The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-03
ARE FOR HEALTH Only
PRINCIPAL OF WELLESLEY DTs-
CUSSES ATHLETICS In WoMEN's
COLLEGES
THEY MUST HAVE GYMNAsIA
But They VIII Never Carry Ah-
Aetics to the Extremes That
Colleges for Boys Have
Done.

MISS Hazard. president OF Wellesley
college' arrived in the city yesterday
ana Is the guest OF Mrs. C.. A. Sever
ance, OF Summit avenue. Miss Hazard
mas been president Of Wellesley about a
year. having entered upon her duties
ABOUT the same time Prof Katherine Co.
man accepted the deanship Of the college
Inc new president is woman Of i'm
posing appearance with an interesting
race that combines broadly intellectual
characteristics with a touch of mother
nness. combination one looks for now
IN the faces of the most progressive
women
My visit West is made For the pur-
pose or putting myself in closer touch
WIN the wellesley alumnae here" said
MISS Hazard yesterday afternoon "We
90 not want our girls, after they have
lert college, to grow away from us en-
tlrely. After l leave st. Paul I shall go
to Milwaukee, Chicago and Kansas City.
meeting in those cities as many of the
alumnae as possible. Now that advanced
education for women is no longer an ex-
pertinent, educative work along that line
is hardly needed. but it Is exceedingly
interesting for the members of the facul-
ty TO watch the growth and development
or the college girl after she has left the
school. In almost every instance we find
that the graduate has found an impor-
tant little niche in the world that her
superior training aids her In filing most
satisfactorily. An encouraging sign of
now much this higher education Is help
ing TO develop character may be traced
IN the relaxed regulations that prevail I'm
all the better colleges for girls. Bryn
Mawr has set wise example in her
nome governing plan where each girl IS
put on her honor We at Wellesley have
not gone quite so far as that-there are
still binding rules-but in college hall, the
largest of the girls halls at Wellesley.
something of the same plan is In force
Ihere are 700 students now in the college
and FACULTY of over seventy. The grad
yates will number 194 this June, We ara
very proud of our new chapel that has
Just been completed. It was built In
memory Of William S. Houghton who
was warm friend of the college
throughout his life.
THE new Whiting observatory IS all
most completed. and is a very handsome
structure. 1t is built of white marble,
the same kind of material that is used
in the construction Of the Rhode Island
state house. In the face of these addi-
tions to our buildings" said Miss Haz-
ard, with pleasant smile, you will
perhaps think US very greedy when 1
tell you that we are positively clamor-
ing for a new gymnasium. 1 believe
thoroughly In athletic sports for girls
and intend to encourage them as much
as possible, but we will have to do most
or our exercising out of doors, I'm afraid.
unless we have new gymnasium or the
present one Is enlarged
Miss Hazard was asked If she thought
the time would ever come when there
would be intercollegiate athletic contests
for girls, as there are now for boys
No" she replied, thoughtfully, ST do
not think It would be at all desirable
Athletics are a means for an end, the
attainment OF perfect health When they
degenerate into mere contests for su-
premacy they had much better be abol-
ished altogether, I think. I believe the
faculties of the various boys colleges are
beginning to realize the unwisdom of
OVERRIDING athletic sports, and in the fu-
ture we will hear less Of the athletic
side and more Of the educational side Of
college life" The senior class at welIes-
ley has already commenced to make
plans for their annual out-of-door play
Last year they gave Shakespeare's LAS
You Like It." The play for this year
has not yet been decided upon, but It
will be something equally adapted to out
of door presentation.