The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18

scious of itself as a body. Moreover.
student in the minds of her fellow
students has a somewhat unattached
aspect except as regarCs her position
IN college itself. Tn first question is
not who's your ScFsIy, and where dc
you come from? Instead, it runs rather
this way: Who are you, and what are
you going to do? If the latter query
is answered satisfactorily before the
nfst term is over, a girl may be the
daughter of WhomsOever she likes. II
VIII not help her materially to belong
10 blue-blooded race nor hinder heI
TO be poor and obscure The secret of
the coalition of forces which makes a
unit of so many various elements lies
IN the fact that, in spite of MANY points
OF departure, each student can meet
every other student on the common
ground of intellectual interest. For the
time being a kind of artificial universe
IN miniature is created within the linn
It's OF the campus. All ambitions and
elnotlons can find expression in it. all
xmas OF temperaments be satisfied. all
Sorts OF activities find means of ex-
preston.
The tendency of Smith ALWAYS is f.
unity, so far as possible, and vet r.
preserve the integrity of each part
For instance, the students, as regards
lhelf religious persuasions. are divided
up among II different denominations
1here were last year 81 Congregation
allsts, l57 Presbyterians., 1855 Episcopa
mans, 80 Unitarians, 40 Methodists n
Baptlsts, % Universalists, IS Roman
catholics, Dutch Reformed. T Jews
SWedenbOrgians 3 Friends. 3 Luther.
ans, 3 protesting Free Religion ? he.
longing to the Church of the Discinles
seventh Day Baptist, 1 belongings
TO the Union church. 10 with no pref
efence. The students attend the church.
es IN town, instead of gathering at any
special morning service of their own
There IS no monitor system. but eacF
student reports to her class officer or
her church attendance at the end OF
each semester Then comes the da,
OF reckoning for the lax and careless
and woe be to any Inexperienced fresh.
man who labored under the delusior
that being put on your honor meant
DONG as you pleased. Vespers on Sun
gay afternoon, held in the college chan.
el, though optional, is very well at
tended as is also chapel every morn.
ing but for another reason-the chape'
attendance is compulsory. This exer.
else, conducted on strictly undenomin.
atlonal lines, is the only required relig-
lous service which the students enter
into as a whole; but yet when anything
occurs that requires their decision as
professors of a religious faith, they car
be counted upon to act as unanimously
as if they all belonged to the same de.
nomination.
The influence of the Smith College
Association for Christian Work is
largely responsible for this result, and
the president, in his report, gives due
credit to it. The organization, like
everything religious in the college. is
undenominational, and includes such q
variety of interests that, except on the
score of general kindness to ones fell
low beings, it is impossible to discover
where the religious significance lies
|EVery summer under its auspices small
handbooks are published, giving maps
of the college grounds and Of North
ampton, also information about church
es, boarding places, and whatever else
of special interest is not mentioned in
the regular college catalogue Com
mittees are appointed to meet new-com-
ers at the train, and to make them
selves friendly in whatever way the
strangers may require. Sometimes il
is an amusing experience when a kind
hearted philanthropist, for instance
steps briskly up to one of the newly
arrived, offering to carry her huge
bandboX, and receives the astonishing
reply:
"Oh, thank you so much. Are you
the college porter2"