The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-26
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were held yesterday afternoon I'm the
large hall az Pembroke. The gathering
was n notable one. Representatives being
present from the faculty. and corporation
Of Brown university. OF Rhode Island
Society for Collegiate Education OF
Women and of the many schools in the
state. Many officials from the city and
state were present and other men and
women who are interested I'm educational
circles.
President Faunce OF Brown university
presided, and the program. which was
most impressive. was as follows: Pro-
cessional; prayer. James q. Vose, ID. d;
address, Ida Shaw King. A. M. address.
Edward Dslavan Perry, Pm. d., I. I. d.,
Columbia university; music; address,
Mary Emma Woolley. Lift. D., T.. n. ID,
4 president OF Noun Holyoke college; ad-
dress. j. Irving Manatt, Ph. D.. L. l.. D..
Brown university; benediction. Henry M.
King. -. D., =. T. d.. recegsional.
After the professional. during which
President F'aunce and the other speakers
marched TO their places on the PLATFORM
Rev. james G.. Vose opened the exercises
with. a prayer.
President Faunce then introduced Dean
King. saying In part: w are met to-
day not 10 create a fact. but TO recognize
II. We come here together today 10
felicitate both her and ourselves. for we
feel that ~ Is fortunate for the COM
munlty and for the higher education or
women that we found one who by train
ing and character was specially htied ior
the office OF dean. Miss King Is a grad
nate OF yassar. but took her A. NJ. degree
at Brown. She was associated with Rad
cltfe where she did notable post grad
uate work: with Bryn Mawr, whose TEL
lowshIp she held at the American school
I'm Athens, and with Columbia unlVerslcy'
where she studied under Dean Perry.
Miss King acknowledged the lntrouuc-
ton and I'm n scholarly address traced tho
rrrovt4t-o f the Wemen's college iH-Brown
university and spoke OF it's future develop
ment She paid special tribute TO former
President Andrews and TO Miss Doyle OF
tho Rhode Island Society for Collegiate
Education Of Women.
She recited some interesting facts IN
connection with the work or the cor
lego. saving that IS OF 265 graduates OF the
Women's college have taken the degree
~ master of arts, one the degree or doc
tor OF medicine. while the honorary de-
gree OF doctor OF letters has twice Deer
conferred upon the graduate whose raui-
ant character and high position CROWDS
the college with glory.
lie kllu iill tNh' ~
numbers Ave times as many as when nrst
catalogued, and this increase compares
very fayorably with the growth or other
women's colleges In New England. .
Brown is unique I'm y way In that IL
was the thought Of those who hrst IA
vored admitting women 10 Brown. 10 tANe
such a sleep I'm order 90 make higher edu-
cation possible To those women or ue
state who. because OF family ties or Tor
financial reasons are prevented from go
ing whe for II. The fact that "a OF
tho graduates I'm the last ten years nave
heen Rhode Island women shows now
well accomplished has been this attempt
The college was also rendering a SER
vice to the state I'm preparing teachers
for the secondary schools.
Dean King also outlined the future de-
veIopment OF the college. She said that
three important things upon winch the
/ college must bear I'm mind In Its future
development was the perfecting or the
social life by the addition of a second
dormitory and social hall: second by
. seeking to Increase It's general
fund. and third, by answering an educc-
tional problem. which has or late taken
upon much discussion In lts
place I'm a college curriculum, That Is
ought the course TO aim toward making
the young woman "a home-maker rs wen
az giving her a higher culture.
The last question was discussed at
length. I'm which she said the new course
I'm household economics ought 20 IND a
place I'm every curriculum, bun its intro
I durttuu sfuutd be made in sttt-f 1t way as
To reduce as little as possible the time uo-
voted 10 general culture.
Professor Perry of Columbia wac then
introduced and talked at length upon the
plan OF the college I'm American HE todny
and said tina its influence was felt more
by persuasion than by imposition OF hu,
| thority. But its best and most fruitful
method lies in the presentation or stand
ards OF taste and culture.
He then touched upon the athietic
situation as a phase Of woman's education
and said that the danger which threat
ened tho American college girl TODAY was
the consuming passion for victory la attn"
letics. Victory at any cost or money or
honor. He believed that n lasting service
would be lone to colleges ard the com
munity as q whole I'm LEADING women 20
see how fundamentally wrong was the
conception that anything ma he lone Tor
the sake of winning alone.
President woolley OF Mount Holyoke
college was next presented and the fact
that she was one Of the first graduates
was felfcitously upon py
President Founce. President Woolley
spoke Of the development ~ tho college
and spoke OF the higher regard which
the community possessed as n whole to-
ward higher education nowadays. Now the
general public realized that the hitting
for a profession. important as II may be,
is the least OF values which a woman
gains from a college training There ~
a deeper meaning I'm the thoughts ;han
education. even a new sense OF values.
IL helps 60 distinguish between the real
and the unreal. between the significant and
the Insignificant ARTIFICIAL social distinc-
tloas are hung IN the balance and
found wanting. and personality and char
acter are made the real basis FOR friend
ship and esteem
Professor j. Irving Manatt was next in
troduced and spoke IN behalf OF the fac
ulty. welcoming Miss King 80 an academic
society. lie charged Miss KinE to 500
that the college WINS carried on I'm the
Athenian spirit. This ala mean quick.
but that all studies should be made 90
serve as altar stairs 20 the ideal The
mission OF Pembroke. ne said. was 10
round out the gracious and gentle woman.
mistress ~ herself and holding that large
discourse ~ reason that looks before and
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