New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01
NEWNHAM AND CLIFTON.
THE COUNTRY NEAR CONTEMPLATION
rvcrJsH COLLEGE GIRLS LIVE.

Tho
IL ' oonnarison with other places that have
,aa.oaaod with equal rapidly, more thoroush
ice has been wrought in the neignborhood IN
tho last fifty years than In most o'"ci pa
t,no,and in 50O In the first place the open .o's'
,s bean nclosed and In the second piice ''e -
land has been drained. These two CAUSES no."
,d results quite incalculable by the passing .ra'
49,, TO yye try TO imagine the condition Oh INC
,,s,ric. IN the Middle Ages when CamprdSe vas
,rontier fortress on the edge or great WIN 80
stretched away as far as the WASH 90 -
aa hv onIv one great Roman Way, which care
f,,v avoided the low grounds ana passcu i'
u''. ., ,s,ond with such engineering skill that not
- ,hon nine miles of fen had TO be traVeiseo
,,oor cambridge and Norfok-if we can iihas
inc all this in the present conditioh Vi INNS
can do much. But that it was so III 'he o.u.'' '
tho reverend and distinguished registrar Oh the UNI
,,ersitv told us most charmingly. Two 'iouoN
ro r,,,es of the finest corn land In England nave
nIaced mere and reedbed and the population Vi
Tho fen .'yellow-bodies," as their neishpofS VI 80
0ru,a called them. have become opuieh' anu Po"'
farmers So portly, indeed, that Dig hoie ia
I,,,o tbrough which the water was pouring III
storr, f. said to have been enectualIy sCoppe' w
,h sipn,e expedient Of the farmer sitting down III
II The changes which came slowly Tor se'erai ce"-
tures have been accelerated in the last my years
,u fever and agle almost things OF 'he paS'
and in a certain hot summer not many years aso
uotor had to be pumped into the fen instead OK
out Of 1t. -, a..
rhua "a Cambridge situated on the edge OF the
old fen district where, .Ruskin says, even the
cloud effects peculiarly Deautiu', a
Newman College is on the edge or Canoiiuee,
near enough to easily accessible TO the pri'neses
~ the university now granted to women, yet iar
enough away to be tranquil, more seciudeo
fro, the baunts Of Fastening men than are even
the peaceful "quads of Trinity or Peterhouse' Inc
length Of our stay in Cambridge gave US inc Up
portunity of visiting Newman several times anu
nrt
Sidgwick as well Of becoming acquainted Win
several of its staff lecturers. PROFESSOR henry
sidgwicls is too well known throughout the pnlo-
sophcal world to require much to be SAID ABOUT hm
here He is greatly beloved in Cambridge by all
classes of people, and his saint-like face Is most
interesting gaze upon. friend declared Una! nc
looks like the Apostle John, and he does not belle
the look Mrs Sdgwick is the sister OF Arthur
Balfour and strongly resembles that statesman IN
the fairness of her complexion. the expression oi
her calm blue eyes. the rather long oval Oh her
face and the senderness of her form. her WORK
in the Society OF Psychcal Research has BEEN per-
hans as important in its scientific results as mat
OF her husband. Her own scholarship ana her ueep
interest in the higher education OF women make
her a dt successor TO Miss Clough, whose deatn
during the last year is deeply felt by all connected
with Newman.
Miss Clough was a sister of the poet, and under
her wise and watchful guidance the college has
grown from its earliest beginning. Inc unsehsh
work I'm the cause Of education to when she oe-
voted herself from her early years had peculiarly
fitted her for her life at Cambridge, ana her eher-
gies had free scope In the development OF Newman
College and in her intercourse with the students.
Both during their residence at Newman ana III
their various after careers she followed them Win
unfaing help and sympathy. The Association for
Promoting the Higher Education OF Women in
Cambridge was formed in 1872 and In consequence
of a demand from women at a distance 10 snare
the advantage Of lectures Miss Clough TOOK charss
OF a house In Cambridge with ive studch.s' As '"s
number of students constantly increased the hrs'
hall was opened under the care OF Miss Ciough III
1875.
Neu,nban, College stands on site Of nine acres.
and contains accommodation for the principal ana
vice. principals. OF whom Miss Gladstone 10 chiei'
with resident lecturers and one hundred ana MY
students This quite reminds one Of the beginning
OF the Harvard Annex which fourteen years ago
began with one student Indeed, the CROWN Oh 'he
annex has been more rapid, more than three num-
dred students taking instruction there last year.
while Newman has in twenty years increased 's
boundaries to meet the needs OF one Huhuieo anu
fifty resident pupils.
The buildings of Newman consist of Old Hall.
Clough Hail. Sdgwick Hall, and a new building
which connects two of the older halls ana WHICH
Is soon to be occupied BY Professor and Mrs sids-
wick and the chemical laboratory. In each mouse
there is dining hall, reading room and other rooms
for the common Of the students Inc dihihs-
hall AT Cough is large enough for the whole college
at times to dine together, and IL used also Tor COLI
certs and debates. The library contains between
seven and eight thousand volumes The iecture-
rooms are in a wing of Sidgwick Hall. having
separate entrance and staircase and at the pack
of this hall Is a hospital, which can be Isolated IN
case of infectious illness. The chemical laboratory
is beautifully fitted up. and has been lateiy en-
larged TO accommodate the increased NUMBER OF
students. In town. close to the University
museums Is the Bafour Laboratory, for biological
and physical studies, OF which the building ana
the site are a freehold OF NEWMAN The buildings
bloom with rose and jessamne vines clamperinS
over them, and the turf Is almost as hhe ana
soft as in the old quadrangles OF Christs or
Kings College There are several lawn-tenhS courts
| and two fives courts. and gymnasium forms part
OF the oldest building.
The resident students often follow university
fashion in having two rooms, and very pretty
| and commodous rooms they are, hung WIN soi'
tinted hangings and carpeted in artistic desishs'
There Is considerable formay about the serving
| ~ dinner. which is at early evening. but at break
| fast and lunch the girls enjoy sort OF perpetual
picnic which strikes the American observer d.
more 8reakfas is on the table til half-past
a aber time When one enters the she finds
at side table basket containing i naya ahi there
are also meat and pots Of TEA an az 2
with appurtenances Tor ts b par conveys the
vriops articles to any place at the table when sne
chooses The place may Of her Breakfast she
hans herself TO the main part OF 1t from the enlet
| T,sb on tho large table, and can at last procect
| With The rest of the simple meal in quiethess 7"
| not In comfort. 49,, 1900 Informal manner
hut dinner is served in customary ways M11wantaees
that there thought to De cer, ram, and lunch
ahout these arrangements for breakfast ain "a
con viz that the students felt more ap selves IL
-, ,,,no and more free 10 absent theinseN,u,S, -
necessary in case OF an important eSsnhridge, in
(;irton is about three miles from am drove TO
dirsction to Newman. we uroSe "
i beautiful Darwin pace castieVie when
ives ont a Charming view OF the Cam ana , .ne ana
jacent country The stately entrancSv rIns halls and
Students rooms suggest certain lux Sewnham
OF living which is not conspcu9 , the same in the
Colleges and the girls at both o San w dHe protes.
.ase ~. toiiows II deemed advisable by the prin:
spsl The belongings OF Gir;on are enri nrssse