The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
TALKS TO YASSAR ALUMNI.
WOhAN COMING INTO HER KING
DON. SAYS PRESIDENT FINLEY.
Cot. Harvey Wishes College Women Wenld
Tackle Our Enlarsins Poiitics-Are
the Most Healthy. Normal and Useful
of Their Sex, says President Taylor.

of Their Sen says President Iaylor.
The local Alumn.e Association Of Vassar
College met at Delmonico's yesterday
afternoon for itsannual election and lunch
con. The officers elected for 1905 were:
Miss Elizabeth Cutting '93, president;
Mrs George Frank. 'sG vice president;
Mrs. II. NJ JenlSes. "a. secretary, and Miss
Emma Bradley, 1900. treasurer There
we're $50 Nassar graduates present. and the
speakers at the luncheon were Col George
Harvey OF Horper's Weekly and the North
American Rer:ev. President John Huston
Finley Of the College of the City Of New
York and President James NJ Taylor OF
Nsssar College.
Dr. Finley said: Certainly the weaker
physical forces are coming to inherit the
earth. The other day 100 people took tea
beside the dinosaur pygmies in The shadow
of the giant to which they have succeeded.
just 80 the gentler souls are coming to in
herit the earth, and woman the gentler man,
has in many places succeeded him, as the
stli small voice Of conscience the thunders
OF the brontosaur
SIeakiug on the self-choseu text Of Put
yourself IN h"r place. Di. Finley said;
We must put ourseve, in womnu'- place.
not byexchanging economic iuties witlher.
but by giving her freedom with ourselves
to inherit everything worth while in the
races experience and hopes. The great
thing is that no one shall be shut away
from the eternal things of life by impene-
trable walls of convention or ignorance
made Of masculine selfishness and pride
Col. Harvey mourned that a subject
had not been assigned him 1T ~ a very
IL
words respecting any gwen subject from
the moon IN Camembert, and some one
Else has always a share in the responsibility
! thought of trying something sentimental
like Here's to our wives and Sweethearts.
may they never meet = But the absurdity
of lamenting an incident 20 full of interest
and excitement was at once patent. There
were similar objections to race suicide.
divorce, and bridge.
But there is one subject regarding
which ! desire 10 speak as earnestly as
| know how. | wish that American women
who have been trained to think would
take an interest in American politics This
| il peculiarly time when such an influence
ia needed and would be effective. The
great nation has emerged from it, shell
/ and become the first Of the world powers
with enormous responsibilities lontem-
plate the magnitude Of the task gradually
being assumed by the guardianship OF
the uncounted millions of the western
hemisphere. Consider the far reaching
effect of our assumption OF diplomatic
leadership among the great nations
Here is an opportunity for American
women to exert the same influence upon
political history as have their English
cousins for a century. Not by the ballot.
hut by knowledge OF precedents aud
policies OF the past and 10y the exercise of
their unique intuitive power, let them do
the work they only can do in helping
American men 20 exercise the increasing
responsibilities OF government Is not this
an ideal task for you women OF Nassar?"
President Taylor sounded another c'arion
note in defence Of the higher education for
women He reiterated his cor victiou that
American college women were the most
healthy normal and useful Of their sex
He said that they were quite as much
married as other American women Of the
same position