Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-06
IN THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY
WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY.

College girl of the sophomore class trav-
cling with me. and in order to show tho
respective sizes OF the college girls OF the
two nations. l took a snapshot of three OF
these Japanese sophomores with the
Smith sophomore standing beside them.
They are as a rule considerably shorter
than our girls, but through their athletics
promise soon to become quite as robust.
was taken through the buildings by
Miss Hirano. the professor OF ethics. a
charming woman who spoke English per-
fectly. We went through classroom after
classroom each filled with bright looking
students either reciting or listening to
lectures. In one hall there were a hum
dred seniors taking down the notes of
lecture on sociology, and In others We
listened to classes being taught literature.
psychology and ethics. There are three
courses in the MISUNDERSTANDING.
university and postgraduate. The uni
versity proper has three departments. Ono
is deovted to domestic science. another to
Japanese literature and another to Eng
lish literature. The department of domes-
tic science covers such things as ethics.
psychology. pedagogy. physiology. eco
nomics. law and science and art. as we'll
as physics, chemistry and the other nat
ural sciences. The other two departments
are still broader. and there are many
elective courses OF study.
The work done seems to me thorough.
I spent some time in the chemical lab
oratories watching the girls analysing
substances Of various kinds. They have a
half dozen or more large rooms. we'll
equipped with such appliances. and they
are doing some original work. In one
room. for instance. I was shown some
thousands Of bottles comprising analyses
made by these girls Of all the foods OF
Japan, vegetable and animal. Who knows
but hot t1A do 49, t>A
Grafton may not have a yellow skin ana
slant eyes!
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The dormitories of this university are
especially interesting. There are twenty
seven of them,- divided up into little
rooms, each of which Is occupied by from
two to four students. Some of the dormi-
tories are purely japanese. In these the
girls sleep on the floor. lying on futons or
comforts. which they pack away in
closets during the day time. They rest
their necks on Japanese pillows. mere
blocks of wood, about the size OF a brick,
with roll of soft tissue paper on top.
The floors of all the dormitories are COW
cred with mats about an inch thick. SO
white and clean that one would not fear
to eat off of them.
Other dormitories have mattresses on
low shelves, SO arranged that the beds
are COVeEeO WIFI DOdTuS curing the udy
time. Then they serve as tables and
desks. The girls take care Of their own
rooms and do all the Homework, one SER
want only being in the employ Of each
dormitory. Every establishment has also
q matron in charge.
The work Of the students is required in
order to make the expenses as low as
possible. and doubt If there Is anywhere
else in the world that one can get a good
education at such low price as here.
The annual tuition is just under $14. and
1t is payable in three installments. There
Is an additional fee of less than So for
school expenses. and an extra charge for
those who study music of 25 cents per
month for the use OF an organ and 80
cents for using the pianos. Including
board and all expenses a girl can go to
school here whole year for about 800.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.