New-York tribune., 1899-12-30
VASSAR COLLEGE
VASSAR COLLEGE.
pEcrsrR ALTON FIGURES, CERTlFICAlH
PRIVILEGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN
THE NEW CATALOGUE.

po,,ohroens,o \ Y. Dec 2s-'rhe college closed
g.. .te christmas holidays on Friday. December 80
and will reopen with regular work on January J.
The annual catalogue for the current year IS
eued lust before the vacation. SHOWS cOi'S''''- -
increase in members. The faculty TINS year .
81 members OF whom 20 are In regular stailui's'
is n lecturer and f3 instructors-an lhcl e"'e "
. -. ,os, ,,ear The student body numbers o'o'
oi,s+ eio last year or these IA are graduate SUI
dents 12i seniors 1877 juniors. lZ9 sophofhore'' -
freshmen and q IN special courses AHlo"s '
States represented New-York leads WIN ~ ", W ~
Massachusetts, follows with 81. New-Jersey with o.
pennsvlvania with 4s and Michigan with So vi
,,o ror,oirder II come from the other New-Engiahd
c,o,os ,t2 from the Middle States and AZ from the
South while Canada. Ccnstantlnople i""'''
Burmah and Beyrout, Syria. send each one s'u.en' @
The courses Of study offered NUMBER 49, Hh'e'"
beIng newly opened this year. or these t"eINe arc
undergraduate courses two each In physics history
and Bible study and one each in psychology ha'in.
Crook English mathematics and chemistry. VI
the three graduate courses one is In Latin. lncuu
ing Latin literature OF the Silver Age ana hS'ori-
cal Latin grammar. and two In Greek deahhs re-
spectiveIy with Attic inscriptions ana WIN tho
riavs Of Sophocles and the Greek drama with spe-
cial reference TO the "Oedipus at Colonus. me
courses in art are not offered this year. as inc
chair has not yet been filed. IL, l., ..o
modification Of the policy or the coIieEe IN " "
matter Of certificate privileges is indicated by the
announcement that "all certificate privileges grant
uary l. 1902. and every third year thereaIteTT nuo
anv school may secure the renewal or It's certllcale
privilege by making application; II the students re-
ccivcd therefrom I'm the mean time have given eNi-
dcnce Of satisfactory preparation II the school IN
the mean while has sent no student 10 TINS COL
lcrc then full statements must be sent as 10 any
change IN its management or condition since the
last granting Of the privilege. to serve as "A basis
Of n re-examination OF the school. as on the occa-
sion Of an original application" Heretofore the
college has merely reserved the right to Withdraw
the privilege in case students admitted by means
OF It failed after fair trial to maintain their stand
ing
Three new permanent scholarships are announced.
the Helen Gould scholarship. the Watkins Elting
scholarship and the Edith Ferry memorial scholar
ship each OF $500 The Boston. New-York city.
Rochester Michigan and Brooklyn branches OF tho
Vassar Students Aid Society offer each a scholar
ship of $500 for June, 1900 and the Poughkcepsie
branch n day scholarship OF $ll5
Among the preachers 10 the college during the
last year have been the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott.
the Right Rev. Henry 9. Potter, President
a. II. Strong Of Rochester Theological Semi
nary President j. n. Rarrows Of Obcrn coll
lcCe Professor George Adam Smith. OF Gas-
gov: President w f. Socum Of Colorado College.
the Right Rev. Leighton Coleman. OF Wilmington.
Del: President Charles Cuthbcrt Hal. Of Union
Theological Seminary. the Rev DR. Edward Ev
crett Hale, the Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke and Dean
George Hodges Of tho Episcopal Theological
School. Cambridge Mass