Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-03

right to life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness
 She has left her home to take a part :n the worlds activities-and finds that she likes it. For many centuries she has worked for love alone. now she works for pay--and finds she likes the payroll, too. The college Is the proper place to fit her for all this. Through the 2O0,0O0 men and women in our col ieges, 125.000 are men and 76,o00 wom- en-a proportion of to sand the women are constantly gaining. Of course, college course is not abso- lutely essential for efficiency-many and many a noted person never went to college. We could walk from here to New York (and it might be safer) but we would save time by taking the modern tool-the railway. The col lege is the modern educational tool. Like the railway. there is still in some places hostility and prejudice against 1t. One runs in the face of conven- tional opinion sometimes and of worn out notions. Women are not cordially received in many mems colleges and not properly appreciated in technical schools. The chivalry of Connecticut men is called in question when $50 women from this state are compelled to go to New York or Massachusetts because there is no provision for them here. They have not a fraction of the facilities that mems colleges have. Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Colum- bia received gifts of five and one-half million last year, while Vassar, Smith, Wellesley and Mt. Holyoke were given less than a quarter million-a propor- tion of 22 to l. Women have worked equally hard at making the world and should have equal justice. Men make money-but women make men, and there should be new deal-1 not a square one.
 Ths New Connecticut College.
 The new Connecticut college will be the most beautiful and spacious of them all. It is planned for all time or Paris. It is not an accident that it Is located in New London. It has a beautiful site on a river with historic name and is near salt water-an ad- vantage over other fresh water varie- ties. There are $40 acres, giving chance for splendid physical life, and the ab- sence of buildings leaves opportunity for some rich American to be able to die poor, for noble architecture and efficient planning, and the scope of the part of the college not built with hands? What will be the standard ? Will it be academic or vocational? Both. Vassar aimed to give an edu- cation equal to that of men. But mems colleges have changed since 1865 and have surrounded themselves with 
 have not kept up with this change, and it is time some one of them be- gan to do so. The academic will re- main as great reservoir of human experience and knowledge to draw upon and work out into the technical school. Eli was born in 1701 and has been well taken care of in all these years. After 214 years Eliza has found a fairy godfather who has promised five new buildings for 1915. This will take all the money. But more will be given. The men of Con- necticut will make up for all those years from 1701 to 1915. It is needed for the cause of civilization and hu- manity.
 Under Auspices of College Club.
 President Sykes lecture was under the auspices of the Norwich College club, of which Miss Louise C. Howe is president. The following members acted as ushers on Monday evening: Mrs. William H. Oat, Miss Elizabeth B. Huntington, Miss Eunice Guliiver, Miss Helen Newton, Miss Faith Leav- ems, Mrs. Allyn L. Brown, Miss Kath- crime BepI<iAV