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The New York herald., 1921-10-09

EDUCATIONAL work of womens colleges is longer
incidental but has entered upon a and useful
Barnard College, according its DEAN will play impor
tant role in promoting broad ideas.
Women's determination to enter law medicine politics
journalism, &c. gives to their higher educa
ton
Latin is longer prescribed Barnard, but instead
students have to acquire wide knowledge of classical history
thought and civilization.
BY means of a flexible grouping of related subjects
Barnard seeks the problems of elective pre-
scribed studies
instruchonal work for is urged on
Barnard graduates admirably suited seeking
n life of usefulness to their generation
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Standing at Nations Gateway
Barnard Surveys Educational Field

Dean Gildersleeve, who recently returned
from Europe, where the latter phase of this
subject came under her especial observa
ton in England, France and Italy, con-
tributes today to THE NEw YORK HERALD's S
series of discussions on educational reform
Miss .Gildersleeve feels that Barnard Col
iege is destined to play an important part
in the development of the newer and
broader ideas in the education of women
for two reasons: First, because of its con-
nection with Columbia University. and the
opportunity afforded thereby to encourage
and direct the work along scientific lines
and with unusual advantages to the stu
dents themselves: and second because
Barnard is, so to speak. situated at the
gateway to America through which stu
dents from abroad enter, pause to survey
the situation. then either cast their lot
lmong the institutions of the East Or pass
On to knock at the portals of the colleges
of the West or South.
On the topics of elective rather than
prescribed subjects of study and of re-
ouired courses i'm Latin, which have been
discussed in recent articles in THE New
YORK HERALD Magazine, Miss Gildersleeve
aligns herself with the modernists in the
educational field While in no way dis
counting the value to the graduate of a
comprehensive knowledge of the classical
languages. she is of the opinion that the
time required to obtain such knowledge
is out of proportion to the practical bene-
fits derived in the average ease.
"A knowledge Of Latin is of course ex-
ceedingly helpful" said Miss Gildersleevc
but it is no longer prescribed at Barnard
Instead, however, we require an acquaint
snce with the history. thought and civili
zation of classical tiihes--a knowledge that
one might acquire. for example. from
study of Greek literature in translation.
I'm this direction ! believe Barnard is
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Columbia Law School
May Open Door to Women

"The professional schools of Columbia
University she declares. accord greater
measure of hospitality to the woman stu
dent than is the case elsewhere ! hope
eventually to overcome existing prejudices
and see the Law School of Columbia open
20 women. Harvard and Radcliffe have. L
believe some similar opportunity for
greater articulation of graduate and pro-
fessional work. but Harvard is. / think.
less hospitable in its reception of the
woman student and of course gives her no
degree"
1t is worthy of note in this connection
that Columbia University, however modern
in other respects, has not yet followed the
lead of New York University, Yale. the
University of California, the University
of Chicago and others in opening its law
school TO women.
In the international aspect of educa.
tional reform. in so far as il applies to
women's colleges. Miss Gildersleeve is tax
ing a keen and active part. She is chair
man Of the committee on international re-
lations of the American Association OF
University Women, which was organized
in 1918 to cooperate with the Institute of
international Education i'm the develop
Numerous agencies. such as the American
University Union in London and similar
organizations in Paris and Rome, have
been created to advise, facilitate and en-
courage exchanges OF students and. instruc.
tors between the colleges and universities
OF the old and new worlds. Miss Glider
sleeve is particularly interested and is Civ
ing not inconsiderable part of her time
isfactory method of selecting American
students for Oxford and in the acquire
ment of home for American students in
Paris.
The work OF devising plan Tor the
selection of American women students Tor
Oxford has been undertaken at the request
of the oxford authorities. At best the
famous British university has accommoda-
tions for only about twenty-five American
Students. aud that number Of applications
from one American college alone has not
been uncommon during recent years.
In her relationships with European insti-
tutions Barnard College has come of late
years to occupy an interesting position.
Nearly all the women's colleges have been,
il is true, very progressive and generous in
the international field Bryn Mawr for
example. has for many years supported a
large number of fellowships for foreign
students. Smith has been particularly in.
terested in Spain, Wellesley in the Orient.
Vassar in Czecho- -Slovakia. But Barnard.
at the eastern gateway Of our country. has
a chance 10 come in contact with many
nationalities.
Practically all Of the European students
who come TO attend the women's colleges
of America arrive al New York. Many find
temporary home In Barnards dormitories
and advice and assistance from Barnard's
faculty. Some pass on to the schools Of New
England. the South or the West. But their
first and usually their last contact with
American college life comes through the
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS AT BARNARD COLLEGE

Medicine social work and politics and other fields tending
develop life other openings popular with
the present day girl graduate This interest the dean Of
Barnard attributes to the
The idea that rules choice of life work achieve
the good for themselves and the community Of which
they part.
An international under way for facilitating
exchanges of students and instructors between wocn col
Ieges and universities of the Old and New Worlds In this
M Barnard is proud to lead.
Oxford offers hospitality, and Dean Gildersleeve hopes
that Columbia will her law school Barnard
girls These the leading and latest hopes of this
college for
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Problem Has international Aspect, Educator
Points Out, as Her Sex Almost Everywhere
Meets Competition of Men and Society
Demands Best Work From All

hospitality of Barnard There is no com
parable agency for the American student
in Europe and the establishment of home
for American college women aud inter
national headquarters in Paris, prelimi-
nary negotiations for which have already
been completed, is, in the opinion of Miss
Gildersleeve one of the pressing needs of
the time.
In America, as in Europe, the ideal edu-
cation for women is one which avoids two
evil views of life-evil, that is. because OF
their destructive work on character; these.
are the sentimental and the sordidly ma
terial views. Dean Gildersleeve was among
the first of the educators who enthusiastic
cally advocated an education that should
tit a woman for pecuniary independence.
but without subordinating the highest
things of life. She belongs in the van of
the thinkers who believe that educational
methods are never finished, never perfect.
but stand in need of constant revision.
With the dictum of famous teacher of
the Sorbonne to the effect that rhetoric as
well as mathematics change with other
changing things, especially in their study.
most modern teachers now agree, In
deed. the older mathematics and
physics. on which the new sciences de
pend it is now thought essential to re-
study every year or so. Thus they will be
kept fresh for the needs of the hour.
BY keeping up to date, to use an ordinary
expression which in this relation is not
particularly descriptive. and always in
touch with things of the day. the woman's
college best exhibits its usefulness. Bar
nard has been among the first to do two
things essential to real vitality in any col
lege: she has kept her study groupings
modern and she has stabilized them.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

Concerning the various professional
helds mentioned in which women are play
ing more and more important part and
the opportunities afforded Dean Glider
sleeve referred to the official bulletin Of
Barnard College for 1921-1922. In the field
of social work the bulletin announces:
Exceptional advantages are available
for students desiring to specialize in eco
nomics, sociology and social economy in
preparation for social and philanthropic
work. Besides the courses given at Bar
nard in economics and social science,
tain graduate courses in this department
of Columbia University open, with the
consent Of he department and of the
committee on instruction. to specially
qualified seniors Through an arrange
ment with the New York School of Social
Work certain courses in the latter institu-
tion may also be pursued by
specially qualified seniors and counted
toward the Barnard degree The purpose
of this school is to fit men and women
for social service in either professional or
volunteer work"
Thus Is the collegiate work of a student
at Barnard inclined to enter the social
service field shaped toward eventual entry
into this professional department either at
the end of the sophomore year or year
later, when the interruption to the col
legiate work does not prevent the subse
quent achievement OF the degree of bach
elor Of arts. The opportunities are the
same under the faculties of political
science, philosophy and pure science, in
the schools OF architecture, business, jour
naIism, medicine. education and music. In
tais development. which for obvious rea
sons has proceeded further in colleges that
constitute an integral part of great uni
ersity. Miss Gildersleeve thinks Barnard
is leading the way
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
BY REGINALD A. WILSON.

TIME growing attraction of a business,
professional, scientific or political
career for the graduates of Ameri-
can womens colleges has emphasized a
growing and important duty that has de-
volyed upon the faculties of these institu-
lions. 1t is, according to Dean Virginia c.
Gilderseeve of Barnard College, that of
inducing women not under economic press
ure to enter activities where the remu-
neration may be small in proportion to the
time spent or the results to be achieved.
This does not mean that the more re
nunerative and less arduous places are to
he reserved for the women entirely de-
pendent upon their own earning power, or
that attractive positions'in business or the
professions are to be served out as doles.
Dean Gildersleeve holds that the commu-
nifty demands and is entitled to the best
from its members; that positions should
be filled by those best equipped to fill them
But it does mean that the educational work
at women's colleges is entering upon a new
era where the higher education of a grow
ing proportion of the undergraduate body
Is no longer only an lncluentaI factor In
the academic programme,
The decision of many, women, most
marked since the war; to enter the fields of
medicine, law, politics. science journalism,
&C.. has compelled a readjustment of study
courses, reassortment of groupings and
the exploration of new ideas in the curric-.
uia of women's colleges. 1t has added a
new and international aspect to the prob
lem of higher education for women which
will result. Dean Gildersleeve believes,
through the influence of the International
Federation of, University Women, in a
steadily growing generosity on the part of
American institutions in the matter of
scholarships for European students visit
ing America and, on the other hand the
creation of better facilities for American
students abroad.
The New York herald., 1921-10-09

something of pioneer, but / have found
that other colleges here and abroad are
adopting the same principles. There was
time when the theory was universally
held that classical education rested fun.
damentally upon knowledge of Latin
Most certainly the student who has that
background has the advantage over the
one who has not. But the opinion is grow.
ing and | heard it expressed recently in
addresses delivered before the Congress Of
Universities of the British Empire in Ok
ford, where the necessity was emphasized
CT bringing students into contact with the
civilization, thought and literature of clas-
sical times rather than stopping with a
detailed knowledge of the dead languages
alone -. -ft
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Attraction of Business, Professional Scientific
and Political Careers for Women Makes
Arduous Work for Faculties and En-
tails Greatest Care in Fixing Curricula

TOW that the college terms tU interest
BENG hown IN the series Of ducqiona articles being presented
publicity giren the results of Thomas A. Edn questonnae
started the inquiry What IS the matter NTH the coeges? although
M Edison himself maintained that the fault Wh
school system Then oowed the scahg arrugnen
caA half the people IN the United States Mrate figures
to It,
Dean Jones Of Yale told another Herald evo Vhy great
NeW H0Ue educational institution had abandoned
Henry MdcCracken head
porter achy he thought the
colleges FOOWed
decided ideas the uau acties colleges
1oday Mss Virginia GMerseeve dean of Barnard College
educators
important constructive suggestions Europe
Gudesce met the leading educators of the Word
c1ea to-day of international importance. X
The New York herald., 1921-10-09
:RSLEEVE'S CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR

DEAN GILDERSLEEVE'S CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR
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city where she born 1877, receiving
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The New York herald., 1921-10-09
WOMEN'S COLLEGES FACING MOST IMPORTANT DUTY
Dean Virginia Gderseeve of Barnard Tells How to Meet 1t

Miss Virginia c. Gdeseve, of Barnard College
the the What
with the coeges and offers constructive
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-11

Republicans in their places, and
out the pie, has occupied very large.
ly the attention of our friends or
the other side.
"The Republican Party reminds
me of that little melodrama / wit
messed, performed here in Washing.
ton little while ago, entitled Lady
Billy, play based upon the story
of an old castle in the Tyrol, OF
somewhere in the Alps
"The former owner of this old
castle had died and left nothing but
the castle, and no money to take
care of it The heir, being this little
girl called the Lady Billy in the
play, had no resources with which
to maintain the castle or to pay her
servants So scheme was devised
to advertise this castle so that it
would be visited by tourists in Eu-
rope as a great attraction, and it
was to be characterized as having
mysterious and extraordinary fea-
lures. One was an echo and the other
was a ghost.
Tourists did come from far and
near to visit this old castle, and
there was conveniently placed near
the entrance box labeled, "For the
poor" Tourists were expected to put
1sq sIQl qu! uolnd!puoo eIaaH 3
'for the poor" as they heard this
echo and beheld this marvellous vision
of the ghost on the stairway, and the
proceeds from this box enabled the
owner to maintain the castle and
take care of her servants.
at turned out, in the course of
the play, that both were pure fakes;
that an old servant produced the
echo and that Lady Billy herself
was the ghost, who came at a GER
tain hour every day down the stair
way. Both were fakes.
$50 it is with the Republican Party
today. Its whole stock in trade, tis
capital subscribed and paid up, con-
sists of two huge fakes-the echo
of protection and the ghost of inter-
nationalism. think we had better
get down to some serious business.
do not know what can be done in the
way of legislation to relieve these
conditions, but some matters are
pending that would help in several
directions.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-11

agree as to the size of the Army. In
the House they could not agree as
to the size of the Army. In confer
ence they could not agree as to the
size of the Army. Finally we got
through a bill which satisfies no
body.
"The same thing is true as to the
Navy bill. They could not agree on
the other side as to the size of the
Navy, and in the House they could
not agree as to the size of the Navy,
and now that is in limbo, hanging in
state of suspended animation. We
have not passed the Navy bill even
yet, although we have been in SEES
sion here for three months.
"The proposition now is by the Re-
publican majority in the House to
pass a tariff bill-a high protective
tariff bill. Every manufacturer, every
merchant, every banker, every bust
ness man, every producer, every man
engaged in industry of any sort,
knows that there is no need at this
time for any high protective duties
in this country. He knows that there
is no demand for that kind of legis-
lation. He knows perfectly well that
! if you want tariff bill to raise re-
venue all you have to do is to get
around the table and in half an hour
you can write bill imposing SO
per cent duties on coffee, cocoa, tea,
silk, rubber, ivory, precious stones.
and on other things not produced in
this country and raise $5OO,00O,O 600
of revenue, if that is what you want
But no; you want protectiOn-pro-
tectionl A great giant here, with all
the gold in the world and all the
credit in the world, demanding pro-
lection against a weakly cripple on
the other side of the sea-protection
against cripple, and protection to
such an extent that you do not pro-
pose to sllow that cripple to be strong
enough to pay you what he owes
you! Everybody knows that a high
protective tariff now is humbug
and a fraud upon the American peo-
pie.
what is the use of spending time
discussing that question? There is
not a business man in the country
with sense enough to get out Of the
way of an automobile who does not
know that there is no need and no
call for high protective duties at this
time, and yet that is insisted upon
in the other body as the first thing
on the program.
$50 that is about what we have
accomplished thus far. AS / say, we
got the budget bill passed, and per-
haps with sufficient "hell and Maria"
in that we viii get beyond the stage
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-11

day and said he was glad to get
back in the mountains because
it was almost too warm down in
Florida to suit him. At Palatka
last Sunday afternoon the Their
mometer registered 121 in the
shade, and Mr.. Hodges says any
one may quote him as saying
that is hot"
Mr.. Hodges is proprietor of sum-
mer resort hotel at Hendersonville,
so, of course, no one there would take
him seriously, even if the 35 degree
excel temperature fiction did not i'm
mediately stamp him as a careless
and improvident liar.
Mr.. Hodges would be Mortified,
perhaps, if he had ever studied tenn
peratures in the United States and
learned that the hottest place in
Florida enjoys lower maximum
temperature than does Henderson
vile. The record temperature for
Key West, as shown by the official
records of the United States weather
bureau, covering a period of forty
years, is 100, and only once has the
thermometer ever reached that
height. The maximum for Hender-
sonville is 1O2.
But to be more specific. The wea-
Their bureau reports show that it
rained here last Sunday and that the
maximum temperature at Palatka
was Sc degrees, just two degrees
cooler than it was at Hendersonville.
In sending copy of the Asheville
paper to friend here Rev. ]. H.
Therrell, Sunday School field agent
for the Ocala conference, says: II am
enclosing you herewith a page from
the Hendersonville section of the
Asheville Citizen which carries a
SANDER against your city. l was in
Jacksonville Sunday and l have felt
it as warm in Hendersonville as it
was there Sunday"
Another friend, who is at Balsam.
N. c., says tersely: S"Can't you swat
this liar?"
The habit of exaggeration, like
dram drinking, becomes slavish me-
cessity and they who practice it pass
their lives in kind of mental tele-
scope through whose magnifying
medium they look upon themselves
and everything around them.
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where we are merely beating the
air" with reference t othe budget.
"Of course, / realize that our
friends on the other side have had
their hands full attending to other
matters. The country has been suf-
fering. The people are struggling,
burdened with taxation. They want
some kind of relief as to these tax
matters. The majority does not seem
to have learned yet what is as plain
as that two plus two make four
that the only way in which you can
reduce taxes in this country is to
reduce expenditures. If I pay out
more money in meeting my expenses
than my income amounts to, it is
simply a question of time when
must either increase my income or
lessen my expenditures or go bank
rupt, and the same is true with any
Government.
You can not increase your income
unless you levy more taxes on the
people. Everybody says, eve will not
do that" Then, you must reduce
your expenditures, if you are to les
sen the taxes upon the people. There
is no escape from that conclusion.
rs there any effort being made in
that direction? The discharge of
few hundred Government employees
does not meet the situation. You dis
charge few of these nominally paid
employees and call that economy. At
once you proceed to create new Fed
eral judgeships all over the country.
At once you increase the number
of places for high paid officials in
every department of the Govern
ment, nearly. Every committee of
the Senate has an extra allowance for
clerk hire, reporters, and what not.
in order that the committee may give
hearings, and that sort of thing.
These NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., po-
licemen, guards, and what not are
falling over each other in every d.
rection. You have not reduced any
expenses. You do not propose to re-
duce expenses.
"As l said, you have been much
occupied with other things. l realize
that. The fieshpots have had to be
looked after. When you have 1Co,-
600 people rushing in to the pie
counter, and you only have pie enough
to go around for 1000, then you are
in trouble. Let US get away from
this matte Of the job hunters and
pie eaters and get down to the Sc
rious business of the Government.
Maybe this recess will give YOU a
little time 10 do that. But, al / said.
/ think that this question of filling
Government jobs, this question of
displacing Democrats and putting
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-07-11
FLETCHER RAKES
REPUBLICANS

Last Tuesday Senator Fletcher,
speaking on Senator Lodges motion
that the Senate take recess for
three weeks, took occasion to fire a
broadside at the majority side of the
upper house, denouncing admins
tration impotency and the selfish in
terest of the high protection, big in
terest serving political party. He
said:
y "Of course, a lapse of 20 days or
more might give time for our friends
who have the majority in this body
and in the other end of the Capital
perhaps an; unwieldIy majority-Uo
get together on some sort of pro-
gram. We might not lose any time
if they had the opportunity in some
degree to get united action upon
measures which there is great need
for enacting, according to their view,
and certainly the situation through
out the country at this time is very
unsatisfactory, disturbed, and in some
instances distressing.
81 do not know that we would ae-
eomplish much if we remained in
session continuously. The experience
Of the past months does not give us
much encouragement in that direc-
ton. We have been in session ever
since the 18th day of April, working
quite diligently, both sides of the
Legislative branch of the Govern
ment, and Whist have we accom-
plished?
I'VE passed an emergency tariff
bin which everybody recognized was
m arrant fraud. a humbug, a pre-