New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-20
WELLESLEYS NEW HEAD ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Noted Educators Witness Miss
Pendleton'S Inauuurati0n.

wellesley. Mass. oct 1e.-Every class
that has graduated from Wellesley College
since its opening in 1870 was represented
to-day at the Inauguration OF the first OF
Wellesley's daughters 10 attain to the presi-
dency OF her alma mater. Miss Ellen Fitz
Pendleton Delegates we're also present
from the leading educational institutions
OF the country. Harvard was represented
by President Abbott Lawrence Lowell and
Professor George Herbert Palmer husband
IF the second president Of Wellesley Col
lege, the late Alice Freeman Palmer:
Princeton by Professor William Bergman
Scott. Barnard by Dean Virginia g. Glider
sleeve. Mount Holyoke BY President Mary
i. Woolley. Nssssr by President James
Monroe Taylor. Wells by President George
Morgan Ward Smith by President Warren
Le Roy Burton, Radcliffe by President 10
Baron Russell Briggs. Bryn Mawr by
Marion Edwards Park. acting dean. the
American School Of classical Studies at
Athens by Professor Francis G. Allinson.
the American College for Girls al Constan-
tinople by Professor Ida W. Prime and the
International Institute for Girls in Spain
by Elizabeth Gulick Lincoln
The academic procession from College
Hall 10 Memorial Chapel was a brilliant
spectacle. Seventeen alumni marshals. IN
der the leadership Of Mrs Ada Wing Mead
~ Miss Pendleton's Own class Of Is, had
charge IF IT, and AZ the head was Mrs
Pauline \. Durant. widow 81 the founder
nj the college. with Or. Samuel B. Capen.
president Of the board Of trustees. Behind
them came President Pendleton. accom-
panied by Bishop Lawrence ~ Eastern
Massachusetts,. ce-president Of the boa ri
Of trustees. Governor Foss Of Masss-
"husetts and representative VI thc state
and of the town Of Uellesley
The sun was hidden behind thick bank
~ gray clouds, but the gayly colored doc
tors hoods worn by the distinguished edu-
Gators and the bright hues ~ the autumn
leaves IN the college yard made UP IN part
for the absence OF sunshine on either side
II the walk the students Of the college
we're lined up. The seniors added dignity 10
the scene by their black gowns and cape
The juniors and sophomores wore sashcs
Of their class colors. and the freshmen
were CARRIED in the infant simplicity n
pure white
The procession entered Memorial chapel
~ II o'clock. The invocation vas p-o-
nounced by Bishop Lawrence AID va
followed By the induction Of the new pr,si
dent into Office, an impressive ceremony
performed by Mrs. Durant and Or Capeu
The KEYS If the college were formally
handed over 20 the new president
In her inaugural address Miss Pendletor
defended the function Of q college, not diff
ferentating between the college for men
and the college for women. She ventured
10 say that the function of ono was not
essentially different from that Of the other,
the purpose Of both being the training for
citizenship and the preparation Of the
scholar" She said I'm part.
To furnish professional training for law
Fers, doctors ministers. engineers. libra
rldns. ~ manifestly the work Of the uni
versitv and the technical school, and not
the function u tho college. Neither ~ it,
IN my opinion. the work OF the college ~
prepare its students specifically 10 be
teachers, or even wives aud husbands
mothers and fathers 10 Is rather It's part
to produce men and women with the power
10 think clearly and independently who
recognize that teaching and home making
are both fine arts worthy uf careful and
patient cultivation, and not the nScessdr ~
accompaniment of college diploma. Col
lege graduates ought 10 make. ana 7 be-
lieye do make, better teachers, more con-
siierate husbands and wlTes. wiser fathers
and mothers But the chief function ~ The
college is larger than this The aim Of
the university and The great technical
school is TO furnish preparation for some
specific profession. Iae College must pro-
ducc men and women capable Of using the
opportunities offered by the university,
men and women with sound bodies, pure
hearts and clear minds.
In the afternoon the delegates from the
different colleges were all presented TO
President Pendleton. each being summoned
by rOIleall I'm the order Of the date Of the
foundation OF the college represented. Later
the president gave "a reception 90 the dele
gates in the FdrusWOrth Art Museum, and
I'm the evening there was an alumna re-
union.