The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10
'IUBs ar WETIESLEy.
They nr- More Intellectual, as n Rule,
Thnn Those In Other women's Colleges.


The dIfrcren, colleges for women have 80 lis.
tlnct flavor in their methods Of enjoyment,
that any one familiar with the different col =
leges might DO led blindfold into ono OF their
entertainments and from the character OF IL b,
able to tell to certainty whether she had been
spirited to Vassar or Smith or Wellesley, At
the latter college amusements ara likely to
take more intellectual east than at the
others. The public ia always grateful that
Wellesley has Shakespeare club when II IL
invited TO witness n Shakespeare play given
IN the woods each June. This society
Ia OF Immediate interest to those OF tho
college not In tho play and to the outside
world. but there arc many clubs which
by their nature or their Intention. are limited
In their appeal to their members only Mem
bers OF the history club. for instance. must be
enrolled In tho department OF history. and can.
didates for the physics society or the mnth-
ematics. chemistry. economies or biology soci-
cites. must belong respectively to the DEPART
ment which the society represents, SubI,ctS
that cannot be handled in the hours allotted to
classroom work are dealt with IN these sup
Elementary societies The professor. some.
times have supervision over thu work hut II
80. they como down from their pedagogical
Platform. and meet the students Informally.
One Of the most interestinx Of the rncru,
wellesley societies II the Wagner Club Is
IEnrt ,eular object and aim was, suggested ny
club - omen To- those who can read advanced
Germanj necessary qualification since the
study OF Wagners musical dramas il tho
reason for the existence Of the club Tn. de-.
Ere OF it, members IL to compr.hen1 these
dramas as great intellectual and spiritual
conceptions. and to understand ~ thoroughly
u. roSS Die the music tina, Expresses thCm
The ANALYTICAL and tut 'rptetive work already
Associate Tro'e-sor Mai|rs cc,Hro on %"a5 rns
Wagner Orera A. Bayreu'h." given a short
time ago. was among the most important
achievements o. the club Last year Nine
,iadski was the guest 81 the club. With this
exception the work has been reformed
entirely by the members. hut the dasirs OF th,,
club ~ to have It's musical Illustrations In the
iu,nr" gwen By Professional artists
graduates concentrate their energies They
nre wis" enough also to enjoy the privileges Of
the Philosophy Club. whose work i no. done
by the unt"rgraduhtes. except symratheu-
consider AMI inwariiy digest th" !'.r' ures
which wise philosophers from outside deliver
% them: short time ago. Or Hugo Minister:
P-ychol9gy.' in VIII IN one n tlS main points
was to show that iien'icn' metho u ~ invr~ti-
!tnn lead 70 radical differences ~ cunrluSlon
The interest IN the work OF those societies
continues 20 he n constant VuAntity Ia =pi,e ~
al! the attractions ~ the informal clut@. -
S Gh'sh b there ARE! are many tn; hhymcst"rs
are to hr trusted. its meetings. too. are light
hearted md cav. But. incidenta ly it, mem.
hers earn many things about many different
them. Tn. Short Story Tub Is on. IN which
worS - r"i"emei OF any zip toward drudG"ry
ny The, very ,natur" ~ IT, Thor" are many
other clubs o. a similar nature. Tor wherever
there mr." girls there i AFFINITY and affinity NJ
college IL likely TO result Ia n club, md thus IL
u. that IN addition 20 tho enduring regular So
ci"ti"s there - a floating population Ot little
clubs. that sh rs and changes. ahI disappears
ana reappcaTS ~ N" classes com" and go