The times., 1899-06-22
GROUND BROKEN FOR
TRINITY COLLEGE
Edifice for the Higher Educa-
ton of Women.
The Soil Blessed by DR.. Garrigan,
of the Catholic University.
a Beautiful Location for the Build
ing Not Far From the Sol
dicrs' Home.

Ground where Trinity College is to be
built. to be founded for the higher educa-
tion of women. was broken yesterday after
noon at o'clock by Mother Julia. Pro-
vincial of the Notre Dame order in the
United States. Before turning the SOIL DIR.
Garrigan, Vice Rector of the Catholic
University, blessed the ground. Maurice
+. Tally who has worked actively in the
interest of the new college since the ques-
tion of erecting such an institution in
the vicinity of Washington began, handed
the spade to Mother Julia, who took the
first step in digging the foundation. The
erection of three of the main edifces. the
college church, Trinity Hall. and Con-
ventual Hall. will be begun Immediately,
to be completed by October, 1900
The location for the institution COM
prises some twenty acres in extent, facing
the southern boundary of the Soldiers
Home Park and bounded by Michigan and
Lincoln Avenues. 1t is a beautiful wooded
spot, overlooking the Capital, with its
monuments and many historical buildings.
The surrounding country is visible tor
many miles.
the college church has been generously
endowed with a fund of S55, 900 by Mss
Leary, of New York city. Trinity Hall,
the main college structure, which Is to
be erected along with the college church.
will be Gothic In style Granite from Port
Deposit, Md. will be used in It's construc-
ton. The building will be three stories in
height, affording accommodations for 100
boarders, in addition to the necessary
rooms for all scholastic work for the
present.
AS it is intended to establish a complete
college settlement, these three structures
will be but the beginning of a complete
group of collegiate edifices. A school of
art has been practically assured by a sec
oDd lady, prominent in California society,
and the Catholic women of Boston have
agreed to undertake the work Of providing
library second to that of no other wom-
ems college in the land. 1t is the hope of
the Sisters of Namur to erect in the not
distant future a hall of science, another of
philosophy, conservatory of music. mu-
seums, cabinets, and laboratories. Even
tually it is to be a complete college for
women. with a dozen or more halls repre-
senting everything necessary for the edu-
cation of women.
The efforts to establish such a college
as the one proposed and now being TN
support all, over the United States and in
many foreign places. as evidenced by the
numerous letters Of commendation and en-
couragement received from abroad. AT a
recent meeting held in New York city 10
promote the interests of Trinity College
which was presided over by Archbishop
Corrigan and addressed by Bishop Farley
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and
most satisfactory results were obtained.
Mrs. Thomas Wreen Ward, at whose home
the meeting was held, was entrusted with
the responsibility of forming committees
from among the many enthusiastic s. m
pathizers to look after Trinity's interests
in New York. Working committees are
likewise being organized in Boston, where
Miss Cary is at the head of the move
ment, with Bishop Williams cordiz1 CO.
operation. 1t may be remembered that
Miss Carys sister. Mrs. Agassiz. stands
foremost in the interests of Radcliffe, the
womens annex of Harvard University.
subcommittee of the auxiliary board are
also in process OF formation in New Jer-
sey, Missouri. Pennsylvania, California
and elsewhere. and the whole projsct OF
building and opening Catholic college
for women has met with a most graft y
ing response among the educated Catholics
of America, proving as it does that Trim
lNS NOlHCS lbiit wv SUM " ll.tCh t-AG liSGua
and demands of Catholic students and ed
ucators.
Trinity College is conceived on the high
plane of Vassar Bryn Mawr, Wellesley.
Smith and Radcliffe and will be con-
Quoted in the same general manner that
has made these colleges famous through
out the country. The curriculum Of stud
les will embrace all the branches taught
in the best colleges for women, in addition
to which will be added the science of re-
ligion. domestic economy, and other
branches deemed useful in fitting a woman
for her proper sphere in the home and
in society. Three distinct courses of
study will be offered. each extending
through four years-the classical course.
leading to the degrees of bachelor and
master of arts; the scientific course, lead
ing to the degree of bachelor of science
and the course of letters, leading to the
degree of bachelor of letters. Graduation
in all the courses will lead ultimately to
the degree of doctor of philosophy (Ph.
d.. There will also be courses of elective
studies open to regular and special stu
dents and those who wish may extend
any of the three regular courses through
five years.
Applicants for admission should have
| completed their seventeenth year and pre-
sent satisfactory evidence of good moral
character and good health. They must
also present either a certificate of gradua-
tion from a high school or academy of
standard excellence, or pass an entrance
examination, which will show the range
| and proficiency of their undergraduate
work.
The examinations for applicants are con-
sidered unusually severe. For the class cal
course in Latin the student must have read
the works of Cornelius Nepos or equiva-
lent, four books of Yirgil's Eneid Cicero s
oratiOns against Cataline, and works of the
poet Archias. and be able to translate at
sight simple passages of Latin into English
or English into Latin. In Greek a reading
! knowledge must be had of four books OF
Xenophon's Anabasis, three books Of Ho-
| mer's Had or 0dessey. besides an ability
to translate simple passages into Attic
| prose. In mathematics a thorough ac-
| quaintance with algebra and plain geom-
| etry is necessary. in history the candidate
| must undergo an examination on the
stories of Greece and Rome. and in Eng
| lish there will be required general knowl-
Newman, Ruskin. Pope Hawthorne, Long
| fellow, Chaucer. Milton, Lowell, and Aza-
! rias PHASES of Thought and Criticism.
The examination for the scientific course
will be a repetition of that for the class
! ical course. with the substitution OF
| French and German for Greek. The ex-
animation for the course Of letters will
comprise Latin, mathematics. and Eng
| lish, as in the first named course, and
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