Evening star., 1908-01-24

rolls. but there is room for only 1O1. The
odd girl has found boarding place in
the neighborhood.
In 1900 Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey of
Washington and Mrs Thomas H. Carter.
wife of the senator from Montana. start
ed out on campaign to stir up an inter-
est In the institution among the Catholic
women of the country to organize aux
Hilary boards of regents in every state and
territory to sustain scholarships. and to
encourage young Catholic women TO seek
the advantages offered Their crusade WAS
repeated in 1907. 1905 and 1907 and they
nave visited every state and territory in
the Union. The result has been the en-
dowEent of numerous scholarships.
foundatlons for permanent lectureships.
and trinity College is now known every
where The first scholarship of 5000 was
founded by Miss Marian Lindsay of st.
Louis. The ladies of the Ancient Order Of
floernlans. the largest Irish organization
IN the country. | believe have endowed
ten-thousand- dollar scholarship
Miss Olive Risley Seward was the first
president of the board. Mrs. Thomas H
Carter. Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan and
Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey succeeded her
in order. when Mrs. Carter was again
elected and now presides Sister Julia the
president. came here from Roxbury Mass,
Where she had been remarkably SUGGEST full
as as the administrator of a normal school.
me sisterhood does not encourage indi-
siuuai regulations. and the names of the
they are all women of experience and
schoiarshlp. but their personality is sup
pressed The chair of Greek, for example
is niled py woman. graduate of one of
.ne t FOREMOST institutions in America. She
look degree at a medical college, and
wds practcing physician of Boston
several years before she entered the order.
Relations With University.
Cardinal Gibbons and Bishop Dennis J.
" oConnell. rector OF the Catholic Univer-
sity' maintain supervisory or advisory
relation to the institution. and several
members of his faculty have lecture
chalrs at Trinity College. so that the stu
dents have an advantage that cannot be
enJoseu anywhere else. The general in
stTucllon, however, Is in the hands of the
sistefhood. who. before beginning work,
made a thorough investigation of Rad
cllne, Wellesley. Fassar Mount Holyoke
smith and Bryn Mawr colleges to inform
themselves concerning tho methods in use
tnere. Ihey visited all of the prominent
advanced institutions for women in the
country. They were welcomed everywhere
WIN the greatest cordiality but Rryn
MaWr was their model more particularly
ana MISS Thomas. It's president. from the
beginning has taken an active interest in
advising the sisters and in giving them in
formation They tell me that large de-
gree OF their success is due to her kindly
sympathy and the cordial manner in
which she has placed at their disposal her
experience and knowledge. The degrees
conferred by Trinity College are now ac-
corded the same recognition that is given
to graduates of other colleges of the first
rank.
Since Trinity opened her doors i'm 1900
241 young women have registered. repre-
Sentlng almost every state and territory
The first class was graduated in 1904, and
the girls are now engaged in occupations
which show that they have made the best
use of their education. One Of them is
chemist in the Providence Chemical
Works of st. Louis; another is instructor
In Greek and Latin in a New York semi
nary. third is one of the editors of the
Catholic Encyclopedia. and the rest are
teaching or pursuing professional careers.
ihere We're thirteen graduates in 1905. five
IN 19O6 and twenty in 1907. Most of the
alumnae are teachers, and may be found
in the public schools of New York Chi
cago, Boston and other large cities Sew
eral are principals of high schools The
alumnae list shows that large number
are married. The students at present rep
resent many states and cities SO widely
scattered as to emphasize the Importance
of Trinity College to the country. Hol-
yoke. Mass. leads with five: Amsterdam
n. y. Brooklyn. Springfield. Mass. and
Dorchester and Roxbury. Mass. New
York city. Philadelphia and Chicago have
three each: Cambridge. Fall River and
Lowell Mass. and Buffalo. Troy Omaha
Minneapolis. Dubuque. Davenport, Iowa
and Grand Rapids have two each Those
are the only cities having more than one
and you will notice that forty-two come
from Boston and vicinity. Indeed, the
larger part of the students arc from Rev
England. Forty are registered from the
neighborhood of Boston. AT the same
time Iowa. Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota. Minnesota Texas. Wash
ington and other states in the far west
are we'll represented. Trinity College is
national institution In fact as well as
in name.