The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
EOViN'S TOTIEGE WORLD ID.


EOViN'S TOTIEGE WORLD.
Varied Phases Of study and Recreation at
barnard and the Teachers Colleges.
Barnard College students. with the customary
yer, ability OF collrg. girls, turned stage man
a,,r. stIyc- and actors recently with good sic
cess IN n dramaii2ation Of ThaCk eray's Rose
and ile Ring" This little satire seems 10 lend
,t-rlf easily 10 college production. and Smith.
Wellesley. \a>sar and Bryn Mawr IN the sue
c"--,on oicolIrg" generations have made frequent
W. II it. The costumes are hot difficult 10 pro
vide. ard the eXaggeIatiOn Of acting necessary
to the characters makes a virtue OF 4 fault that
sometimes mar the work Of an amateur. The
Earusrd players gave one performance on Il
FRIDAY Eiglt aud another on saturday al
,".uoun. and each time they had tAe pleasure
IL appearing before seats well filed.
Toward the end VI the year the college un-
consciously begins 10 taxi" stock Of itself. lndi-
, NlGu.! urls hutas ure their growth by their
ac'irV"mtLt, during tho working months, the
! cil,-r, by What they have accomplished as
! ,ip~-ps, and Tie college II .clf 10y It's gam IN inein-
b"r~hip and the increasingly good quality Of
ID, work, IN every Way Barnard has reason
: 20 congratulate" Itself MS year. The college
| population LL> Arv"r been - large nor The work
done collectively or individually Of better quail
! Ily. lh"gtadGat" department of the college par
{ lNN'llil ~ - 'u'IlbS ~ " hAN Al'Ah' 'tNAA
iall. and seventy -ScV"i graduate students are
taking courses at Barnard tti, year. Only nine
t"uA u them huld their Is. \. degree from Bar
hard. Or lNr remainder Smith lHN contributed
| the largest LuluOrr Of students, Wellesley neat
and ,Olupl University third, Bryn Niawr,
Nassar. and the Boston University have each
stul five students. Fifteen other Institutions
have one representative or more III the llst Of
graduate STUDENT Newnham College, Tulane
IniyrI.IIy. Leland stanford Jr, University.
HltsDuI, Female tu!lrsr. University Of err
mont, | h~lNc!~,ty Of Michigan, EuCknell College.
SWarlhMUre college, ohio Wesleyan University.
Syracuse University, Lake Forest University,
hiram college. University Vi Minnesota, Me-
Nadd state University.
In 81 tie % The serious Intentions which must
ace, uuta.n the desire 10 store up future de-
vreee. the graduates a. Barnard have shown
no Mediation 10 neglect the graCes Of HE.
Indeed, IA some ways they have oltdone the
undergraduates, and UI The thirty eight stu
dents taking the musical conrse. the large
majority are graduates. These students give
to Barnard something OF the characteristics
Of brNu Nawr, whose graduate. and under
graduate departments are closely allied, Bar
nard u still III miniature, coinLarailNely but In
fiske Hall, the durlnllorI oil Barnard alninn,e
ard undergraduates stand n the sane relation
that they do al Bryn Nlawr. The social lie in
the hall j. supple a.! ct, but Is gradually growing
more complex. The seoul life Il the college
as "A whole. IL taking shape and form each year.
The entertainment OF OUTSIDE guests by under
graduates has been "a feature of tho col
lrge tor several years, -Four have been given
| Inns Nftfs Ur Itnl " VI u lHf spClal NE,
however, can be traced in the relations of the
students themselves. Most Of the students
are stll non-residentS, and while This. Il, 80,
college functions can search, attain the I'M
~uortanCe and significance of those IN other
women's colleges. only part Of the day Is
available for entertainments The non-rrsldent
Barnard students day ends at shutdown and
evening, which seems naturally the time for
undergraduate fun. Is spent by her dIscreetly
at home, or IN some boarding house far away.
Considering the conditions, Barnard has a
large amount OF organized college lie. Thegs
number Of It's clubs and societies would do
within the last eight months; The Association
for the .Aiuinns OF Barnard and the under
graduate association are open 10 all students
fulfilling the specifications md Gated by their
names. Without RESPECT 10 kind or the quality
Of degree attained or 10 be attained, student
members are gladly Received INTO the ,horai So
lege Settlement, and the Barnard Christian
Association, which does excellent work IN phi
lanthropy. and religion, The Barnard girl
is. In the winter she reads 10 the children
Of ST. Luke's Hospital, and in the spring she
carries TO them IN. riolets and anclnones and
In connection with the Settlement, several Of
the girls have classes and clubs, and sometimes
they take the members away for q DAYS outing
Fort Lee Is SO accessible that { IL The starting
point for many excursions when the stu
dents wish 10 shake of care from themselves
for a while. or help 10 shift II from the shoulders
OF SOME OF llfll lllAlt East DiAt lt4tANNs y
dozen lively children, some OF them going
into the country for the first time. are about
"a many as two students can manage. When
one little girl gets her best hat caught IN a thorn
bush, another stumbles over "a root. three or
four scramble up trees for BIRDS nests. and
learn the treachery OF tree trunks. the force o.
at the same time, the two teachers NAV wish
that they had half a dozen hands a piece. But
tho minor accidents are soon forgotten IN
the eCstacy Of the tenement children over
4 ayarv prpWinp thing. and 0lN POSSIBLE trials
Of the teachers sink INTO insign.lcance when
they marshal their little flock on, tho New
trip, and the children. holding their punches
Of blossoms. high over head, for the safety OF
their neightboPs ewes. look Ike a galaxy Of
May queens, each one crowning The other
The Barnard Botanical Club has made a good
record. and has proved Itself a~Itruistlc as, well
s sf .ssFnf Ha y e fUr phs stud. e tsSo' q s'0 pESN n htvISs
botany. On a leisure afternoon the members
Of this club sometimes combine profit and pleas
account and searching FOR wild flowers on the
other side. These girls do not thrust their wis
dom on the observer. They call the flowers by
their common names. and the only thing that
Distinguishes them from the other passengers
on the boat IL the fact that they are a little mer-
rter and h9pplor than thoGe Th9 h9ye not esI nsrd
IL the little Tin specimen box. the only badge Of
study about them, and even that might easily be
imagined 70 hold an AFTERNOON lunch , or even
DAlI IOI IfkllIk bhN llS b'AN-llA'Ah. N'Nh So
do not tell all they know. and II they go for
flowers and return with something else, no on"
Is the wiser. There are several other societies
whose aim "a the development OF Intellect
along n particular line. Among theN" l. the
Greek club, founded by the class of 1901. with
Prof. Earle. Prot. Perry and Mrs George Haven
Putnam "a honorary melUt"r- la SoPele
Frnncaise. another ~ the learned -oci"tIe. i
one OF the most venerable and important. Mis-,
Susan Grimes Walker. the head Of tishe Han;
and Prof. Cotn lend to this club the dignity OF
their membership and approval. German Is ih'
cause OF still another society, Der prutschrr
kreis. made M Or thoS" already "na'uor'd 81
the charms OF the l%anglngr and those who thlns
they ought 10 be This society l. one ~ IN"
youngest Of all II l. too soon vet 70 Jndgo OF
is success, but every sign points I" q long ana
vigorous lfe.
The athletic Barnard girl finds an outlet for
her talents in the Tennis tlub, and also III IN"
Basketball Club. The dream Of an nut-oi- door
basketball field has become a reality. limited
somewhat. II l. true. hut Igrg" enough Y" an
The wav from the college. Is shut n, from
the public by n high board fence The sun
smiles upon II by day, and there are no trc,'-
about with friendly shade. but Judging by the
sounds which come from behind the fence,
basketball il an occasion for mtrth. ,
Clubs with an aim purely social are !" he lolhd
NJ Barnard. There are several secret societies.
the collegs-the Beta Epsilon Chapter o., The
Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, and the Alpha
/pta CHAPTER OF the karua Alpha Theta IRA
tarnity. They have long heen without n rival;
but one. a. vet Of small dlmsnsions. has appeared
in Pi PI Sigma. Society. founded this year
by some BROOKLYN girls.
There are a few other societies also, which do
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