The sun., 1895-05-20
A WOMAN ron CORNELL TRUSTEE.
Miss Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr.
Candidate for tho Once.

Candidate for the once.
| Tho alumni OF Cornell University have nom-
| inntcd Miss Mary Carey Thomas for one OF the
| trustses to bc elected In June This is probably
| the first time In tho history of auy of the lead
| ing universities in this country that woman
has been named for trustee Miss Thomas was
| graduated from Cornell In 1877, and is now
| President OF Bryn Mawr College for Women.
| She was made dean OF that college when It was
| opencd In 1885, and was elected President In
| 1893
| Tho Legislature which has Just adjourned
| ,ossod a Iou ,,,,,ving tho Cornell alumni TO
Ss nioc, av. oaS,,ional @ trustees this year Every
wear after this they will elect two trustees in
s,o,d ~ ono ma berctofore. In recent wears
there has been very little contest tor TINS hohor
among the alumni. rarely more than two candi-
-, tt, ,,,.son,oa ,s soo, os tho n.v l,,v
dates oeing presented AS soon as .he new 'aw w.
went into effect there was n great scthnpie. IN
all fifteen candidates for the five places were
huI,i'' ,.,,-,, - =,
Tho alumn@ OF the institution NJ once ue-
cidcd that they ought to be represented In the
Ped -, r,ns,o,s Corrssno,aerc. yas start
~ i'onlu @ VI 80 as ,,a,,,os ',o,osaa
ed, and after conference OF names proposed,
they settled upon Miss Thomas as the wo-
- ,n,,,,,,o q, cor,ou hast attca bv hcr
Training @ sV and requirements to nll the place. At
once a campaign was started. Women gradu-
otos In MI ,ho largo cI,,cs in the country were
enlisted In tho work. Friends OF other candi-
dates sent out the customary endorsements
,, ..,,i,, -, ,ho n,,5id,,o.,
seehins No'es uhi 'eiiis ". '''' .'"'.
fitness for the honor. Miss Thomass circular
VIVA one of tho last to nppcar To the surprise
20 49, a,,,,,,ri I, ,on,otnod noor,, tbroo ,i,,o.
oi the uiuhhi " 'oh'"'"eu iio'i' y 'iieo .''i,''
the number of endorsements that any OF the
circulnrs of tho m ale candidates had
,,., 49,, ,.. -, ,,au,,, ,,,,,,
1o-euucu''oh has AWAY" o'si ohpopui"' VIZ"
a majority of the male undergraduates at Cor
nell. On the other hand, 1t has always been
,,h a. At ,,r,n, rh ,,5o,
popular WIN tho n"ie "iu'n"'. toe uhuer
graduates are subjected TO restraint in per-
sonal behavior in the class rooms and on tho
campus which tho presence OF women com
mands. md the lively element among them OBJ
jcCts because OF that fact. They want TO be
noisy and to show disrcspcct occasionally, rs
students do In other colleges. to the demands OF
good breeding. The presence of women inter-
feres with that kind Of undergraduate fun"
The Cornell girls are invariably good stu
dents. They set n pace that Is hard for the in
different male students to follow. and many of
these. who regard college life as more or less OF
q frolic, denounce cO-cducation in consequence
The Cornell girl is n very circumspect person.
She asks tor no favors on account of her sex. but
the young men are always gallant enough to al.
low her TO occupy II front seat at recttations ana
lectures. This Is the only special consideration
that she gets. Girl students rarely speak to the
men students as they 20 from class room to
classroom. AN unwrstten law controls their be-
havior. and n hppant young woman soon Is
brought into subsection by the frowns OF her