The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

TO carry her huge bandbox. aud receives the
"0h, thank, YOU so much. Are you the COLI :
When the freshmen are safely met and COM
Quoted to their college homes, the bonelcene
means at an end. Another committee resolves
itself into a Bureau OF Information and stations
tiioosnss 70 To ' Which c9at he rsshmen cannot Ind an
swers In the little handbooks given them. The
themselves az some weiii-snoTn point on the
campus. take lthcir. bearings, consult their,
ERSseRISs re saifH SsOP VIII ! %a rush as N" II th!SSSS
had been shot out of n %catapult. For recita-
tons have fixed dates and hours. and sometimes
It takes many minutes 60. puzzle ont the loca-
t t,snS Fl ,t them Unit, in H /. Il; 90 or Mel n; Il. 9 2r :; o. 81 inv whniSiaA
Gymnasium respectively, but which are hiero-
glyphics for the freshmen. Then il is that the
called upon, and its members serve in the ca
pacity OF Interpreters, However, the freshman
With L than With her passport in a foreign land.
The association also has charge Of general
ff TSsSgSon eq fIeIIa' the Sous 1t d e3nSSc's sr,6 5ss
neglected girls out Of the shadow. and excr-
eises q supervision as we'll oyer the dlstinctiye-
organized a permanent Bureau Of Exchange.
by which those students wishing work done
have faS;C' much, CasieF work in fndinS means q.
were Obliged by their W personal efforts to
search out those among. the STUDENTS who
offer. The association. too, extends is work
beyond the college. II furnishes good reading
f h%osp 5as lsF witR aow IN .h and SG missIon 1A sch SoREp and
Home Culture clubs with teachers. Recently 10,
has uldertaken TO support a medical missions
fhe President. in his report, docs not forget
You are our best advertisement" he said o
while ago to q representative body of Smith
aInmn@, and it is with Ct hI pa r. sGnn6 pride that aioh he
charitable lines to which they have turned
their attention. They have interested them
TO provide nutritious food, especially for inra--
lids. and wholesome lunches for school chill:
successfully college scttlemcnts among tho
poor i1 great cities they have gone as teach
lands, rendering valuable service during the
massacres In Armenia and the war in Greece.
and, with the Red Cross, they arc following
He then tells Of the ways in which they have
way Of satisfying, them, such as the sanitation
OF schools and private houses. the empioymene
IN ins sn women in t Ihas'RRF esitah 'h Of eS SoilesS s 81 mates
and the diet and training of children. In con-
neeti g with the labor aot Question aG9 SdSms he ne tells s,nS;! hGw
following: is too small, a portion of the in
food and fueiF" S"Can laundry work be SEM
out Of the house without increase, Of household
e TRS1ssn ~ TO. What extent can pre-
pared fGod supplies be bought WITHOUT losing
The President ends up this section OF his res
port with the triumphant sentence:
From these facts 1t does not appear that
women. in consequence Of their higher edu-
cation. are losing their interest in home life or
in practical affairs; rather are they applying.
with increasing efficiency, to the various prob
lens that. life suggests the intelligence they
have acquired"
When Smith College had twelve. on its rolls
ii was the ideal OF the President to send stu
dents from the college who should be complete.
well-rounded women first. scholars a~fterward.
Although now Smith is the largest wornans
dents remains the same. His pride Is not in
digs. grinds. or bluestockings, but in the stu
dents who contribute something to their fell
low creatures and who make some. corner OF
the world at least n little more desirable be-
cause Of their higher education.