The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
AT I WOMEN'S COLLEGES.
BARNARD's WoMAN's GRADUATE CLUB
AND ITS TICISsI1UDES.

students In the COueG but the fortunes
of Their Club Rise and FRll-HiEh-Grnde
Work of the Students This Year.
Several years ago. when graduate students
began TO come to Barnard. and numbered some
thirty or forty, the movement since known, as
the new woman" movement was just Begin
ming to tickle the Imagination Of the public.
Women were running around intent upon
picking up their lost Observation-Disclosures
those were. This general spirit OF unrest. once
set In motion, gathered strength and impetus
as. It went, until all Glasses. young. middle
aged. and even the old, felt the impulse TO do
something. What more natural. then. than
that these young graduates. full OF enthusiasm
and untried energies. should feel that they.
too. must fall into line and do something's
Just what kind OF a doing IL should be was
rather nebulous. They must OF course get to-
gether. But the general feeling seemed TO be
that light would come with organization. as IL
has in so many other schemes: that IL was not
essential to follow a set plan and have every
thing cut and dried beforehand. but to grow
as the need for growth indicated, to take up
new interests by degrees. in fact. to allow for q
policy OF expansion.
Well, these young apostles followed their
first inspiration and organized. and theIresult
was the Woman's Graduate Club Of Barnard
College. The aims OF the said club have been
somewhat indefinite. It's life a bit Of a struggle.
but. after all 10 said and done. its existence has
certainly been preserved. Each year IL makes
a brave new start. sending notifications to all
the new graduates to Join. Then comes q
shower Of questions. What is the Graduate
Clubp What does IL dor How much does II
costa VIII IL pay. and what goodisit anywayf"
Surely all this would imply that women are
learning to look before they leap. The Gradu-
ate'Club held its first meeting some weeks ago
and elected all new officers. SO that It IL once
again ready to start on its work for the year.
Miss Mabel Hurd OF Syracuse was made Presi-
dent. Miss Louise b. Dunn Vice President;
Miss Maude Wilcox. Secretary. and Miss Grace
Andrews. Treasurer. assisted by an Executive
Committee Of six members.
The club can show one reason for It's organ
ization and existence from which direct bene-
At results. Each year il sends a representa-
ton to the Federation Of Graduate Clubs. IN
organization which publishes a full list Of
the universities and colleges that offer
graduate courses and Of the names Of the
professors giving those courses. The selec-
ton. therefore. OF a good delegate Is q most i'm
portant one. That the club languishes Is not
wholly the fault OF its members. Environment.
habitation. circumstances. alone or together.
seem to exercise an ~extinguishing influence
upon it's growth and development. One would
think that in a college with q graduate depart
ment OF sixty-eight Students. all interested
along the same general line. club life would
find no lack Of support and enthusiasm. But
everything seems to be against its success.
Each girl insists that she IL so busy she cannot
possibly think OF doing. one more thing. Again.
II u urged that the college Is SO far away that
it Is impossible to make that journey Just to
But, moro Important than either OF these,
each year the club loses q large percentage OF
ita memDer9. and the newcomers. having no
acquaintance In the club and with many out
81 eide Sd Interests Tn e t9 9S snG nSSs1 then q are m rssh ssrs sl9T
Thus 1t happens. for many reasons. some
hno%n and dI sSSnie s uni, unEnown thHt n. The Womsn,s
the other organizations at Barnard. and yet its
opportunity was never greater thar, this year.
this year than there Is by. States. at least nine
teen OF the prominent colleges, and universities
niH fbe si Gas Of sjg R9f srs stSEdsess Il II b shs n lis. t 8ps
h bSsbs the b :, ihsfers de- decree 1Ss 5 ains the 3, degree ssss,o Of
Shi ff'sapS INV WHAT Is even SH more Sort SSyH q pot e.
thirteen already hold two degrees, twelve. hay-
and one fol-. the doctorate degree. Thus it
would seem that postgraduate work is max
tne i1 Wo mann tfeaat The s'e College HsV eou iae IN G1, years
gone BY msde npon every woman q desiring the
out for something more and even better than
what the four years, course car furnish is
representatives Allegheny College. l. Boston
ton snive SoiIss;o. a; /! BFy Gola MaSs G 2niHsssi 9; e II:
Cornell !Uinaiyersity, ,; Knox College. iI;London
TIfie eoiIsE;e I i M PenSsgi1s Gal1yS6r niSsii5 ! sG 7 81
swsrthmors 1cioiileEe.2 :; -Tiuians U9iversity.t:
W Hsiiss Se coiless 5, sndth Womsn''s ooiisse.i:.
or course. 1t Is quite possible for a graduate
ing specifically for the degree. and many girls.
ssy sss ma INT. lntSIIIls SmadD PF q TaqF l. P afasE 9
tide over the period Of restlessness which i'm
mediately develops when they first settle down
course. with plenty Of outside reading. Is the
best sort Of a tonic against, The growing discon-
greatest number Of students, register for the
degrees prefeTring to have their vS work count
not STa restrIcted can Usually obtain her masters
66Ie, to spread the work ovfr morsthan one year.
geous than, the others. have registered for the
here purposely. because the requirements for
this degree are much more exacting. three
anired for the work < proficient KNOWLEDGE
OF both French and German and a printed dis
sertation upon some subject Of original inves-
faculty under which the student takes her
work, are additional requirements Which make
w uVSIto uttuinuulc W ohiy thO hikucbt
Each year the graduate students show GER;
sufficiently pronounced to stamP them as differ
years representatives take the palm for.good
looks. They show q great deal more maturity.
too. This is not to be construed as indicating
that they are along in years" nor that good
looks are necessarily incompatible with clever
heads, but tlat their standard OF intelligence
is higher and their DEVELOPMENT more sym
metrical; They do not stamp themselves as
Just fresh from college. but give. the appear
ance of having assimilated something from life
besides theories and the contents of books. and
they help,to prove that the mostintelligent and
the normal type OF woman.
II Is Interesting 70 find what q surprisingly
bred girls. Possibly the leyelling process
."htsN 1itv ne 0~srAe t,ynn avasg ora haa had q
something TO do with their ail-iuunu Develop
ment. Out Of the sixty-eight students thirty
from New York State. seven register from New
Jersey. four come from Massachusetts,. three
from Pennsylvania, while the rest are scat
tered over the middle West and Southern
States. New England has a smaller represen-