New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-11
The Women's League
Mems Of the First Conference !,
University Women at London


University Women at London
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To say that the woman nut Il.
idea into your head is not always s
blame the woman. Eve was respons.
bic for other actions of Adam besid.
the unfortunate incident of the app.
and many of her daughters have r
herited her organizing ability. For H.
stance, while candidates and other
discourse violently and vaguely Il
what sort of league of nations il h
safe to have, the women have quiety
gone ahead and organized a league n
nations for themselves.
Fifteen different countries were rep.
resented at the first conference Of lie
international Federation of UNIVERSITY
Women in London, from which tie
American delegates are just beginning
to return, and their organization hu
as It's purpose "to promote understand
ing and friendship between the uh
versity women of the whole world aM
thereby further their interests and d.
velop sympathy and mutual helpful
ness between the peoples of the world
The federation will use its influence
to promote interchange of professor
and scholars among the nations, and 70
make its headquarters in each county
center of hospitality, informstia1
and assistance for foreign students.
Dean Ada Comstock of Smith sai
DIR. Jessica Peixotto, OF the University
of California, who landed yesterdr
from the Adriatic, are the first Of tn
American delegates to return to thsA
shores. They are full of enthusiast
over the potentialities Of the federatr
and the influence it is bound to exss
not only on college women but on To-
nation as 2 whole.
TIE women at the conference carus
from every quarter of the globe. Then
were delegates from Great Britain
from Canada, from Australia, lndls
South Africa, France, Italy, Spsia
Belgium, Holland, Norway, Swedts
Denmark and Czecho-Siovakia. Then
was an unofiicial representative fr01
Japan, and it is expected that the Js's
nese and Chinese university wons'
will shortly affiliate with the feaers'
ton. Beside Dean Comstock and p'
Peixotto the United States were repre-
sented by Dean Virginia Gildersiee"
of Barnard. President NJ. csfH|
Thomas of Byrn Mawr, Dr.. Mary y
Hardness, president OF the Sou'ae'.
Association of College Women, sDl
Mrs. William Morton Wheeler, wei
president of the North Atlantic ss''|
tion of the Association of Coiiegss|
Alumna.
The meetings of the conference ss''l
held at Bedford College for Wonss
which is part of the University =
London, and were opened with. an IS
thusiastic address by Lord Grey. w
has been interested in the federa.'s'
since the idea was first conceived -
next conference will be held ~ ~
years, wherever the League
Nations decides to establish its hesa
quarters. The federation's pres'ss.
is an Englishwoman. Professor v"
ne Sturgeon, of the University OF Iss
don; the president is Canaa, :,
president of their federation, MIS- =
Williams; the treasurer is an A@
lean. Mrs. Edgerton Parsons, o. ~
York City. !.
These women make no pretenss
having solved tho internationaI P's,
lem, but they have certainly tsAsA
long step in the right direction.
MARGARET L. FARRANr
New York. Aug. 7, 1920.