New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-28
DETROITIS THE ENTERTAINER
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE
ALUMNAE MEETS THERE.
FIFTEEN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES REPRE-
sENTED. AND THREE MORE OF HIGH STAND

FIFTEEN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES REPRE-
sENTED. AND THREE MORE OF HIGH STAND
ING NAY SEND DELEGATES.
The annual meeting Of the Association OF Col
legiate Alumnae. which Is TO take place October
g. % and 80. at Detroit, Mich. will bring together
g. body Of notable women. The association draws
its membership from among the graduates OF
fifteen leading colleges. More than two thousand
college-bred women are now its rolls and its
growth is constant. both in numbers and In mil
ence Many Of its members are actively engaged
in educational work and all are interested In the
broadening OF educational and industrial oppor-
tunities for women.
The president Of the association IS Miss Marion
Talbot who is dean Of the women students at
Chicago University Miss Talbot is a graduate OF
Boston University, and in her present responsible
position with the interests OF the great body
OF Chicago University women in her hands, she
has shown herself possessed OF no mean e1ecu-
tive ability. She is well-known as writer on
sanitation and hygiene.
association is Mrs. Laura Browne Collier Of
No 90 Bergen-st.. Brooklyn Miss lnez H.
Whitfield Of No. Il West Observation-Disclosures
fourth-st.. is secretary There is also western
New-York branch. with headquarters at Buffalo.
a Central New-York branch at Syracuse, and an
Eastern New-York branch at Albany. Nearly every
State and Territory has its local branches whose
meetings are partly social and IN part devoted to
the work OF the general association.
New-York institutions whose graduates are eligi-
bic to membership are yassar Coliege and and Cor or
thirtytwo Vassar women have avahed mem hei
two from the other schools. respectively. Welles-
ley girls second to Nassar In numbers. win
SO e their credit. OF Smith College girls there
The annual meeting at Detroit will be addressed
Them ~ T Will SS be Dr. Eliza NJ Mosher womens dean
Of the University OF MGhgan ana popSer wss
year she sg9 large pacce
her present place
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
Mrs. Martha Foote Crow of Chicago University,
will speak on Educational Progress; Miss MILL
cent w shinn. Of the University of California, on
Child Study: Mrs. Ruth Bowles Baldwin on A
National University" and Miss Ala W. Foster on
1.-The Endowment Of Colleges" Other addresses
viii made BY Mrs Bessie B9adTe Heme5 M 81
laura G Mss M Hae Ella pony
Miss Sarah E. Wentworth and Others.
women who are entitled 10 write large sections Of
the alphabet after their names: There VIII be EEL
oss Of rSs4s w So so girl
and maTCps who are mohefs s OF
else practical One Of its first important r Gnde6
aeoS the sSX as Of The
results Of this Inquiry were published, by the
H. REPORT Of ISIS More recently
have gone into the wage 20 on1 w6mee
who have received college and other special edu-
cation as compared with the wages or men IN the
same professional technical or mercantile employ
rentsF The alumna have conducted for n number
Of wears a Bureau OF Occupato for Women: ana
maintain a standing committee for the study OF
work and wages . -, - 4, 49,.
maintenance Of feowships for POSTGRADUATE study
Py means Of these women who are doins specia
or original work are supported in American or
foreign universities. ,..,. ...
Some idea OF the material the association draws
upon for IFS work may be had from the fact mat
It's standing Committee on Collegiate Admlnstra-
tion is made up OF eleven women al OF whom are
this committee Is Mrs. Helen Hiscock BacSus, WI, we
o. the president Of Packer Institute brooklyn:
Mrs Backus is Of three women trustees OF
Nassar College