The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-28

and women who from one cause or
another must get their education at
home or go without 1t becomes
especially important ii the college be
a womens college, Girls can leave
home lesseasily than boys, Parents
are less apt to see the necessity OF a
college education for their girls than
their boys, and are unwilling to ina
cur 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 contribution to the
life of the household from which the
boys are readily excused"
II the women's colleges founded TO
fulfill this purpose it has been dis
covered that the advantages OF the
location tend more and more to cause
the institutions very shortly to cease
being merely local
A one source attendance from out
side, there are many country girls to
whom the chance of getting college
education in the city is as valuable as
are facilities for college education in
the country to city girls whose means
permit For the young woman from
the farm or the village four years at
an urban school for the higher educa-
tino not only means learning the
subjects which an educated person
ought to know and which make both
Tor general culture and for usefulness
as wage Garner or as wife and
mother, but at the same time it sig
nifies becoming acquainted under
healthful and stimulating conditions
with the routine of larger city. In the
city colleges, therefore, are found as
a rule many young women who live
at home, for reasons of economy or
otherwise, and many girls from coun-
try homes who expect their lot to
be cast in the city.
Then, too, where a city college for
women is part of large university
the daughters OF the graduates of the
university wherever living are very
likely to come to the educational
center at which their brothers are
trained. Many students, OF course,
are also attracted mainly by the
libraries, laboratories and museums
and similar opportunities for study
ing in any urban community. Wo-
men students in Providence, for ex-
ample, though this college is only
sixteen years old, are in full posses
sion OF treasures of scholarship which
have been in process of collection
during l40 years. Similar conditions
of course, prevail in Cambridge and
on Morningside Heights in New
York City.
, How wisely Dr. Benjamin An
drews during his presidency at
Brown University foresaw the need
and the possibilities of the city col
lege for girls has been proved by the
marked success Of the Women's Col
( lege Of Brown, which has not, indeed
become a big institution with long
waiting list of candidates for admis-
! sion to its classes, but which has al
wavs illustrated the usefulness in the
average American city Of college
drawing at first mainly from the
neighborhood and later marking
available for young women from
other places the educational and so
cial advantages Of an urban centre
incidentally, Of course, the city col
lege, whether for men or women
offers greater opportunities for thu
wage earning student than the coun
try college can aaord. Providence
with its surrounding manufacturing
towns. is one of the largest center
Of population OF the country, and th
Womer's College of Brown, nov
completing 10 years OF Its existence
has had a remarkable growth, mad
possible in large part by such gift
as the Slater Memorial dornitory
built by the generosity Of Horatio n
Slater, Of Readville, Mass, and fur
nished by Mrs Charles G, Washburr
of Worcester; the new gymnasium
the gift Of Frank A. Sayles OF Paw
tucket. in memory Of his mother an
sister, and an addition to the presen
campus just finished, the gift Q
! Stephen O. Metcalf, Of Providence
All the while the value Of the loca
, interest in creating a national institu
: ton has been proved by the constar
!, and untiring efforts Of the Rhode Is
: land Society for the Collegiate Edr
, cation of Women under the directio
{ Of the enthusiastic president, Mis-
; Sarah F. Doyle.
This story of the development
i little local urban college for the II
t struction Of young women in tn
1 studies ordinarily pursued in colleg
E int oan important school OF the higf
I er education reaching nation;
clientele has now been repeated ofte