New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-13
WESLEYAN AND "CO-EDS
mr.. RAYMOND TALKS OF THE PROBLEM
AT THE ALUMNI DINNER.
commentator THAT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN
STUDENTS RE LIMITED-CHANCELlOR MAC
CRACKEN on EDUCATION IN THE
NEW POSSESSIONS.

NEW POSSESSIONS.
According to President r. p Raymond OF yyo.
.van University. the faculty Of that institution Is
",s, now at a loss what stand TO take regard,ra
.he vexed question Of co-education that has hao,,
src,sinC the undergraduates of Wesevar o..
Greatly Of late. As is we'll known. female students
have been entering the college in such large num-
hers lately that the male students have become
sorewhat afraid that the character OF the college
will he changed. and that It is In danger OF he
coming seminary. The matter has given the ,oc
NIFTY much anxious thought. and the permanent set
,erocnt OF the question is still In doubt
President Raymond spoke at some length on the
eo-educa,ional question last night at the annual
d,rncr and reunion OF tho New-York alumni of
WESLEYAN. Mt the Hotel Sevoy The Rev DIT s r
1-pham presided the dinner and about sixty
slvmn were present
we have had good deal Of free Advertising IN
the papers lately" said President Raymond land
under the circumstances cannot ignore the ques-
,on which has given rise 20 that ADVERTISING
Therefore propose TO address myself TO the
woman question. 1t has not been settled up to
date and is not likely be permanently settled In
The near future. Three or four things have been
settled about it, however. and one OF them is that
you cannot cxiemporize settlement Of such an i'm
por.ant question
After talking for some time about the breadth
OF the problem involved. President RAYMOND said
that the faculty had voted to recommend TO the
trustees for action that the increase in female
Students be stopped for the present and there
be appointed a committee Of seven to consider the
question IN all its bearings ana 20 report to the
trustees again at the midwntcr meeting year
from this winter. two OF the committee 10 be from
the trustees. two from the alumni the same to be
appointed at the annual meeting Of the alumni as
sOl ati0n next commencement. and three, includ-
ing The president. from the faculty. Various solu-
tons OK the question had been considered said the
president among them the erection Of a special
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solution could be decided upon at once.
The Rev Or. Charles II. Payne secretary of the
Board Of Education OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church. followed President Raymond He spoke
Of The great work the Methodist Church was doing
IL the educational no.d but said that some of her
Institutions were weak that they must soon die
and that the death Of such. IL come IT must should
be early.
Chancellor Henry MacCracken OF the New
York University mad something to say regarding
the new responsibilities that have recently devolvcd
upon the country. In part. he said:
feel constrained by three circumstances 10
dwe. on thc relation Of American education TO our
newly accepted wards. especially the ten millions
Philippines First-lt is only days since
Amer.ca ioSk from spain the last OF her large
Auscst TO graft the report Of the Saratoga Con
,e1uon C9mmities % !went! zone on the foreign
before the President Third-In The three months
s!nce tha, date. l have refrained from saying any
word Upon NE subject But now that four months
haye gone by since that Convention. the problem
!, still before Us | want TO repeat 10 you The
yen'icn want TO know whether any better an
sWrr aas been given down 10 the present hour?
We believe that the rescued and liberated peO-
pie Of the surrendered islands are In tenn
ioTar} NE wards OF me c'nqueTiS Nation, an
that should treat them such. With our
views Z natural right and Of the inestimable
privilege Of civil liberty. We should not Toe JUSTIFIED
IN returning The conquered islands 10 the misrule
and oppression from which We have relieved them.
As soon a. the islands under our present protec-
lion can b- trusted 10 govern themselves. they
should be- allowed home rule either independently
or A, a part II the United States. as hereinafter
recommended Until such time they may be
able 10 govern Themselves they should continue
under The protection Of the United States. ana the
question . whether AT some iuture period. at
the m.tra. desire Of botn, they should be- perIna-
nen;y annexed should te left TO ihe time when 1t
The plain state OF the case is that the resolu-
tons stated about the very least that Americans
c0uM DO otherwise they had not been adopted
a. lar as American, WHO champion sfN-s9t innent
for ali MANKIND could consistently 60. Until this
Gaze have not found that tire President has de,
parted from any Il tho four propositions named
above. ! cannot imagine how the United States
Senate can refuse To approve the treaty That
treaty ard the position Of President Mckinley are
same sentiment Of duty "a the world that inspired
Wilbur Fisk wnen ne said. My sole object is the
education ~ Young men for tho world
Toy rs. University and college people the especial
believe mar the city Of Manila is from all that
can gather entirely ready for carrying out the
educational proposition which was named above
namely TO secure ont ~ tho revenues of these
scr'arian schools sufficient for the instruction o..
all persons OF school acf.
Charles Phelps Alto '-General-clect of Con-
nec,icut. and a. F. Goodrich also spoke