The evening times., 1898-05-06
MOMHN|Gq'THSTE
For ZOOLOGY
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Provision fdFthe Sex at the
Naples Exposition.
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WeIl-Qualined Candidates to Ne
Given Preferencey Otherwise Men
Wfil BE Eligible.

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| an American woman's table at the Zoo
| in the first task Set for itself, and Is now
securing funds to be applied to the ex-
penses of the successful candidates The
committee believes that the usefulness Of
| the table will be much increased. and
the appointment Of the best qualified wo-
| men-irrespective Of their ability to meet
the expenses of a years residence In Ma
ples-lnsured, II at least ten annual SUBJ
scriptions Of $50 each are placed In its
| hands to be thus applied. The effort has
been making to obtain subscriptions from
| the governing boards of colleges for wo-
| men. co-educational colleges or univer-
| stiles having a special endowment for
| women students. women's departments Of
| universities. or associations for the fur
therance of women's education.
Eight of the colleges and associations
| represented in the committee have SUBJ
scribed to the table: Bryn Mawr. Mas
| sachusetts Institute of Technology. Rad
| cliffe. Smith. Vassar. Wellesley. the As
sociation of Collegiate Alumnae- and the
committee on science lessons OF the Wo-
mems Educational Association Of Boston.
| In addition the Women's College Of Bal
timore has subscribed, and a private SUBJ
| scription from Mrs. John WestcOtt has
| been received. The table is thus estab-
| lished. 1t is now hoped that the funds
| for expenses of candidates may be Sc
cured by March: many applications for
| the table have been sent In. and II Is de-
sirable not to delay the appointment.
An interesting history attaches to this
movement on the part of women to con-
tribute to the Geological Station This
station. as Is known. was founded in
April. 1872 by Prof. Anton DOhrn for the
collection of biological material and for
the study of all forms of plant and animal
life. Under his personal direction the
station has developed into an interna-
tionaI institution of vast Importance for
scientific research and for the profess
sional training of professors and students
of all countries. Last April. on the twen-
ty-fifth anniversary of the station. me-
morak- address was presented to Prof
Dohrn by the men and women who had
either studied at Naples or had felt in
their own countries the inspiration OF Its
foundation: II was signed by the leading
biologists of Europe. North and South
America. India. Japan. South Australia
and Africa. ffra
A few paragraphs translated from this
address indicate the esteem in which
the station Is held:
to find with you the conditions of which
his work Is most in need-a workroom.
equipped with the utmost liberality: ma
teriais provided to the full extent of all
its great RESOURCES and with the utmost
readiness by the station: the most mod
ern appliances for experimental work:
instruments of every kind; an exception
ally complete and well-arranged libra
ry. and in you yourself and your COZ
leagues counselors Of unwearied kind
ness In all the difficulties of life and
study in strange land. He finds. too
in your laboratory the most perfectly
developed practical methods of preserv-
ing and treating the material under in
vestigation. which owe their present per-
fection for the fact that year by year
whoever has been in Naples has con-
tributed his quota of practical expert |
ence, and that your assistants have made |
it their business to put this experience
to the test, and to extend 1t by methods |
of their own. Your Geological Station |
has thus become a university. only in a |
different sense from the national institu- |
tions that bear that name: place, in |
deed. in which no lectures are given. but |
in which the professors themselves turn,
pupils and go to school under the most |
favorable conditions imaginable TO the |
greatest of all teachers, Nature. The |
Geological Station at Naples is a brill |
liant example of what may be accom- |
plished in the world of science when
representatives of different nations work |
together in lasting union toward the !
same ideal ends. and TO us all. of what |
ever country We may be, this example |
seems priceless gain. |
Contributions to the support of this |
institution have been hitherto in great |
~ triIN h.,
the director. Ii seemed desirable that |
a permanent endowment be attempted
The plan was that this endowment |
should take the form of the foundation
of tables for research. each table cost
ing $500 annually. and emitting the gov
ernment or institution endowing it to
appoint to the table qualified students
who are furnished by the station with !
all materials, apparatus and assistance
free of cost. 1t often happens that one
table is used by four or five biologists
in the course of the year.
Notwithstanding the fact that SO many
American students have studied at Ma
pies, the United States has. up to this
time. owned but one table: that of the
Smithsonian Institution. At the time of
the anniversary last April. 1t occurred to
Miss Ida Hyde. who has studied in many
laboratories in Europe and America, as
well as Naples. that II would be eminent
ly fitting for those interested in the scien-
tific training of women to endow a ta-
BILE in commemoration of the unfailing
kindness shown by Prof. Dohrn and his
assistants to women studying at Naples
and in recognition of the singular oppor-
tunitics there offered.
To this suggestion. Prof Dohrn sent
cordial reply. After the most generous
and courteous acknowledgment of their
offer. he goes on to say that. while 1t has
taken years to persuade him that the
modern movement ip favor of women's
is a-sound one-indeed, that
he is only half opensnow to believe in a
end of it-Set there is one part
of it for which he has not hesitated to
confess a strong. sympathy; that is, the
open to women of the higher in
tellectual opportunities. He believs that
it will be of the utmost advantage to
mothers share in those accomplishments
which make a difference in the educated
and non-educated intellect. Acting thus
upon his convictions, he had always from
the first received women in the ,Zoologi-
cal Station with the same readiness as
men. He did not anticipate. he said,
that his quiet effort. fp help them in this.
their right. should have such an answer
as Miss Hyde's letter. announced.
In regard to candidates for the table.
1t has been decidedly the committee
the preference. but that If no suitable