New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-28
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
orvs OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSE
TIES AND NOTES OF INTEREST.
THE RADCLIFFE POINT OF VIEW HOW
y.RRErr wENDELEs FEARS OF CO.
EDUCATION ARE REGARDED
AT THE HARVARD
ANNEX.

Cambridge. Mass. oct z7-The article by Profess
ro--s,t wendell in the last Harvard Monthly"
- The Relation OF Radcliffe College with Har-
.o-s since II processes merely TO be an express
s,o- OF personal opinion and sentiment, mas not
49, ont any very serious answer; and in spite OF
q report that the girls were excited the truth is
~. ne article is not taken any more seriously at
11.s,r,oe than II is by the public In general.
Professor Wendell was moved 20 utter this note
- earning and vain regret by tho fact that in this
wars Harvard catalogue sxty-three graduate
,or~ses are marked with printers double dagger
90 indicate that they are open 10 properly qualified
pesot~e students This outward sign stands for
--so,ice which has been going on for six years,
- -no difference that heretofore It has been
-sooe-.7od merely by the symbol OF double star
q The Radcliffe catalogue. The number Of girls
uho have taken advantage OF this opportunity has
hser very small indeed; hut Professor Wendell sees
l., 49,. ,fror q this privilege 10 women the begin
,,g . Tho end ,or Harvard. since this encroach-
49, % Radcnne means coeduCation. and coeduca-
,,or % his mind. means the downfall Of Harvard
as traditional school Of manly character"
Whether ,oeducation produces such dire results
- vrr..t.- IL aids in the development of real
i-ess Sc question which It's advocates must settle
va.h Professor Wendell. The real point In this
oes4 les in The fact that this so-called encroach-
,oe,t OIL --e part Of Radcliffe does not. from the
,iut OF view % practical experience In Cambridge,
,rean coellcation. The average number OF women
xrnr
obout TWO ne number Of courses is in itself small.
s,s not ti of them attended by Radcliffe stu
aerts The practice therefore. really constitutes
,-,. small part u the college routine. and TO
q the students in both colleges It doubtless Isl or
was Until row, part Of which they were un-
aware.
Furthermore the relatior OF Radcliffe College TO
Harvard does not mean active encroachment The
general oplrion about Radcliffe, away from home,
seems DO mat It's policy is purely aggressive. but
nothing could be further from the truth. The stu
dents are not fighting for any supposed rights nor
do they consider themselves the victims OF abuse
or the objects OF pity on the contrary. they are
satisfied with their present relations with Harvard
glad that they have the opportunity TO do equiva-
1eI sSs 10 Ss rat a, bx berroWing por-
ion nf the universitys faculty and adopting its
centuries ~ tradition The few girls who do gradu-
a., NIX Al Harvard would prefer If Radcliffe
co.. FORD 10 have courses repeated for such
srua sses. have their work al their own col
ill., 1ah tes and the Harsd ar
i1Ogsn The unfaIing courtesy that they Ind among
ie.rs snvthing unpleasant in the situation
e3g mas often been s*P pr a2nf W the
de-. article. that they thoroughly sympathize and
WI" hous as n a5sT per r Sse for Professor Wen
DE-. reasons And the girls share. too. his eager.
everyday college. but they would have this en-
cowment put % quite different use from the one
ot H 5aT I gy DORM
The hOur-intO water for the new swimming tank
ia the gymnasium. The chief objection TO Profess
s0r WendelNs views he says himself j. that
me mischief is done Radcliffe has been founded;
:, IS here 10 stay. Regret cannot after fact'
nor distort T..
The second part OF the article sets forth the
danger that turks for the Unwary professor In the
resistibity OF the feminine mind when undergoing
instruction. Now. far double Gaggered
tends them II likely BE- the serious. mature slim
uatng' graduate of the not quite extinct original
Annex type" 10 quote Professor Wendell. and.
therefore FOR the professors Of these courses the
danger would to be less imminent. For those
OF Professor Wendels colleagues who instruct the
undergraduates body at Radcliffe. and thereby incur
that slowly enfeebHng infatnaiion" which Is the
fnsidous OF coming IN contact with the IN
resisting minds OF women, and which they share
with those of ministerial profession. the is
more serious And Yet when one considers how
large and how strong and how distinguished part
OF me Harvard faculty this includes, and when one
fais md any signs Of enfeeb element in the re-
ports which nearly all these men are publishing
from time TO time Of their research work. In spite
~ the spent Radcliffe In repeating lectures.
one ceases 10 be concerned for them.
There no denying. perhaps, that in her present
stage o. development woman. owing 70 the appe-
TIE she has acquired by being kept for some
centuries on a rather low diet. may swallow her
mental pshulum with too great avidy and at
tempt 70 assmilate Il without stopping for the
processes 81 mastcatiOn and digestion which have
become hahtual with man. or. In Professor Wen
oels Uor-s that she offers less mental resistance
than does And Yet, when one compares the
work ~ vi IN and women IN cOlege-Or say the
honor lists - Harvard and Radcliffe al their
spectiye CONNIE ncenents-it would seem that her