The Jersey City news., 1899-10-21
In Woman' S World.


school course. four-year college course.
and then an extended professional course,
says the Forum" This phase of the
/ situation has been met, in a large NUM-
Der Of our leading institutions, by grant
ing the professional student the privilege
of dropping his humanistic studies at the
! end Of his junior year, and giving him his
bachelors diploma on the completion of
the first year of his professional study.
/ In other words, he is permitted so to ar
| range his work as to receive credit for
it in both departments. So far, them as
/ these students are concerned; the old
position has been given up, and the three
| yea recourse already exists. The fact that
1 this is not recognized in words is of little
! account: we are concerned with realities,
! not with names.
/ When the concession to professional stu
1 dents was first urged by the more liberal
| element Of the faculty of the collegiate
| departement, it was strenuously opposed
| by the conservative minority. The latter
/ pointed out that 1t was virtually the adop-
| ton Of a three year course, so far as these
/ students were concerned; thatit was the
1 entering wedge" and that In a few years
! a three year collegiate course work along
| special lines deserves of us the masters
| degree: and the demand will soon be met.
After this has been the practice for few
| years, the granting of the bachelors
| degree at the end OF three years OF gen
! eral collegiate work will be regarded as
matter of course, and viii arouse little
! comment.
! AS we have seen, 1t is a mistake to sup
pose that the entire problem still remains
to be solved. 1t has been already more
than half solved Though the number OF
persons affected thus far by the conces-
aons is not great, the principle has been
conceded and the application Of It to all
! cases is only a matter of time. In this.
as in other movements, certain institu-
! tions have taken the lead and their IN
enspee has led Others to follow, or even.
TO 90 further. But we must not look for
uniformity here any more than eise"hsHes
Conditions are not the same everywhere
and the concessions made VIII vary
j cordingly. In some institutions the cnahse
will come gradually, in others with le4'p,
Moreover, the contemplated shortening ol
the undergraduate period applles ollly "
+ those institutions that have unduiy iai7ei
their entrance requirements a large pro-
! portion of our colleges have loWer r
ouirements and bring their graduates -
about the point reached BY the stucsaisa
of the best colleges at the end OF the tnrfu
! year. These weaker institutions, a.
1 nointed out in an article In the h-uWA'a- W
| tional Review for December, 1875 Wiii
not reduce their undergraduate COURSE
/ but will designate their present Tres hiiit'li
! work as merely preparatory All sneh ~
4 yersity in details must, however. nel piA1iu
/ lis to the fact that great cnahge i
going on. which is not likely to cease until
! our institutions have adapted themse sFss
70 the conditions that brought it about
That the change will be of advantage
| TO the individual young man or younS
wo1aan who desires TO get iperai euu-
F.. cation. before entering upon the special
training required for his or her Gaining
in life. has been shown over ana over
again. In the article referred to above
/ T showed that the change will also pc
of great advantage to our institutions OF
/ learning, in a. that it will increase the
! number of students doing real graduate
| work. and that such students Will go 70
the larger graduate schools and thus
| huild up real universities; and (D that II
viii make of the remaining institutions
raa1 colleges of a fairly uniform grade.
Tbere can be no doubt that division
| ~ our- infinitely varied higher institu-
+;ons of learning into these two classes
would be one of the greatest boons that
| could fall to the lot of education IN this
| country.
Tho art Of being tactfur' seems
complicated subject to the woman who
loYgs 10 add it to her list Of charms, yet
- annears to come natural to others.
who find themselves popular because OF
this seemingly unconscious charm II IS
: +rn,srn to say:-sIt is the small things
of life that go to make up the sum t'otal
of human happiness and comfort, and
vet n is a fact that Is seldom studied in
its many branches. For instance we
| say
.so-and-so Is a delightful conversation
alist and has charming manners, not
realizing that the attraction lies princl-
nally in tactful little ways that In them
selves seem Of little Importance
81 was noticing the other day" re-
r,ar,,ed a mutual friend, 'the difference
between Mrs A. and Mrs. T. IN the way
+hav carry on a conversation. Mrs, A.
is considered to be exceedingly taetful
and Mrs. e. the reverse, aitnough Hney
are equally clever and interesting Wom-
on I was wondering vaguely what con-
stituted the difference, but In watching
4heir methods / began to see. One lit
tie thing. for instance seems inmate
rial. but in all probability that alone
xua,1ld make a decoided difference.
Mrs. A. in talking at the table or In a
room where several persons were pres
ant would invariably include every one
present. turning first to one person ana
then to another. while Mrs 2. fastened
upon one individual and almost pointedly
although, Of course, 1t was unintentionai
left the rest of the party entirely out or
the conversation. This was only one OF
MANY such details which were noticeable
and which went to make up the differ
ence between the two women. Since
since then have had occasion to notice
this particular trit in others, and 1t al
ways scores for or against. It seems a
small thing to remember to glance In diff
ferent directions while talking, but 1t
ebows a desire to include the person 10
whom the glance is directed in what Is
Going on. and is therefore fiattering." And
fbe same subtle and seemingly uncon-
scious fiattery may be extended in many
| ss.oafIopu and fha one who 10 will