The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28

II any student or graduate OF Vas.
sar College is inclined To- be tender
about the origin Of that excellent and
famous college for Women made pos.
s!hle and in its early days directed by
"A brewer of good ale, let her read
Tho Autobiography aud Letters o,
.H"Nh"ir lnssdr. edited by ELIZABETH
H,ziLTuN HAIGHr ,ONford University
lress, American branch. New York;
II her qualms survive she is unworthy
- belong To Matthew Nassar's family,
The founder Of Nassar College was a
man Of thrift and sense and no false
pride. who made a fortune and dreamed
OF fame. and applied the fortune to the
realization of his dream. Az appears
plainly in his writings mere set down
as they came from his pen. he was not
n slave of the spelling book. but no
master &c letters could tell the story
of his life and works better than he
did II, He writes:
Ny maxim or motto is now fisssl the same
as n the beginning Of our enterprise. DO all
h"0s. hteieciaroH ard .naferini N, best.
ANA MAKE p0Ur prices accordingly. . . . I
go for the b's' means COS, wha, they Mas
4 corresponding prices for tuition in return
suppose We raised the terms ,altho ] would
not as a whole only on the ornamental
"r'h'h's, do you suppose the College would
W rS'ic'td Of PFpds. Nuy, not a hrit am
'he''fnr" for giving the Daughters Of the
public the very best Means OF Education.
h'd make fhOa pay tor ~ will stake
my reputation on the result The bes, artl
81" ~ MARKET always meets with the most
rcadlrst and quickest sale. and a. n general
rnI" pays III" l~ars"s, urof,.
And what would Matthew Vassar
have thought of the college editor
VINO took IN" Verse OF a campus II
Ana So YOU see, io old Y. e. cur love
snail never fail, Full we'll W. know
that all We owe To Mathew Nassar's
ale ana for fair wrote in fade
ana for "ale" "aii"? Fortunately his
present editor hss IA sufficiently just
appreciation OF the facts in the case
t. refrain from apology.
Matthew WAS born in England in
1872, and in 1917 MS parents bought .
farm near i'oughkccpsle, where they
raised barley and made a brew out OF
which grew the business thai made
Matthews fortune. In 1910 the brew
cry was burned and Matthew had To
max" n fresh start. In 1896 he built
a big new brewery. In 1919. a made
n.hl, Ii" went to London, and while
thcr" received the impulse to phllan-
'hropir enterprise, His niece. LYDIA
l'"nih, had a school in Po~ughkeopsie.
ANA MS interest in her work made him
IL" more ready to hear tho urging of
Mi" i. Jrwctt, educator, who begged
him I" build ana ,ndow "A college for
women. In 1851 tho charter was OBJ
tanned and Jewctt was appointed first
president OF Nassar Female College.
III u letter of November i, 1863, to
III" secretary of the New England
Female College at Boston Mr.. Vassar
Is reminded of the tritisctsm now go
ing ON among several Of our L.ttcratl
regarding the Etomology of the Vassar
fo:nnlc 'olieIo," who wanted the name
of IN" iu'titution changed to Nassar
Girls College or the VHssar College
which il became, II" says; I'VE have
adopted the customar. name To dcsig-
nate the character oe our institution"
aud adds: II hardly think /, OF sufi-
c'ent importance to change it's title at
'''- ir!c way, Notwithstanding tho