New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
STUDENTS In ENGLAND
Founders Of Scholarships Hope
Each State VIII Send One.

Just as there states that have never
thought il worth while to take advantage of the
Rhodes scholarships. there not few peo-
pie who consider the international scholarships
Tor women initiated by the Society of American
Women in London very un-American
Have we not all the educational facilities that
our young women need at home?" they ask.
why should send them to England?' To
this Mrs. Andre Rieder, of the Society of Amer
lean Women answers that there is much more
than mere scholarships involved in the inter
national scholarships.
The students viii not be selected merely for
Their scholarship or their ability TO pass eN-
aminatOnS," Mrs. Rieder said to a Tribune re-
porter, and expect them to get much more
than mere education from their foreign studies
We expect our students to derive quite as much
benefit merely from living with the English and
absorbing their sports and manner or llte as
from the lectures and tutors of Oxford There
is always something to he learned from other
countries, and much that Americans can learn
from the English
The lack of rush, the decency ard dignity Of
English life are just what we Americans ne"d l"
be brought into contact with and il is these Jhal
fascinate all Americans who have lived IN
England any length If time. The American
woman. too. can find admirable qualities
which she lacks herself in the English Wolh-
ans character Americans are not trained to
self-TepressiOn from childhood, as the EhsiiSh
are, and the absolute liberty OF the american
woman combined with her lack of emotional re
strant. makes her creature Of extremes and
impulses. y little quiet English reserve WouIu
be a great advantage to her We are apt to look
upon the English reserve evidence of
slovnces hut II is rather an indication of eau
ton. and there is something behind il. our life,
on the contrary, is apt to he all on the surface
We are apt to have more practical general in
formation than the English but they are more
likely than to know one thing well.
ENGLISH STUDENTS HERE.
AT the same time there are some things that
we can teach the English. That is why we
want to have American scholarships for Eng
liSh women well English ones for Amer
leans. a good illustration Of the difference be-
tween the English and the American tempera-
ment may be found in the readiness with which
Americans marry foreigners and the extreme re
luctance Of the English woman to do it. That
is why SO many of them remain unmarried.
Their men have all gone to the colonies ana
they Will not marry foreigners, To go to India
or Egypt the colonies is nothing. because
there they go among their own people. but 10
marry foreigner is a terrible thing, not to be
thought Of under any hut the most eXtTaordl-
nary circumstances This Is due partly to a
certain shrinking reserve and partly to their
inability TO adapt themselves to the ways Of
other people All this is foreign TO the Amer
lean temperament, and would. no doubt, wear
of under the influence Of the American aihos-
pheTe.
THE American manner and temperament are
greatly admired in England when they not
combined as they sometimes. uuhappiy
with blatant vulgarty. An English girl who
had a scholarship at Bryn Mawr told me that
she was charmed with her experience there. As
an example of the informallty OF the HE she
spoke of having been ushered into a company of
caps and gowns. | suppose Engllsh girls would
sit in chairs stand in dignified repose. At
any rate, the scene struck this particular girl
as being somewhat surprising and altogether
delightful"
MATURE WOMEN ELIGIBLE
The arrangements for the scholarships are not
completed yet but Mrs. Rieder hopes that they
will be open to women of mature years. The
first proposal was that they should be open only
TO women between nineteen and twenty-five
I H.. -Tay1.s .ffau C1H.aB1
a limit.
some Of the best women students I have
known in Europe would have been excluded by
it., she said land, besides, one Of the objects OF
these scholarships Is to produce a better entente
between England and the United states, and the
older women viii have more influence when they
Dean Gill Of Barnard sided with Mrs. Rieder,
and the probabilities now are that the age quail
fication viii read simply, Not under nineteen
years old" An effort will he made 10 select
women for their real mental power and culture.
not simply for their ability to stand well in eX-
aminations but they must be graduates Of col
leges They will be required TO take the
examination for that ii is difficult Tor
students that not going in for examinations
at oxford to get the best tutors, but as the col
lege year is only six months there viii be plenty
Of time for travel or independent work For the
present the examining board for the Rhodes
scbolarehips will do the same work for the in
ternational scholarships but 1t will be necessary
To create a separate board for scientific scholar
ships when they are established, as 1t Is hoped
| they Will he.
Mrs Rieder hopes that the scholarship will be
a liberal one. in order To place the student IN a
position Of independence and enable her to en-
JOY the best that the country offers In the way
of Music and drama. This cannot be had for
nothing in England, because students do not
have the same privileges there that they have
/ in Germany
The General Federation of Women's Clubs has
! undertaken to establish one Of these scholar
ships and Madame Kate Thayer, with whom
the idea originated, is trying to get the CLUB
. women of Louisiana to establish one for one OF
their own daughters. As time goes on the
/ founders hope that many states may see the ad-
/ vantage of establishing such scholarship.