sanIs oh ~,
own merits. Checks should be made Ply no,' NJ 20
treasurer OF the association. Mrs. T.. r. Waiu ~
West Thirty sxth-st. New-lork. ana Iues n,'Y E,isr
ION regarding the college may be obtained iron
{. Parsons. president Of the Alnmnae ~ ,r,,sics
Of the college, Adclphi Academy. bryoAH"' ~
Thomas Carter class OF ~, Eoonon, Nd.
New-lork, May %, 1oo3