New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-02
NAPLES BIOLOGICAL TABLE
WOMEN ESTABLISH IT AT THE zOOLOG-
ICAL STATION.
ANTON DoHRNs KINDNESS TO STUDENTS IN
sPIRED THE FOUNDING OF THE INsT1-
TUTF or ETSTARCH


TUTE OF RESEARCH
This committee FOR the endowment OF an Amer
can woncns table n; the Geological Station at Ma
pies has succeeded N the first task set FOR Itself
and is now securing funds TO be applied TO the
expenses OF the successful candidates. Tho COM
rttee believes that the usefulness OF the table Will
be much Increased. ana the appointment o. the
hest-qualihed wcmor-irres9e ctVe ~ their ability
- meet the expenses Of years residence IN
%aples-,--ured I, a. least ten annual subscrp-
lions o, $50 each placed IN IS hands 20 ne
thus applied The effort has been making 20 obtain
subscriptions from the governing boards Of col
leEes for women. coeducat!onal colleges or uni
versities having 4 special endowment for women
students. woren's departments Of universities for
men or assocp Tors for he furtherence % worrens
education
Eish, OF tn, colleges and associations represented
IN the committee have subscribed 70 tho table:
Brvn Mawr Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
Radcliffe. Smith Nassar Wellesley, the Assoc!a-
ton OF Collegiate Alumne and the Committee on
Science Lessons OF the Womers Educational As
ISOLATION Of Boston In addition the Womens COL
leee o. Baltimore has subscribed. and private
subscription from Mrs. John Westcot has been
received The table is thus established. II Is now
hoped that the funds for expenses of candidates
may be secured by March. many applications for
the table been sent In. and II s desirable not
TO delay the appointment
An interesting history attaches 10 this move
rnent on the part q women 20 contribute 10 the
Geological Station. This station. as is known. wa.
founded In April 1872 by Professor Anton Dohrn
for the collection OF biological material and for the
study Of ell forms OF plant and animal life Under
his personal direction the station has developed
into an international institution OF vast Importance
for scientific research and for the professional
training OF professors and students % all countries
Last ADril on the twenty NTH anniversary az the
station q memorial address was presented 20 Pro
lessor Dohrn by the men ano women who mad
either studied at Naples or had felt in their own
countries the inspiration o. its foundation; X was
signed by the leading biologists OF Europe. North
and South America. India. Japan. South Australia
and Africa.
few paragraphs translated from this address
Indicate the esteem IN which the station IS held
Every one who comes 20 YOU Is sure 10 mo Win
vo,, the conditions Of which his work is most In
need-a workroom equipped with the utmost I'D
crafty materials provided 10 The full extent of all
its great resources and with the utmost readiness
by the station the most modern appliances for
governmental work Instruments % every kind, an
exceptionally complete and weIl-arranged library
and in YOU yourseIf and your colleague counsel.
Tors o, unueari-d kindness IN AL the dlrcultes 81
Nfe and study In q strange land ne Hnus, 'oD. III
:,cal rneIhods Of preserying ana treating the ma
terta under nvestgauoa which owe thc.r p ieSyir
perfection 70 the fact that year 10y, yer "noe',,
fas been in Naples has contributed III. quo,h OF
a. ~ fnstnoss 70 put this experience 10 the
;est and 10 extend 1t ~ methods Of their own.
[Arti,v DIV IN different sense from the national
INSTITUTIONS mat bear thai b PaG Tn in9e ,f
themselves turr pupils and 20 school
llr5er ,bs most favorable conditions imaginable to
me greatest of all teachers. Nature Inc Hooloe.
.cal Station az Naples Is brilliant eHainpi. oa
men rsDresentatives OF different nations work to-
reher IN lasting union toward the same sal lqef bs
example seems priceless gain.
Contributions to the support OF this institution
have been hitherto IN great part personal tributes
70 the genius OF tho director. II seemed desirable
that G. permanent endowment be attempted The
plan was that this endowment should take me
form OF tho foundation OF tables for research each
table costing $50 annually and emitting me gov
eminent or institution endowing II to appoint 10
the table qualified students. who are furnished DY
the station with all materials apparatus ana as
distance free OF cost. II often happens thar one
table IS used by five biologists In the course
o. the year.
Notwithstanding the fact that many American
f.rderfs have studied ct Napies the United states
has VI 70 this time owned but one table that OF
TIE Smithsonian Institution. Al the time OF 'ne an
nversary las, April. it occurred 70 Miss na i'y'o'
Who had studied IN many Laboratories IN EUROPE
and America as well In Naples. that u wouio ne
eminen,ly fitting for those Interested In ,he SCI
ertiac training OF women to endow a table IN com
uemoration Of the unfa.l.ng Kindness shown by
studying at Naples and in recognition OF the singu-
lar opportunities there offered ,. o cor
To this suggestion Professor IjOhrD sent n cor
dial reply After ne most generous ana n ay
Acknowledgement 0; their oner ne so cSs On I'M
mat while Il has taken years ~ p - 1ro,o@r's
that the modern movement In favor OF Wo' h ia
IS n
Only hal. open to believe In a successiu4 ena
q Yet ttere is one part Of It for which ne mas
not hesiiatcG confess strong SNIP" Wy,
Is the throwing omen TO OF the nlBner ~,
teNectuaI onDortunitIcs He believes that II VIII
be % the nj most advantage 10 them ana 10 man
Kind when wives and mothers snare IN thoHc a..
compllshments which make Il dHcIchce ~ ~, ~.
educated and nOn-educatcd intellect Actue tnuss
upon his convictions. he had always from me hLst
received women in the geological station WIZ ne ne
same readiness as men He did not anticipate ne
said. that his quiet effort 10 help them IN ss !
their right, should have such an answer az M'SS
Hyde's letter announced =, -.
IL regard candidates for the table u ,n na
been decided by the committee that WcI-qualHc'ts
women shall lie given the preference. but ma ~
no suitable women present themselves men SUIT
BE- eligible in their stead. There IL. they ihnk,
especial reason for this provision. as IN the paSe
women have been cordially welcomed 10 h,in
tables. The women's committee has The folIo"i"s
organization a.,
Miss NJ Carey Thomas. president Of Bryn Mawr
College chairman Miss Ida II. Hyde C.rhcn I'M
versy. No u Langdon-st.. Cambridge, Mass. sec
retary Miss Louise Sheffield Brownell, warden 2i
Gushing. Vassar College; Miss Sarah. T. DoyIee'
president Of the Rhode Island Society fof N. ~,
leefate Education OF Women. Miss Annie CrOspy
Emery. dean Of women, University o. Nlsc0nsII,
Miss Laura ID. Gill Smith College, Miss Jula =.
Irvine. president If Wellesley College: Miss agnes
Irwin dean Of Radcliffe College. Or. Eliza n
Mosher. dean Of women in the department OF ~
iean: Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer. president Of the
Womans Educational Association OF Boston Mfs.
Alice Upton Peorrnain. president OF the Assoclash
q Collegiate Alumna: Mrs. Ellen II. Richards.
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology: Miss EHalN