The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12

L. CLARK SEELYE. PRESIDENT Og sNrrH
COLLEGE.
society' used 10 bs President Seelv,s
reply when any one wanted 70 khos
what the regulations a. 10 general oonduc
vert.
This seem ID Indefinite. hut the preadep,
has never heen strong on Oodes. and n
liked 20 dea with each oaas individually
Il used 10 b. said that the only rlls wa
Lights out at TO-"
sOf late ye,trs, says 4 professor, .sipe.
We have taken in some that that hare NJ,
learned how 70 behave IN civilized society
We have had 10 draft few regulations
The college tradition trusts ths EiFh
with a degree ~ freedom previously I'M.
uaual In Eastern girls. schools Of tbs
One principle u Dr, seelyes frnm n.
beginning hrs been 70 separate the tui.
ton and the boarding house accounts.
Each boarding house must pay pro6i
- interest on money invested sur.
plus has been earned Ia thHt way WhicA
has been the meana 81 erecting about 4
dozen BUILDINGS. The endowment has
alao grown from a9a5 .OOo 10 n,1S7In.
NNlu ENE.lIENM GIMNNN ~ MNNNt WflH
much begging. The endowment has
never been drawn upon but tuice. hhA
then the funds were soon rsulaced ne
college has never advertised for puplt
aud he's never bean In debt The presi.
dent'a financial management has been
rec raed Rs unusually sagacioln
: The income was much fnOreaaed At oRs
time by a voluntary ten yeaFa agreement
of the faculty.. who undertook for that
reriod 20 remsn cnntent with the thsn
existing snlo ries and with the size u he
teaching force IN an EFFORT % tum he
special students into the regular college
work for degrees In this period Tie
attendance was multiplied foufold
In certain lines n policy Presided
Seelve SophiA Smith. the founder. and
the trustees and fPculty have an h'd
their share in shaping traditions. Ths
so-called oottage svutetn IA an instance
When Smith opened the building n a hg
dorufit0ry was q common first step win
COLLEGES. Il looked well In catalogues.
President Seelve and his associE's
preferred a LEES pretentio,s and NOR
modest starr. 20 thev lodged their hrsi
fourteen girls IN a building that vas ior.
nerlv family dwelling. an old Colonial
horne with Parthenon Pillars stil standing
amid an insurgent derocrarv n hrick
Furthermore President Seelve had 4
preference. a. professor nuts H. FOR an
adA1tation Of the Oxford idea Of smaIlsf
krburs a. against the Rugby idea n
arg.r asseinblase Of studeVfs in co.
The serond yssr aho'T a dozen studsuh
cot Nv the eTafninera
4 wish I knew where q third elias =
largo were coming from. said w. Seelvs
Tho method ~ 4 small 'literarv family
worked ~ we'd that a. the collage grew
the additions were cared Tor IN q SERIES II
small groups. each in charge Of q woman
competent in domestic arts and having
the refinement Of ladv.
The result wins home life. slose personal
relations. the girls on an iutirnate footing
With the matfOn. the ark 81 The nervous
strain Of big dining room and the avoid.
ance 81 the rteehanical relati0na and
sur 81 a hig building A. tha eolleRs
has grown u has not been roaalhle -
preserve this IDEAL and some ~ he bulf-
inGa are homes for over fftv; bt ~
groups are still snlall a. compared VIII
other institutions. and u funds ever psr.
mitted there might he 4 rct7rn ~ the ~
method II il nOticeabla that when ~
girls return the ne hindinR them n ~
hOuas IA one Of the strongest in ell his
student lie
One Of the Smith principles % no speci-
allv credited 10 President Seelve 4 ths
Giving Of equal weight 90 art and musir
IN the regular cO'irses. These denar.
menle have largely added 10 smiisi
NUMBER
President seelye. VIM " nearly y
resigns The Offlos Of nregident u the enl.
lege and a the board n trustees. iaehng
that a Younger man should take 40 ~
work. He continues 70 live IN Northanp-
ton. His successor. the REV D harion
IL Roy btrtcn former pastor ot ~
Church 81 the PILGRIMS. Brooklyn. heHns
his duties aertember 1.
There will be a great Old Home Weef
Tor this last commencement under D.
Seelve About 500 or t.o00 aluunR ns
exnected TO return. Accommodated ~
huabands and friends numbering perhae,s
!, 600 more c'rthamrton faces a teri-
Gus housekeeping problem IN iaSingcaEs
Of them all Every clsse Ia svnecied 70
~ represented for q well ATTENDED -
union. TIE oprninR ~ y new Assembly
hall and the chance n 80 ths new colleg,
library dedicated Nav ?. are incidennl
attractions.
The Northampton Club reoenilv gave
a dinner IN honor ~ President seeivs
often referred "a a. the towns frs cht
zen. We has been a wise counsellor ann
leader in local aHair~ ~ has bern nor
han ordinarily falfhfui IN q'terdan@
on cauctlaea and elect orH