The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
AFTER GIRLS GRADUATE.
BUSY LIVES REVEALED BY TIM
RECORD or ONE GLASS.

Tho statistics Show . strong HAS Tss
ward Teaching and Travel Only Forty.
enc Brides on the List Out q Pos
| ablo las TenYears After Graduation.
what becomes Of the college girls7
Why. nothing very unusual happens to
them,' said q college president. "They
scatter Ill over the country and do nothing
particularly sensational.
rive Just been looking over the class
book Of olass that has been out Of college
ten yeau, and the statistics show strong
tendency toward teaching and travel.
There were shout las In the class when ID
graduated, and up to date only forty-ons
husbands have been acquired.
1One-third Of the o3ass has Travelled
abroad, while al but thirty mention teaoh-
Ing and tutoring. About hfty-hve have
done orsduate work at other schools and
colleges.
what the girls Themselves regard - tho
most important incident or spot in the ten
years since their graduation varies a.
much - tho girls themselves. Married
on the hottest day you ever saw to the best
fellow records one. Married Q Lieu
tenant in tho United States Navy, and
since then have lived In trunk In various
places - near the seacoast as possible
writes another.
One young woman writes tersely: My
native town can boast Of but one Sane
college woman and my family questions
that Another records: Had an attack
Of typhoid fever at Constantinople which
neoessitated . French hospital, a Greek
physician, q nurse who spoke German and
Turks to oarry Sedan ohairs.'
"A mode, aunt endeavorng to show four
sisters how to bring up children frankly
records another graduate. Last two years
occupied with clerical work, household cares
and an advanced course In measles 10
another record. Bookbinding has been the
occupation Of ono young woman.
Here's . young woman whose speciality
has been surgery and she has performed
. dinacult operation on the Maharani at
the palace OF tho Maharajah of Oorcha.
And here's q girl who has evidently made
up her mind that she is going to be spin
ster, for she's adopted little girl.
'This is the summing up Of another:
Spent last ton years In having surgical
operations. writing books and music and
learning to ride buoking bronco The
girl who writes this has keen sense Of
humor' After two years Of nervous ex-
haustion got married and am now emulat-
ing -The Commuters Wife" in building q
house and garden And look at this girl.
After acquiring various degrees on deep
subjects and writing learned thesis, she
says her present occupation is 'nursemaid
and housekeeper.'
I defy any one to make thrilling tale
out Of ten years in . private school, writes
one young woman, and another gives evil
dence that teaching has not been an I'M
mixed Joy by writing: For year taught /
everything under heaven. and now my
specialties have simmered down to Greek
and physical culture
Packed and unpaoked,' is the brief
history Of another.
The most enthusiastic naturalist in the
State OF Vermont 10 another record. Been
doing . little illustrating bear shooting
and chaperoning,' modestly writes one
young woman who has really achieved
fame Is an artist.
The pathetic record Of another is, Have
achieved neither fame nor matrtmony, but
belong to many societies, most OF them
But there ia one feature about the his
tory Of this class that is worth noting.
Nearly every member Of it has been busy
In one way or another. II they have not
been earning their living or studying, they
havo interested themselves in settlement
work. church work, and similar useful
activities.