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WOMEN'S COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES. 



edge of French and German and some acquaintance 

 with Latin. The courses leading to the degree of 

 bachelor of arts may, as a rule, be taken in any 

 order preferred by the student, provided they can 

 be completed in accordance with the schedule of 

 lecture hours. The students are not divided into 

 the traditional college classes, and there is no fixed 

 date for graduation, but the requirements consti- 

 tute strictly a four years' course. The degree of 

 doctor of philosophy is conferred upon those gradu- 

 ates of the college, or of other colleges in which a 

 course of study has been pursued equivalent to that 

 for which the degree of bachelor of arts is given at 

 Bryn Mawr, who have pursued for at least three 

 years, after receiving the first degree, a course of 

 liberal study at some college or university apprised 



the city, near Wade Park. The grounds comprise 

 about three acres. The recitation hall known 

 from its donor, .Mrs. Hli/a Clark, as Clark Hall 

 was designed by Richard M. Hunt. It contains 

 the chapel, library, gymnasium, and offices, in ad- 

 dition to recitation and study rooms. The gym- 

 nasium is fitted up with apparatus for general use, 

 and is in charge of a graduate of the Anderson 

 Normal School of Gymnastics. Exercise under the 

 personal supervision of the instructor is required, 

 and prizes are awarded to the students who, 

 through their gymnastic work, make the greatest 

 progress toward symmetrical development. The 

 university library, which is especially full in Ger- 

 man, French, and historical literature, contains 

 50,000 volumes, and the reading room is supplied 



by the Academic Council, and have spent at least with the best magazines and literary papers of this 

 two of these years at Byrn Mawr. The degree of country and several from -France, Germany, and 

 doctor of philosophy is in no case conferred by England. Guilford House, the gift of Mrs. Samuel 



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the college as an honorary degree. The separate 

 degree of master of arts is open only to graduates 

 of the college, by whom at least one year of study 

 mnst be spent at the college. 



In 1896 the college enrolled 278 students, with a 

 faculty of 40 professors and instructors, 15 of whom 

 are women. The total number of graduates of the 

 college is 184, and of these 18 are masters of arts 

 and 6 are doctors of philosophy.* 



The fee for tuition is $100 a year; the lowest 

 charge for tuition, board, and residence in one of 

 the college halls is $375 a year. The additional 

 charges are $20 for every laboratory course of five 

 hours weekly, not more than one course being re- 

 quired of candidates for a degree. 



CLARK HALL, CLEVELAND COLLEGE FOB WOMEN. 



College for Women, in Cleveland, Ohio, was 

 founded in 1888 by the trustees of Western Reserve 

 University as a part of that institution. Its prox- 

 imity to Adalbert College, of the same university, 

 necessitates a common standard, and each college, 

 having a full faculty, receives the benefit of the in- 

 struction and of association with the professors of 

 the other. The method is not the annex system, 

 since the 'degrees are conferred by the university of 

 which the college is an integral part. While "the 

 college is not denominational, it is in every purpose 

 and aim Christian. In September, 1892, the college, 

 which had been opened in temporary quarters, was 



Mather, oll'ers an excellent home for students, 

 plan provides suites of 3 rooms for 2 students, 

 suites of 2 rooms for 1 student, or single rooms for 

 a single occupant. Certain teachers reside in the 

 house, and, without subjecting the students to un- 

 neci'ssary restraint, give them such supervision as 

 young women absent from home should receive. 

 The facilities for the study of physics have been in- 

 creased by the completion of a new physical labora- 

 tory, a :!-stoiy brick building containing large 

 lecture and laboratory rooms for the elementary 

 courses and smaller apartments for advanced work. 

 The department is equipped with a large variety 

 of apparatus bearing on the courses offered, and 

 additional apparatus is being added continually. 

 The collections of geology and 

 mineralogy at the service of 

 of the department are growing 

 rapidly. 



The requirements for admis- 

 sion comprise examination in 

 English, mathematics (including 

 arithmetic, algebra, and geome- 

 try), Latin, and Greek, with the 

 substitution of either French or 

 German in place of Greek, for 

 admission to the modern-lan- 

 guage course; and for the Latin- 

 English course chemistry, phys- 

 ics, or history may be offered 

 in place of a second language. 

 The entrance examinations may 

 be taken in June, and a second 

 opportunity is given immediate- 

 ly before the opening of the fall 

 term. Certificates of prepara- 

 tion are received from accred- 

 ited schools in place of examina- 

 tion. The degree of bachelor 

 of arts is conferred on those 

 who have completed the regu- 

 lar course, which includes the 

 study of the Greek language 

 and literature ; the degree of 

 bachelor of letters on those who have completed 

 the course in which modern languages are sub- 

 stituted for Greek; and the degree of bachelor 

 of philosophy on those who have completed that 

 course in which an entrance requirement of sci- 

 ence is substituted for French or German. Stud- 

 ents must take at least one course in either the 

 department of economics or the department of 

 philosophy. Instruction in music and art is pro- 

 vided. In the admission of students to partial 

 courses it is required that the same conditions be 

 fulfilled that govern regular students ; but in the 

 case of students who desire to pursue special lines 



installed in its new buildings in the east end of of work for which they are unusually well fitted, 



