The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-29
His Chrlstma as Present.


 Ezekiel, a Florida darky, had no stock ings, the night before Christmas he hung his trousers in the chimney of the tumble-down shack that he calls home Christmas morning northern lady, call ing at the cabin with some presents for the family, was greeted by Ezekiel's dole ful face protruding from narrow open- ing in the door. After wishing him a. merry Christmas, the lady asked him what presents he had received.
 "Ah reckon An must have got CT nig- ger," said Ezekiel. "Mah pants is gone" nifies becoming acquainted under health ful and stimulating conditions with the routine of a large city. In the city col leges, therefore, are found as rule many young women who live at home, for the reason of economy or otherwise, and many girls from country homes who ex- pect their lot to be cast in the city.
 Then, to. where city college for wo- men is part of large university the daughters of the graduates of the unver- , sity wherever living are very likely to come to the educational centre at which their brothers are trained Many students, of course are also attracted mainly by the libraries, laboratories and museums and similar opportunities for studying in any urban community. Women students in Providence, for example. though this college is only 16 years old, are in full possession of treasures of scholarship which have been in process of collection for 40 years. Similar conditions of course. prevail in Cambridge and on Morningside Heights in New York city.
 How wisely Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews during his presidency at Brown university foresaw the need and the possibilities of the city college for girls has been proved by the marked success of the Women's college of Brown. which has not, indeed. become a big institution with a long waiting list of candidates for admission to its classes. but which has always illus trated the usefulness in the average American city of a college drawing tt first mainly from the neighborhood and later making available for young women from other places the educational and social advantages of an urban center. In- cdentally, of course. the city college, whether for men or women, offers greater opportunities for the wage-ea rnng stu dent than the country college can af- ford. Providence, with it's surrounding manufacturing towns, is one of the larger celters of population of the country, anu the Women's college of Brown now com pleting 16 years of its existence, has had a remarkable growth. made possible in large part by such gifts as the Slater Memorial dormitory, built by 'e generos- ity of Horation N Slater of Rt ,dville, Mass, and furnished by Mrs. Ch rles G. Washburn of Worcester; the new eymna- sium, the gift of Frank A. Sayles of Paw tucket in memory of his mother ani sister, and an addition to 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 national institution has been proved by the constant and untring efforts of the Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women. under tho direction of the enthusiastic president. Miss Sarah E. Doyle.
 This story of the development of a little local urban college for the instructjon>.f young women in the studies ordinarly pursued in college into .an important school of the higher education reaching a national clientele has now been re- peated often enough in this country t, show that the city college has a distinct place in the economy of American educa- tion.