The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-06-20

The day will he all the more memorable
from the fact that Dean Emery leaves the
college With this class and with the in
coming class will come a new dean Of
the department
MISS CLARK'S ADDRESS.
Miss Bertha Louise Clark OF Chester.
Conn, was the first speaker. and her ad-
dress was In part as follows:
II is my very great honor upon this an
nual occasion 10 welcome you most heart
ily TO the Womens college In Brown
university
Any woman's college. as such. is a topic
Of interest. Many OF the eXtravagant no.
tions which sprung up at the inception OF
such institutions have ceased 10 exist.
but certain great problems stil
confront the college within and
certain grave misconceptions still
persist without Such problem and such
a misconception is the prevailing notion
that the college should be a technical
school--a mere place for training in some
line Of work that. upon graduation shall
straightway he valued in a trice. and
shalt pay back IN good salary the original
investment Cor board and tuition.
This spirit of commercalism long ago
began 10 influence the still air Of delight
ful studies In mems colleges. Early
in their course men began to specialize In
the particular kind Of work they plan
10 do in the future-ln law, in medicine.
engineering. And row we see the same
tendency in women's colleges. girl
must Justify her four years in college
by straghtway becoming n teacher. and
the positions won ny normal graduates
are anxiously compared with those So
cured by the college girl. 10 see II col
lege education pays"
The cry rises for actual practice I'm col
lege courses. and some would Judge the
value Of the course in pedagogy by the
number OF classes taught. i'm sociology
by the number OF poor families visited.
and In household economies BY the edi-
bility OF the cookery therein produced.
But II a woman's college means-any-
thing IL means far more than this, some
thing far higher and finer That which
cannot be gotten for gold. neither shall
silver be weighed for the price thereof"
assuredly cannot be appraised by market
standards.
Yet while The college is not technical
school neither is 1t sort of culturc-hath.
from which all who enter shall come
forth dazzling.
Whoever graduates with no constant
interest in the great truths Of science.
with no real and lasting taste for poetry
and art. has known but the farce of
the highes; that life has TO offer. can
put into life only so much the less.
Happily. behind any imitation there ex-
lists the real. and the rear college woman
makes worth while all the hopes and
work OF the finest woman's college.
There are problems enough-domestic
and social-in this day and age and TO
the wise help Of the woman with trained
mind and purified ideals. the world looks.
"a, st.1f b, y
OF the educated woman" as Whitelaw
Reid said, In q notable address at Vas
sar. are toward good order. good morals,
and good He"
Such Is the type of woman which real
college culture aims To produce. and has
often produced, and such is the ideal
OF the Noman's college in Brown uni
versity.
As class day We remember we'll that
first Freshman day when Dean Emery
called us all together: we are but n
small and poor college" she said finally.
I'VE cannot be renowned for fine build
ings or splendid equipment but We can
be conspicuous for our honesty"
Indeed wealth Is more than gold and
college more than buildings We have
been rich in friends whose constant love
and unselhsh devotion have been a never
failing nspirat ation 10 us. in whose ap-
and in whose sympathy unsuccess has
lost half it's sting We have been rich
I'm having the university professors no
other body can boast ~ more distin-
guished and able men than those who
for four wears have so~'evotedly instruct
Ell us. Nor could We soon find college
president who should surpass our own
President Faunce in scholarly attain
ment. administrative ability integrity Of
character and high ideals
More than all are tho women Of this
college rich In having before them. day
by day. the embodiment Of the ideal
that the truest college culture produces
The woman AZ once scholarly and woman
ly. broad minded and good whom wis
dom has made not l,-s charming but
more. Among her students who revere
and love her, there IS no need ~ many
words today. even were II possible by
much speaking 10 express what Dean
Emery's example and life have meant
Her cardinal teachings have ever been:
Work done sauarely. and unwasted
days" an absolute sincerity In seeking
truth. and fearlessness In speaking II.
honesty and courage OF character,
ana. wtthaI. no publish soienmity.
hut a gaiety that shall make life richer
for oneself and happier for others
Women may be too light minded
she has said. never too light hearted
Most Of all whatever she has taught.
she has lived Tho poorest college would
no rich with such woman. for. as Rich
ard Steele said ~ Elizabeth Hastings.
ITO know her was ~ love her. and to
love her was liberal education." For
many years she shall live in minds made