Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-11-13
AFTER GIRLS ARE GRADUATED.
Forty-one Brides Out of a Possible
145 Record of One College Glass.

Forty-one Brides Out of a Possible
145 Record of One College Glass.
What becomes of the college girl.
Why, nothing unusual happens to
them" said college president "They
scatter all over the country and do
nothing particularly sensational.
Give just been looking over the
class book of a class that has been
out of college ten years, and the sta
tistics show strong tendency toward
teaching and travel. There were
about 145 in the class when it gradu-
ated, and up to date only forty-one
husbands have been acquired.
"One-third of the class has travelled
abroad, while al but thirty mention
teaching and tutoring. About fifty
five have done graduate work at other
schools and colleges.
what the girls themselves regard
as the most important incident or
spot in the ten years since their grad
uation varies as much as the girls
themselves. Married on the hottest
day you ever saw to the best fellow
records one. Married lieutenant in
the United States navy, and since
then have lived in a trunk in various
PAGES as near the seacoast' as posi-
ble, writes another.
zone young woman writes tersely:
My native town can boast Of but one
sane college woman and my family
10 rnnnrHc.
Had an attack of typhoid fever at
Constantinople which necessitated a
French hospital, a Greek physician, a
nurse who spoke German and Turks
to carry sedan chairs
ga model aunt endeavoring to show
four sisters how to bring up children,
frankly records another graduate:
Last two years occupied with clerical
work, household cares and advanced
course in measles, is another record.
Boolbinding has been the occupation
Of one young woman.
Here's a young woman whose spe-
cialty has been surgery and she has
performed a difficult operation on the
Maharani at the palace of the Maha
raiah of Orrcha. And here's a girl
who has evidently made up her mind
that she is going to be spinster, for
she's adopted little girl.
"This is the summing UP of anoth-
er: Spent last ten years in having
surgical operations, writing books and
music and learning to ride bucking
bronco. The girl who writes this
has keen sense of humor: After
two years of nervous exhaustion got
married and am now emulating "The
Commuters Wife" in building house
and garden And look at this girl.
After acquiring various degrees on
deep subjects and writing a learned
thesis, she says her present occupa-
ton is 'nursemaid and housekeeper
"T defy any one to make thrilling
tale out Of ten years in a private
school, writes one young woman, and
another gives evidence that teaching
has not been an unmixed joy by writ
ing: For a year taught everything
under heaven, and now my specialtie'
have simmered down to Greek and
physical culture.
"'Packed and unpac4ed,' is the
brief history of another.
"'The most enthusiastic naturalist
in the state of Vermont, is another
record. been doing little illustrat
ing, bear shooting, and chaperoning,'
modestly writes one young woman
who has really achieved much fame
as an artist.
"The pathetic record of another is
Have achieved neither fame nor mat
rimony, but be.ong to many societies,
most of them respectable
"But there is one feature about the
history of this class that is worth
noting. Nearly every member Of it
has been busy in one way or another.
| If they have not been earning their
living or studying, they have inter
ested themselves in settlement work,
church work, etc. Washington Post