The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

the college situated in the populous dis.
uict-to give "A college education 20 these
young men and young women who from
one cause or another must get their edu-
cation at home or 20 without II be-
comes especially important II the col
lege be a women's college. Girls can
leave home less easily than boys. Par
ents are less apt 20 see the necessity OF
a college education for their girls than
their boys and are unwilling to incur the
greater expense Of sending them away to
college. For many girls there are home
cares from which the boys are exempt
and from many Is demanded a contribu-
ton to the life Of the household from
which the boys are readily excused"
No Longer Local.
In tho women's colleges founded to
fulfill this purpose il has been discov-
cred that the advantages Of the location
tend more and more 70 cause the institu-
uons very shortly to cease being merely
focaL
As one source Of attendance from out
side, there are many country girls to
whom the chance of getting a college
education In the city is as valuable as
are facilities for college education in the
country 10 city girls whose means per-
farm or the village four years at an
urban school for the higher education
not only means learning the subjects
which an educated person ought TO
know and which make both for general
culture and FOR usefulness as a wage
Garner or as wife and mother. but at
the same time Il signifies becoming ac-
Quainted under healthful and stimulating
conditions with the routine OF a large
city In the city colleges. therefore ara
found as a rule many young women who
live at home, for reasons Of economy or
otherwise, and many girls from country
homes who expect their lot 70 be cast
in the city.
Then, too, where a city college for wonl-
en- is part of a large university the
daughters or the graduates Of the univer-
sity wherever living are very likely TO
come 20 the educational center at which
their brothers are trained. Many stu
dents, OF course. are also attracted main
~ by the Libraries. laboratories. and mu-
seums and similar opportunities for
studying In any urban community WOm-
en- students IN Providence, for example,
though this college is only sixteen years
old, are in fun possession OF treasures
Of scholarship which have been in pro-
cess Of collection during I 20 years Sim
liar conditions. Of course. prevail in Cam
bridge and on MOrningside Heights, in
New York City.
Marked Success Mt Brown.
How wisely Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews
during his presidency at Brown Univer-
sity forcsaw tle need and the possibil-
ties Of the city college for girls has been
proved by the marked success Of the
Women's College OF Brown. which has
No n Inc
long waiting list of candidates for ad-
mission 10 its classes. but which has al
ways illustrated the usefulness in the
average American city Of a college draw
ing at flst mainly from the neighbor-
hood and later making available for
young women from other places the edu-
cational and social advantages Of an Ur-
ban center. Incidentally, of course. the
city college whether for men or women.
offers greater opportunities for the wage
earning student than the country college
can afford Providence. with its sur
rounding manufacturing towns, is one
Of the large centeTs Of population OF The
country. and the Women's College OF
Brown. now completing sixteen years Of
its existence. has had a remarkable
growth. made possible in large part by
such gifts as The Slater memorial do~-
Init9Ty, built by the generosity OF Ho-
ratio y. Slater. OF ReadviUe, Mass and
furnished by Mrs. Charles G. Washburn.
of Worcester: the new gymnasium, The
gift OF Frank A. Sayles, Of Pawtucket,
in memory Of his mother and sister. and
an addition 20 the present campus just
finished the gift Of Stephen o. Metcalf
of Providence All the while the value
of the local interest in creating a ma
tional institution has been proved by
the constant and UntirlnE efforts Of the
Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate
Education Of Women under the direc-
tiOn of the enthusiastic president, Miss
Sarah Z. Doyle.
This story Of the development OF a
little local urban college for the instruc-
uon Of young women in the studies or
d!narily pursued in college into an i'm
nortant school OF the higher education
reaching a national clientele has now
been repeated often enough in this coun-
try 10 show that the city college has a
distinct places in the economy OF Ameri-
can education.