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EX-MINISTER LOWELL AT THE |:
OPENING. |



The Lastitution Which tho Late Dr. J oseph
w. Taylor Founded for the Bigher
Education of Women,
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lege, which was founded by the late Dr. Joseph
. | W. Baylor in January, 1880, took place yester-
3] @ay afternoon in Taylor Hall, the principal |

building of the edt Be group, tp the e--ecnee
= guished guests,

of a large no -

g "e Huse WHO occtipled places on the plat-
form were James Russell Lowell, late United
States Minister to England, George Woo
Hon. Wayne MaeVe. tou: 3, aewton Evans,
Hon. Horatiog@ates Jones, State Senator G. H.
“| Smith, D.C. Gliman, President of Johns Hop-
kins University, and Thomas Chase, President
of Tlaverford College.

‘Dr, James E. Rhoads, President of the new
institution, mads the opening address, He
‘said that the culmination and the beginning
ofa great undertaking had been reached, a
noble work, due to the magnanimity ef a neble
man, Dr. Taylor, he said, had devoted his en-
tire estate, which had beeu nobly earned, tothe
foundation of a college for the higher eduea-
tlon of women, and before beginning his work
he had consulted with. Jeading educationalists
Bug) Ox ed institutions Kindred to the one
he Contimipiaied, PRE reshlt was Boyd Mawr
College. ‘The present invested property of the
college, President Rhoads stated, néarly equals
the original amount devised, but the Institu-
tion was under great expense, and must look
to men similarly minded with Dr, Taylor for
finaheial enccuragement, It was required that
| the Trustees should be of the Society of
Friends, buf menibers of all denominations
were admitted, “The. discussion,” continued
| Dr, Rhoads, “about the equal education of
|, Women is obsolete, as the great educational in-

stititiona of Mavano end Ampries hava nyaati_

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tion.” : :
President D.C, Gilman, of Johns Hopkin’
University, sald that the oceasion was a
remarkable indication of the progress ef mod-
ern society. The day marked a forward step
“in American education, Dr. Taylor, he sald,
‘had given the Jargest individual gift to the
cause of women’s education,
+ President Chase, of Haverford College, wel-
‘comed the hew lightin the educational firma-
ment. He predicted success for the new Insti-
tution. z 3
Great interest was shown when James Rus-
ell Lowell advanced to the front of the plat-
orm, “itis with reluctance,” he said, “that I
rome forward, as Ido not desire to speak long,
8 1845,when'a youth, came to Philadelpha and
Was thrown among the Friends, familiarly
nown a8 Quakers. A part of the blood in my
, (veins is derived from ancestors who had per-
, becuted the Friends, but I never will forget the
lacidity of thelr manners and the beauty of
their lives. Twas frank enough to tell them
hat I thought my ancestors were quite right.
f this had not been a Quaker college I would
hot be present to-day. I came pledged not to
ake an address, or [would have written it,
deving fn the advice that aman should think
ith a pen in bis hand. The place of the study
{ Greek, if kept only as a discipline for the
‘mind, could be supplied, and English, the
dj imother tongue, should never be neglected.”
Continuing, Mr. Lowell said thet ha at-






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tributed a part of the laxity in the use of Eng- |.

lish in this country to the public schools, The
| speaker said that he had been reproached with
Saying hard things about the culture of his

countrymen, but he did not know the good of a |
‘manif he could not teli the truth about his |

countrymen, and he did not know the good of
his couptrymen if they would not hear the
truth. When asked, Mr, Lowell said, what was
11s notion of a university, he replied that it
, Was of a place where nothing useful was taught.
He said that this answer was the result of
| & foo violent reaction in his mind against the
, Ainerican notion that education was merely to
| be utilized for bread-winning. If should be a
sweciener of all the events of life. He had
; been skeptical about women’s colleges, but ha

| Dow wished to take it all back. The object of }'

culture should be to produce men and women
a civilized, able to distinguish between
S eta iis ing Matter, ‘The ideal
acher wal De eon ae
sooditeachet was a are a £0 eau ye
lip C. Garrett directed inc & ree
one yead from Brancis T. SE
of the Board of Trustees; Goverier a
and a number of college presidents, aes
rearet at their inability to attend the op

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{Special to The American.]

PHILADELPHIA, September 23.—Bryn Mawr
College, which is located about twelve miles from
Philadelphia, onthe Pennsylvania Railroad, was
formally inaugurated yesterday under most
auspicious circumstances. The college was en-
dowed by Dr. Joseph W. Taylor, of Burlington,
N. J., who proposed to found an institution of
learning for the advanced education of women
which should afford them all the advantages of a
college education. The buildings were begun
during the lifetime of the founder, who died in
1880. The foe adopted are lara based upon
the Johns Hopkins University methods, and the
system of studies is practically the same. Taylor

all, 80 named after the founder, was crowded
yesterday afternoon with a distinguished audi-
ence, consisting largely of Friends. Among
those present were Hons. Wayne MacVeagh
and Horatio Gates Jones, State Senator William
H. Smith, Miss Alice Freeman, president of
Wellesley College; George W. Childs, Dr. A. W.
Coles, president of Elmira College; President D.
C. Gilman and wife, Professor Craig, and Dr. and
Mrs. F. Franklin, of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity; Dr. James Carey Thomas and wife, and
Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. White, of Baltimore,

The exercises were opened with a reading from
the Scriptures, followed by a fervent prayer by
Dr. Thomas. Mr. Philip C. Garrett,in the ab-
sence of Mr. Francis T. King, of Baltimore, the
president of the board of trustees, presided over
the meeting. He referred to letters which had
been received from Presidents Angell, of Anna
Arbor; Barnard, of Columbia; Carter, of Wil-
liams; Porter of Yale, and Mr. J. Beran
Braithwaite, of London, and then introduced
President James E. Rhoads, of Bryn Mawr, who
discussed the characteristics of the foundation
and the scope of the college. He said the right of
women to the highest education is now admitted.
The standard would be high and the requirements
strictly adhered to. Greek, though not necessary
for admission, would be required for a degree.
Modern languages. having a more direct claim,
would be put upon an equal footing with the an-
cient, especial prominence being given to Eng-
lish. History would receive especial attention.
Of the natural sciences, chemistry and physics
would be taught, and biology, mineralogy, geol-
ogy and astronomy would be omitted for the
present for lack of moans. —————_
to du well what is attempted=.._._.
the truths and principies and truths of the Kinie
would be made a feature; music would be omit-
ted. The facilities for preserving the health of
the students and gynasium advantages were
dwelt upon.

Mr. Garrett then introduced President Gilman
as one of the most enlightened educators of the
day, whose counsel had been sought and acted
upon in devising the ‘er for the college. Presi-
dent Gilman regarded the occasion as one of the
most remarkable indications of the progress of
modern society. With a single exception, there
had perhaps never before been made so large a
gift from a single person for a_ college
for women. Its scope was far wider than
would have been dreamed of a few years
ago. It was not inferior to any of its
older sisters, and it was not hampered with any
of their traditions. It was not an annex, nora
vine clinging to the oak; it was not an exponent
of education, nor a supplicant for woman’s rights.
It stands modestly for itself, asking no favor and
demanded no recognition but what is earned.
this country leads in education for women, so
this institution was likely to lead all such institu-
tions the world over. Deeming it a day for con-
gratulation, President Gilman congratulated the
vety honorable, if not very venerable, dean, Miss
M. Carey Thomas, Ph. D., who is the daughter of
Dr. James Carey Thomas, of Baltimore, and com-
plimented her for her perseverance under diffi-
culties to obtain abroad what was not accessible
toherathome. Referring to endowments, Presi-
dent Gilman said there were two moies of

rocedure for founders. One may fasten on the
future ideas which seem good in the present,
making it difficult for those charged with the
trust to adapt the institution to changed condi-
tions, or one may show a desire to promote the
good of his fellow-man by the use of general
terms, indicating his object and leaviug to those
who come after him to employ such modas as to
them may seem best. The one may be e¢alled
building; the latter planting. Bryn Mawr is of
the latter kind. Referring to the controversy as
to whether the study’of Greek was necessary for
a liberal education, President Gilman referred to
the fact that when Greek was originally intro-
duced it was opposed, and modern science
was also looked upon as an intruder. The
object of the group system, in vogue at
the Johns Hopkins an rg age at Bryn Mawr.
The group system enables the scho’ar who pre-.
fers the old-fashioned curriculum to follow it,
and the one who prefers the sciences to follow his
pent. Quoting from BR

Se must be kept burning, President

man said that there were lamps here to which
the statement equally referred. He mentioned
the lamps of curiosity, memory, of comparison,
of judgment, of utility, and above the whole
series hangs reverence. The college which leads
its pupils by these lamps, with a reverent ac-
knowledgment of the divine system, will be sure
to prepare its disciples for the ‘right conduct of
pusiness and noble conduct of leisure.”

President Thomas Chase, of Haverford College,
which is but one mile distant from Bryn Mawr,
was then introduced. He dwelt upon the impor-
tance of Greek for the training it gives, and con-
tended that from the best scheme it could never
be excluded.

Ex-Minister to England James Russell Lowell
was then introduced. and made a brilliant extem-

ore address. Forty years ago, he said, he had

een brought in contact with the Society of
Friends in Philadelphia, and was much impressed
with their simplicity, goodness, unadorned
beauty. “A part of the blood in my veins came
trom ancestors who had persecuted theirs. The
independent drops of blood, I think, led me to
sympathize with them.” Mr. Lowell was
especially Gaede oar by the exceedingly great
kindness they had shown him, though he was then
a troublesome youth, and hesitated not to say
that he thought his ancestors were quite right in
the treatment they had bestowed upon theirs.
He wished now to per 8 debt of gratitude, and
said that had the college been any other thana

uaker college he wouldnot have been present.

r. Lowell said that whenever he heard the ad-
vantages of Greek extolled and applauded, he
always, on looking around, found that the ap-
plause proceeded from old men who had no possi-
ae of being compelled to go through the

rudgery.

Mr. Lowell further stated that he had been
reproached for speaking too frankly about the -
culture of his countrymen. “I do not know,’ he
said, “what good a man can be to his country un-
jess he can tell the truth about it, or what gooda
man’s country is to him if it cannot bear to
have the truth told about it.’’ While glad that
Greek was going to be taught at Bryn Mawr, Mr.
Lowell said he was more glad that English was to
be taught there. In conclusion, he gave several
Jaughable examples of what he called ‘‘over ac-
curacy’ inthe use of English, which he attrib-
uted to the public school.

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ART, aged 31 years. . :
Relatives and friends.of the family are resp!
fully invited toattend the funeral, from the r
dence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Samuel William
1288 Whitehall street, first street below Spr’

Garden, this day, 24th inst.,°at iu o’ clock,

roceed to Fernwood Cemetery... |
“4 SWEENEY.—On the 23d dosh MARGARE
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wife of John Sweeney, aged.

The relatives and friends
St. Francis’ T. A. Society, is
toattend the funeral. on Saturday morning, at
o’clock, from the residence of her husband, 232
Owen street, below Spring Garden. High Mass at
St. Francis’ Church. To proceed to Cathedral Sen-

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od 20th instant, MARY
ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of Conrad ¥F, and
Hannah E. Thompson, and granddaughter of Isa-
bella and the late Thomas Jackson, aged 18 years
and 2 months

The relatives and friends of the family are re-
spectfully invited to attend thefuneral. this (Thurs-
day) afternoon, at 3.0’ clock, from the residence of
her aunt, Mrs. Benjamin Barnes, No.902 Atherton
street. To py to Lafayette Cemetery, <

TRINKLE,—Suddenly, Sept. 2ist, HENRY L.
TRINKLRM, in the 52d year of his age.

The relatives and friends, also the members of
the South Penn Hose Co., are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, this (Thursday) afternoon, at
2 0’ clock, from his late residence, 2032 East York
street. To proceed to Mount Peace Cemetery. *

TULL.—On the 23d inst,, LYDIA A. TULL,
Teun of the late Samuel P. Tull, in, the 84th year
of her age.

The relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral, on Saturday, the 26th instant, at 11
o’clock A. M., from the residence of her son,

Joseph L. Tull, 333 Richmond street. Interment
at Palmer Ground. a RE TIA
| ALSH.—On the 23d instant, MARY, daughter:
| of Patrick and the late Mary Walsh, aged 2 years

and 6 months, s
| The relatives and friends of the family are re-

spectfully invited to attend the funeral. on Thurs-

day afternoon, at2 o’clock, from the residence of

James) Cavanaugh, No, 2229 Orkney street... To

proceed to New Cathedral Cemetery. [Hayes]*761
|" WAUGH, —At Janesville, Wisconsin, Sept. 18th,
| SAMUEL B. WAUGH, of ‘West Philadelphia.
| Funeral services on pararaay: September 26th,

at his residence, 4100 Pine street, at 11.30 A. Me re-

; cisely. Interment private, . 45
if rs Pine a inst., ANNIE WEB-
| STER, aged 75 years. :

» WEBSTER,—On the 224

The relatives and friends of the family, are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday
afternoon, at 1 o'clock, from her late residence,
4102 Ludlow street. To proceed to Olive eee:

W ALAND. —On the 22d inst., MARY C., wife
| of Wm. H: Whaland. ‘

Relatives and friends: of the family are respect-
fully invited tooattend the funeral, on Friday,
the 25th inst,, at 2 o'clock; from her husband’s
| residence, 717 Walnut street, Camden, N.. J. **68

SPECIAL NOTICES.

E PALESTINE ENCAMPMENT, NO. 51,

1.0. 0. F.—Members are requested to at-

tend funeral of Patriarch JAMES T. COOK this

(Thursday) afternoon, at 2 o’ clock, from 1521 North

Eleyenth street. Interment at eure Can
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tery. CHAS, H. PAIST,
HENRY KENGOTT, Scribe.

I 0. 0. F.-THE OFFICERS AND
members of Penn Township Lodge, No.
319, and the Order in. general, are respectfully in-
vited to meet at Penn Township Hall, Ridge ave,
and Twenty-third street, THIS (Thursday) AF-
TERNOON, at 1234 o’clock sharp, to attend the
funeral of ner ies JEBEDRS JOSEPH LAKE, |
Conveyance will be provided.
By. order of . ALEXANDER EDGAR, N. G.
© Attest, WALTER GRAHAM, Secretary. #168

Tj. 0._0. F.—OFFICERS AND MEM-
me of Washington Lodge, Wo, 2, are re-
quested to meet at 1521 North Eleventh street, to
attend the funeral of their late Bro., JAMES

, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON, at 2
o’ clock. WwW. J. KIRKPATRICK, N. G.

THOS. M, ARMSTRONG, Sec’y, 610 _
SPECIAL NOTICE!-COMRADES OF
the 69th Regiment Veteran Association will
assembie THIS (Thursday) EVENING, 24th, at
Sheares’ Hall, 8. E. cor. 8th and Walnut. Busi-
ness of importance, concerning every comrade of
the Ree’t. Regular meetings are 2d and 4th Thurs-

day ev’s. By order. A.W. McDermott, Adj’t. 1t*

CHNTENNIAL TEMPERANCE MASS
Meetings, at Academy of Music and Hor-
ticultural Hall (adjoining), THIS (THURSDAY)
EVENING, at80’clock. Doors open at 7.15, No
reserved seats. Addresses by John B.. Gough,
Rev. James Seay of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
President of the Catholic Total Abstinence Socie-
ty of America, Miss Francis KE. Willard, of Tli-
nois, Col, Geo. W. Bain, of Kentucky, Rev. Dr.
Poulson, of Baltimore, Dr. Oronhylskha, of Ca-
nada, Chief of the Six Tribes, Mrs. Caroline Buell,
of Cotmecticut, and others. Vocal Music by Wel-
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Instrumental Music by the Orchestra. Persons
holding tickets they will not use, will please re-
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of Temperance, No. 118 South Seventh street, be-
fore 12 o’clock, this morning. *162

A PUBLIC CENTENNIAL 'TEMPE-
rance Meeting, under the auspices of the
Grand Section C. of T. of Pa.. will be held at Lin-
coin Hall, Broad and Fairmount ave., TO-MOR-
ROW (FRIDAY) EV’G, atS o'clock, Addresses
will be delivered by M, W. P. B. F. Dennisson, of
Pa., GP. W. P. J. Clough. of Pa,, and P. M.
WwW.’ P. Bradley, of. Washington. "The Choir of.
Welcome Section will also be present to entertain
the meeting with some very fine selections. #878
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Poll Tax will be received at this office, 9 A.M. to
3 P.M. Last day for payment, October 3, 1885,
when the office will be open until 10 P. M.
tuths6t JOHN HUNTHR, Receiver of Taxes,

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Se ze Hotel; also affording a
Grand Hop at Sea Breez Lee cnet fall
g a delightful

portunity of witnessing th

aeatriaas the ocean, and spendin;
| evening on the beach at Cape May.

Tickets. on sale foot

Don’t miss it.

of Market street at 6 o’clock P. M. AF,
INTERNATIONAL C
Fat ‘Wayne Junction, “Phila, and Heading
streets, at 9.55, 11.00, 11.05, 11,10 A. M., 1200 noon,
32.30, 1.15, 2.05, 2.30, 2.35, .2.50. 3,15, 3.40, 3.45, 4.00,
4,05, 4,15, 4.45, 4.50, 5,00 P..M., stop at Wayne
Junction, Sept. 24, 25, 26. Round trip tickets, in-
| cluding admission, 45¢c. Special trains will leave
| Cricket Station, near grounds, each afternoon
| after close of play. 3tg

SERVICES GOSPEL TENTS, BROAD
| and Susquehanna avenne, FRIDAY, at 3
| o'clock, All invited to review this wonderful work
of God. Rey. A. Manship lectures at 8 Friday on
, ‘ONew Marriage Law and Remarkable Matrimo-
| nial Reminiscences,’’ Tickets 25 cents, to aid tent
work, #1026

j
]

FAIR FOR THE CHILDREN’S HOME
of Aji Saints’ Sisterhood and St. Chrysos- |
tom’s, held at 4115 r street, ntinued Sept.
Mth and 25th, Afternoon and 1050

1S SEPESG GARDEN INSTITUTE, RPOAD
7 and Spring Garden sts,—Applications for
admission to the Night Class in Mechanical Han-
diwork, which open October 5th, will be received
every Evening this week, from 8 to 100’clock,
_Applications will continue to be received for the
‘Classes in Drawing.and Wood Carving. 9te

ELMWOOD MUTUAL LAND IMP..CO.
—Annual:meeting of stockholders will be
held THIS (Thursday) EVENING, Sept, 24th, 1885,
at Hall, Sixth and Walnut streets. Election of
officers and directors for ensuing year. Polls open 7
to 9 P. M. Stockholders) will please bring their
books. Shares still for sale,
Please return all unused tickets for special train,
September 4th, to B. F. ASH WOOD, Secretary, -
19 South Ninth street. it*

WORKING MEN’S INDIGNATION

t Meeting against unjust police interference

in’ Strikes, SATURDAY EVENING, Sept. 26th,

at Industrial Art Fall, Broad and Vine streets.

All Trade Unions and Working Men areinvited to

| meet at 607 Walnut street. at 7 P.'M., to march

with Central Labor Union, which -provides
music, #930,







A LABOR) DEMONSTRATION, TO

protest against intimidation of citizens |

while in the exercise of their rights, will be held on
SATURDAY EVENING, Sept. 26, at. Industrial
Set Broad and Vine streets.

C, L. DODD, BR. 8. D.A., 1s



COAL AND WOOD.

g 5 0 PER TON, 2240, ALL SIZES,

e GOOD, CLEAN FAMILY COAL.
ALSO OUR GENUINE LEHIGH COAL.
VERY CHOICE. | | NONE BETTER.
Allsizes, $5 75 perton. Try a sample ton.
4t4274 SAM 5





SON,
White Ash
2t*





UEL W. HESS.

Depots COR. ‘TENTH AND BERKS STS,

pots, 1COR.7TH ANDCALLOWHILL STS.

Cc, O. D. orders by mail promptly attended to.
$5 25 —ALLSIZES, 2240POUNDS, GENU-
e oINE. LEHIGH ; CHUTE WAGONS,
C. NEFF & SON,
3t* 600 Washington avenue,

| 5 9) —CASH’ ORC, .O. Db.

| De FETTER & HENDER!

| Ninth and Berks streets, séll the best

| Coal,:2240 Ibs. , at $5, all sizes.

$5 OGRA SS BHHIGH COAL, ALL

ro SIZES, FULD WRIGHT, Chuté carts.

| Order of ZIEBER, N. W. cor. 3d and Walnnt,

| Or at MILLER’S, 1602 Ridge avenue. ote

{ IRGINIA PINE WOOD, SAWED, SPLIT
ana delivered in cellar, $3 a wagon load. Also

Pine, Oak and Hick

Ends, $2 50 a load,

ANDRESS & BRYANT,
1061 North Delaware avenue.
Bakers’ wood very cheap. 4t®

HE UNDERSIGNED ARE PREPARED To |
fill all orders for the coming season’s supply
-with the best: qualities -of Lehigh and Schuyikiil
Coal, carefully picked and screened, at low prices,
NS & SHBATF,
Office, 119 South Fourth street.

INFERIORSTOCK—CHOICEST GRADES
_of Coal mined. Selected and prepared for
family. use; 2240 Ibs. to the ton.

ALL SIZES—€5 25, $5 50, $5 7:

RICHARD ODENATH. Depot, 957 N,

5.
Ninth st.
| Branch Office.S. E. cor. Sixth and’ Wood sts. 3t#

| YHE BEST IS THE CHHAPEST.—PURE
4 Hazleton Lehigh Coal. Well screened and
picked. $5.50 for 2240 lbs., sil sizes, Chute
‘Wagons. ; mia
WM. JORDAN, #3
208379 Seventh and Washington avenue.

¥.»EDUCTION IN COAL.

‘Weare now receiving and prepared to furnish
our superior Coal at $6 per ton, on weekly payments
of$i per week. Liberal discounts on cash orders. Spe
cial inducements to large consumers. McBRIDH, |
Seuth street wharf, Schuylkill, 6t*

3 SS CO —GENUINE LEHIGH COAL, ALL
uber o VU esizes, full weight, chute carts. Orders,
1115 Ridgeavenue, 1227 Columbia avenue. 3t*

550 PER TON.—AITKEN’S SELECTIONS

t ef Coal; prrest and best mined; no inferior
| grades of kept in stock; free from slate, dirt
; and cliakers, Orders by post delivered promptly.
$3 50 per ton—a large stock of large sized Pea
Coal. Where grates are close, can be used eco-
nomicaliy in medium sized ranges and stoves. J.C.
AITKEN, Lehigh avenueandGunner’s Run. 3t*

2500 CORDS SELECTED HICKORY, OAK
and Pine Wood, cut to any desired
length, for family orders; 10,000 tons nis Le-
high Coal; more Virginia Kindling for $3 50 than
can be procured elsewhere. FRANK K. WARD,
South street wharf, Schuy! kill, 2ts
OAL AND WOOD DEALERS’ DELIVERY
Receipis, Bill Heads, Letter Heads and Busi-
ae Cards printed at low prices at Ledger Job
ce, °



o









ENJAMIN MIDDLETON, LEHIGH COAL,
Cumberland Ceal, best for blacksraiths’ use.
750South Delaware ave., Mead alley wharf, 1t*

BUY H. R. KEYSER’S BEST BRAND
Lehigh Coal,acknewledged by careful house-
keepersto be the best they’ have ever used.

2248 los. 1529 and 1531 Callowhilistreet. 4%
TRUE ECONOMY—LOW | PRICHS—
Fa Se RRL ann a NCIS Bee os

a nar ten °

g Sees be'shown in the second sto:

wants of the many desiring a high graae 2 é.
and vet not willing to pay. t price a whi
we recommend these goods to such per: 5

are the sole imanuthctarers of them. Pane ed

Special Bargains to offer.
‘J. & I. D

G

Shirt Mant’y, 829 Arch street, «

) 8 Ne
are respectfully invited

Market street. ticket
| office of Railroad Company. Last boat leaves foot

CRICKET MATCH

kery Wood. Pine Knots and | y,

Green, Tan and Havana.

rYNHOSE UMBRELLA BARGAINS

| Bargain 2.

cisl order, and have

ou

will ne on ieee Stock re attractive,
most wholly madeup of goods jus i:

ae Dp ez Just received from
the grades of our ma!

uisville,.3. On called balls—Larkin, Pow-
2), Mille: Left on
aides w, ille, 4° Double
Struck ou:
Corey (2); Pe
Wild pi

Yr

outer First base on errors—Athletic, 9$

ey, Brownin
ys ‘/ Louisy
‘Hecker.
Goleman, Honck

icker, Knou

ESTs AND |

One: "
LADIES’ MEDIUM-WEIGHT V:

DRAW. |
at 50 cents each, and corresponding prices for all |
grades finer, |

Wo.

LADIES’ WHITE AND SCARLET CASH- |
MERE (Ligpt Weight) VESTS AND DRAWERS |
at $1 88 each.

Three :
LADIES’ FINE LIGHT WEIGHT WHITE
CASHMERE VESTS, made to our order by 4 |
Swiss manufacturer, and of extra fine texture.
aries $2 00, '
our. a:
LADIES’ WINTER MERINO VESTS AND
DRAWERS, at 50 cents and 75 cents each.

ive.
LADIES’ WHITE Wool VESTS AND
DRAWERS, at $1 00, $1 25, $1 38 and $1 50 each—
and each the best.

Six, Z

WARTS EINER. CRATES, Ou che mrnet
egular-made, inc! -

pal DOMESTIC MAKES AND CARTWRIGHT

WARNER’S, :

SCARLET WOOL VESTS AND

War-

&
Seven.
LADIES’ :
DRAWERS at $1 15, $1 50 and $2 00 each.
ranted best Dye and entirely wool.

hier gua ¥
‘ARTWRIGHT & WARNER’S SCARLET
CASHMERE VESTS; AND DRAWERS, both
pe and ordinary lengths, : :
ne.
MEN’S MEDIUM-WEIGHT MERINO
SHIRTS AND PANTS at 502, 62igc, and 8c.
qua i {
‘en.
MEN’S MEDIUM. WEIGHT ALL-WOOL
SHIRTS AND PANTS at $1 35, $1 88 each.

Eleven.

MEN’S MEDIUM WEIGHT SCARLET
foals SHIRTS AND PANTS at $1 8
each,

Twelve, : : i ‘
MEN’S MEDIUM WEIGHT SHIRTS AND

PANTS, full regular, made by American Hosiery

Co. and CARTWRIGHT & WARNER, at lowest

rices.

Thirteen, ;

MEN’S WINTER MERINO SHIRTS AND

PANTS at 50, 75c. and $1 00 each. Best quality for

ee as made, * J

rteen.

SLEN’S WHITE MERINO SHIRTS AND

PANTS. full regular made, at $1 25 each; were sold

1 season at $1 6232. ;

een.
MEN’S WHITE WOOL SHIRTS AND
PANTS, at $1 50 and $1 85 each.
Sixteen. i
Also, FINER GRADES OF WHITE MERINO
AND WOOL SHIRTS AND DRAWERS FOR
MEN, including the best Domestic makes ,and
CARTWRIGHT & WARNER'S at lowest prices.

Seventeen,

MEN’S SCARLET WOOL SHIRTS AND
PANTS, $1.00, . 25, $1.50 and $1 75 each, and all
grades finer, ineluding CARTWRIGHT & WAR-
NER’S BEST SCARLET CASHMERE SHIRTS
and Pants at lowest prices.

Highteen, 3
MEN’S GENUINE GRAY SCOTCH WOOL
SHIRTS and PANTS, all sizes, at §2 00 each.
Nineteen.

MEN’S ORIGINAL AND GENUINE CA-
MEL’S-HAIR SHIRTS AND PANTS, plain and
striped at $2 00 each.
ren,

MEN’S COTTON FLANNEL DRAWERS at
75 cts. and $1 00—the very best, Warranted to fit
ae reat a

'wenty-one.

CHILDREN’S MEDIUM-WEIGHT SHIRTS
PANTALETTES and DRAWERS, from 25c. up-
pees hag nis best made.

wenty-two.

CHILDREN’S WINTER SHIRTS, PANTA-
LETTES and DRAWERS, in all qualities of Me-
rino and Wool, at lowest prices.

Twenty-three, .

CHILDREN’S SCARLET WOOL SHIRTS,
PANTALETTES and DRAWERS, from 30c. up-
wards, according to sizes. © e

Twenty-f
pove’ at SHIRTS AND DRAW:
} :

our,
BOYS’ GRAY MIXED

yo at, nemeN prices,
'wenty-five, 1
INF AN TS’ WHITE RIBBED CASHMERE
WOOL VESTS. 7c. , 85c., 95c. , $105, These are the
most desirable Vests ever made for infants,

: COOPER & CONARD.
, COOPER & CONARD,

ILK UNDERWEAR
SILK UNDERWEAR

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
LADIES AND CEs TLEMEN
‘ al
“ COOPER & CONARD'S.
COOPER & CONARD’S.
We have received our first Fall importation of
Geo. Brettle’& Co.’s famous BELPER SILK UN-
DERW2BAB for Ladies and Gentlemen, which in-
cludes all weights, and we guarantee prices to be
the lowest quoted for une high standard,
NOTH PARTICULARLY.
We keep none but the PURE SPUN SILK
UNDERWEAR, the mixed or *‘Imperial’’ being
isfactory. For this PURE SILK goods’ our
pre are the lowest miaue, "Much so-called SILK
‘@ mixture of Silk and Cotton, wiico Wort wes.
Make sure of getting ALL-SILK goods for both
Dora Es and wear; and, as we have said, we keep
none other,
Our first importation also includes LADIES’
BIBBED SILK VESTS, with,
High Neck and Long Sleeves
High Neck and Short Sleeves, and
Low, Bipei aes Bho Bicoves Wa
‘in-‘Cream, Pink and'S ue, at lower ¥
se 2 COOPER & CONARD.

COOPER & CONARD.,

IRST FALL IMPORTATION
IRST FALL IMPORTATION
0

f
DOGSEKIN GLOVES
GLOVES

DOGSKID
or

LADIES, MISSES,

LADIES, MISSES,

: MEN AND BOYS

MEN AND BOYS



- at

COOPER & CONARD’S,
COOPER & CONARD’S.

‘COOPER & CONARD’S.
COOPER & CONARD’S.
COOPER & CONARD’S, }
COOPER & CONARD’S.

Among our new invoices of Gloves Dogskins de-
serve first mention. They are the most popular of
any now worn in England, and have been received
with great favor in both New York and Boston.
Being heavier, than the ordinary kid, they are just
the thing for street wear, and combine the three
desirable qualities—comfort, durability and style.

One.

LADIES’ FOUR-BUTTON GLOVES, in tans
.and browns, with ‘heavily embroidered backs.
ae $1 15.

WO.
MISSES’ FOUR-BUTTON GLOVES, in tans
and browns, with heavy embroidered backs. |

Price, $1.00.
Three Buttons, same style. Price, :85.cts,

‘hree. D

MEN’S TWO-BUTTON GLOVES, ‘'Broad
Cut,’? Pique, with Heavy Embroidered Backs.
Price, $1 25. __ Ff >

Same in Ordinary Cut. Price, $1 00.

Four. . ‘
PeOYs? TWO-BUTTON . GLOVES
Cut, Piane with heavy Embroidered
ice, cents,
FUSTARK:
REMARK:
These Gloves we are confident must give satis-
faction, and need but a trial to make them univer-

“sally popular,
COOPER & CONARD.
COOPER & CONARD, |

OME WONDERFUL BARGAINS
MWOME:-WONDERFUL BARGAINS

in
LADIES’ NEWMARKETS,
RAGLANS

and.a few
i ; SHORT WRAPS, |
We offer this morning some wonderful bargains
in Ladies’ Newmarkets, Raglansand a few Short
Wraps, the remnants ofa well-ordered stock car-
ried over from last season. They are just the thing
for early winter weather and most remarkable

values.
Class I.

NEWMARKETS.
NEWMARKET

NEWMARKETS.

NEWMARKHTS. |
NEWMARKETS, |
NEWMARKETS, |

Lot 1.
NEWMARKETS in Fine Mixed Materials, not
all wool, but very serviceable.



Broad
Backs,

PIER STA a 60,
ee Were considered bargains at $7 50,
ot 2. I
NEWMARKRTS in good, strong, serviceable
materials and Plain Dark Shades,
PACE See tctsogstes 5
Te Sold previously at $10 50.
ot 3.
IMPORTED NEWMARKETS, in fine dark
check mane ses (all wool)
rice...

Lot 4,
FINE IMPORTED STOCKINET NEWMAR-
KES, in pea materials
ice

Class 2
A eo BISHOP WRAPS,
By Niet her tee 5 00;
Were $10 00, ;

Class LL

Lot 5,

Lot 6.
HEAVY WINTER RAGLANS,
: a tew only,
from $7 50 to $25.
Some of these are BELOW HALF PRICE,

OU fe
RAGLANS in Black, Dark and Light Brown,

Prices, $5 50, 96.00, $8 and $8 50.
All LESS THAN HALF VALUES,
: COOPER & CONARD..
COOPER & CONARD:

HOSE UMBRELLA eae
a

COOPER & CONARD’S,
: COOPER & CONARD’S,
Let us again call attention to our Umbrella Bar-
gains and ask those who are ‘‘preparing for a
rainy day’’ to look at them. Candidly, we be-
lieve such values have néver been in this market.
But they are on the umbrella counter and it iseasy
to compare.
Bargain 1.
, Genuine German Gloria Cloth Umbrellas, 26-
inch. With Paragon Frames and Natural Wood
Handles,” Price $2 00.

28-inch, same quality. Price $2 50.

Bargain 3.

FINE TWILLED SILK UMBRELLAS, 26-IN.,
we Sterling Silver Caps and Paragon Frames,
rice

Bargain 4,

28-Inch, same quality. Price, $3 00.

Sone 5.

FINE IMPORTED TWILLED SILK UMBREL-
jas, 26-inch, with Paragon Frames, and 2-inch

®terling Silver Caps. Price, : 88,

COOPER & CONARD,.

COObEE & CONARD:

be D
NINTH AND MARKET, Oe

URWEN STODDART & BROTHER.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT,
LADIES’ Behe eee L '
STOCKINETTE COATS,
FOR IMMEDIATE WEAR, ,
$4 50, IN ALL SIZES,
at 50, IN ALL SIZES.
4 50, IN ALL SIZES,
Lowest prices in the city on”
4 ALL FALL GARMENTS,
COATS, WRAPS, &o.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
3 448, 450, 452 AND 454 N, SECOND ST.

Jase NaT ON:
RUNK & CO.

SPECIAL OPENING OF
FRENCH SKIRTS
FOR FALL AND WINTER.
RICH SILK AND WOOL STRIPES,
Entirely New Colorings.
_EMBROIDERED FLANNEL,
_ White, Light Blue, Red and Marine Blue.
BLACK QUILTED SATIN,
All of the above were made in Paris to our spe-
] just been received.
r importation last Fall was sold so rapidly we
gly recommend our customers to examine
he stock while the assortment is complete. The
ry front.
1128.





CHESTNUYD STREET.
URCHASERS OF CARPETS
URCHASERS OF CARPETS

PURCHASERS OF CARPETS
It is al-

New Hes and latest colorings in all
e:
Our Yournays (something new) will meet the

the price for a Wilton;

Our old customers know. that we always have

Call on us.
OBS

MANUFA 6t2
809 AND 811 CHES' PHILA.
ILBERT’S SHIRTS.—TO BE CON v
Hof their merits, _give them a thet cep
n norisk by purchasing from Gilbert’sOid Estab,
1t®

ORSETS MADE TO ORDE ”
. whalebone; | warranted eg a Pe pen
TEEL’S, 939 Spring Garden street. BEES








forms auguration
| lege, thétmstitution fou and
by Dr. Joseph W, Taylor,a member of the
Society of Friends, of Burlington, N.J., for
the advanced education of women, took place
yesterday. The actual college work began

seven pupils matriculated and five Fellows,
|| but the publie ceremonies were held in the
presence of a large number of invited

tatives of the variousother educational in+
stitutions of the country.

The early afterncon trains from Broad
| Street, Station. took. such crowds.to Bryn
Mawr that at three o’clock Taylor Hall was
filled to overflowing. On the platform were

lege, besides many. distinguished guests.
Among those present, in addition te the
Trustees, &c., were: Hon. James Russell
Lowel, late Minister to the Court of St.
James; Dr. D. C. Giltaan, President of

Johns Hopkins University; Thomas Chase,
|| President of the Haverford Collece; Edward
Magill, President of Swarthmore College;
George W. Childs; George B. Roberts, Wil-
| liam H. Wilson’and Edmund Smith, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co,; Hon. Wayne
MacVeagh, Dr. Joseph Leidy : Dr. Rachel
L. Bodley, Deanof the Women’s Medical
|| College; Dr. Anna E. Broomall, of the Fas
i@ulty; Dro, Charles B..) Stillé;);DmoJd. C.
Thomas, father of Dean Thomas, of the Col-
lege; Joseph Patterson; Rev.John Leighton
McKim, of Burlington; Rey. Chas. G, Ames,
‘Rev. Dr. George W. Anderson, Cengress-
man ‘I. Newton Evans, State Senator
.| William H. Sutton, .ex-State Senator

| Horatio Gates Jones, Nathaniel 1. Janney,
; Richard Wood, Alfred Moore, Clement M.

ward Hopper, James V. Watson, Robert
Shoemaker, Ejlis Yarnall. Sdw. H. Ogden,
Rev. Dr. Henry-C. McCook, Rev. Dr. Rich.
| Newton, Prof. James MacAlister, Superin-
| tendent of: Publie- Schools, Dr: James B.
| Walker; Wm. Canby. of Wilmington, and
Dr, Joseph G. Richardson,
Francis 1. King, Pres
| Trustees, was to have pi
detained ‘at his home’
place was taken by Philip
thereading of a j
of the First Boo.

ended

he Por’ of:
» bi
sickness,

~ Garrett... After
rtion of the 2hih, chapter
1 k of Chronieles, there was a
« brief peice of silence, after the custom of

Friends, when Dr. Thomas appearéd in sup-
plication.

Letters of regret from. President Porter of
Yale, and other college Presidents; from
Governor Pattison, Chief, Justice Smith, of
New York, and from the Commissioner of
| Edueation, at Washingten, were received,
and another from J. B. Braithwait, of Lon-
don, which was read by Mr. Garrett.

PRESIDENT RHOADS’. STATEMENT.

The President of the college, Dr. James
E. Rhoads, then read a statement relative
tothe founding amd the future work of Bryn
Mawr College, He said: ‘‘To-day we re-
joice in a culmination and a beginning,

he long course of providential events which
Nasled tothe founding of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege, and the patient work of preparation
for it, have closed and the actual life of the
college: has; begun, It is»most fit, then,
while acknowledging that every good gift
is from above, that’ we should also
give just honor to Dr, payjor, whose. libe-
ral mind and generous heart led him to
canceive the design of this institution for
- | the higher education of women amd to de-

| vote almost his entire estate to its establish-
ment.’’ Referring. briefly to Dr. .Tayler’s
ancestry, the President remarked that
during. the past generation there has been
| anoble rivalry in the munificence of the
| gifts made by men and women of wealth
; to foster educatien...In.18$2 the private gifts
for education of all grades in the United
States exceeded . $7,000,000, while those for
colleges and universities aione were more
| than $8,500,000. The founding of the Towne
Scientific School in the University, the crea-
tion of the Lehigh University, the strength-
| ening of Lafayette College, and the recent
legacy to Haverford, by Jacob P. Jones,
| were mentioned toshow what had been done
| in this State. Reverting to the labors of Dr.
Taylor and the Trustees who carried out his
plans, Dr. Rhoades said, the Trustees had
so carefully husbanded the fands placed at
their disposal that the invested property of
| the college now nearly equals the sum origi-
nally devised. ‘‘In judging, however,’’ he
continued, ‘‘of what may be expected of
Bryn Mawr, it should be borne in mind that,
notwithstanding the munificence of its en-
dowment, its income is scarcely one-third
of ended DY Some leadi 20}
emMmaintenance of their academi-
cal departments, and that out of this income
there ought to be supplied in the immediate
future additional dormitories, laboratories,
illustrative collections, with hails for their



books, notte mention the necessary increase

of its departments, and, therefore, of the

expenses of instruction.’’

Dr, Rhoads went on to say thatall dis-

cussion of the question whether women

ought to shareequally with men the facili-
ties for mental culture inits highest forms,

, is obsolete, and he then discussed the ques-

; tions as to the limits which a college should

-) assign to its requirements for admission to

its departments and the curriculum. Tbe

reasons for the apaeHOM of classical and
modern languages, history, science, phi-
losophy and art were. given at length, and
the President concluded. by .addressing the

Faculty and students, urging the importance

of their respective duties,

ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GILMAN,
President D.. C, Gilman, of the Johns
, Hopkins University, was.then introduced
| by Mr. Garrett, who referred to him as
| ‘‘oneef the most enlightened educators of
/our day,’’ giving a brief aecount of the cir-
cumstances. of ‘his selection for the post
which he now fills, Dr. Gilman’said: ‘“Ihe
occasion upon which we are assembled ap-
pears tome as one of the most remarkable
po Ane progress Of modermculiure,..1f a}i that |
is invoived in this foundation be considered,
| its endowment, its plans, its aspirations,

its staff, its abhorrence of all that is false

| and low, its adherence to-all that is good and

true, who can. question that American

education makes to-day a’ decided for-
ward step? A munificent gift is this day
set apart to provide for young women intel-
lectual opportunities as varied, as inviting
and as complete as those which are offered |
to young men in the best American cor
leges. In this region at least it can never
again be said with respect to the light of
knowledge, that :
‘If the glory reached the nun i
-Ywas through an iron grate,’

for this edifice has many windows and por-

tals open to the sun. Never, with perhaps

a single exception, has so large a gift from a

single person been consecrated to the intel-

lectual advaneement of women. Bryn

Mawr College, indeed, succeeds to the expe-

rience of numerous seminaries, but. its

scope is widerthan would have been thought
possible a very few years ago. It follows
other foundations, Vassar, Smith, Sage and

Wellesley, that harmonious quartette, but

itis not inferior in promise to any of its

elder sisters. Itisin close correspondencewith

Girton, Newnhum, Lady Margaretand Mary

Somerville Halis, in England, but it does
not stand as the do in juxtaposition

to the traditions or prejudices of antecedent
centuries; it is notan annex nor a depart-
ment, nor an affiliated branch of some other
institution, ‘the vine clinging to the oak,’
it is not an exponent of co-education nor
the supplicant for woman’s rights; it places
no dependence on alliances, defensive or
offensive; but it stands modestly,. firmly,
hopefully, by itself, asking no favor, offering
no excuses, demanding no recognition but
that which is earned, it simply is, and is to

‘be.’

After appropriate congratulations to the |
Trustees and Faculty, and a few remarks |
in grateful. remembrance of the founder, |
President Gilman proceeded io discuss.the
dangers attending foundations, pointing out
the difference between those which are
built and those which are planted, and,

| taking the latter as the only wise course,
dwelling upon the seed which is to be plant-
ed. This brought him to the particular theme
which he had been requested to present, the
recenciliation of liberty and authority, of
freedom and law, of elective courses, and a
prescribed curriculum. After speaking of
the disputes upon probians covered by these
phrases, he touched upon the question of
whether Greek is essential to a Baeccalau-
reate degree, holding that ‘‘ ofall the forms
of beginning the debate this is the most un-
satisfactory. ** * Why not ask what con-
stitutes a liberal education? Whether all
minds. require the same _ beginning?
Whether high intellecvual forces can be de-
veloped by very different agencies? ‘Whether
colleges which are well endowed should
provide only one sort of training or should
offer many? Whether good work is net de-
serving of recognition in all branches of
study? Whether it is not desirable that all
who seek to fit themselves for an intellect-
ual life should do so under the most liberal-
izing circumstance? These forms of discus-
sion seem to me much more profitable.

‘*We need not go far back in the history
of education to discover that when Greek
came in it was in the face of dire oppo-
sition; when modern science was intro-
Guced it came as an intruder; so that it is
not strange that modern languages and hite-
yature should now be the studies most de-
manded, and the studies whose encroach-
ments are most jealously resisted. I am
always reminded of the quandary of an
irresistible force impelled upon an impene-
trable surface. No one can tell what will
happen.’’ fig

Dr. Gilman thought that the authorities
of Bryn Mawr College have empioyed aterm
which is uncommonly felicitous—‘‘the
group system.’’ ‘* Avoiding the notion that
there is but one curriculum for a college
education, and the notion that there should
pe no curriculum whatever, the group sys-
tem presents the idea of several courses cr
groups of studies, each of which has dis-

| tinctive characteristics, and one of. which

must. be taken as a bitding choice
by every. candidate for academic honors.
The student may elect which group he
prefers, but the constituents of that
group have been predetermined by the
authorities and.are not to be fitfully modi-
fied. Everyoody will admit that the prin-
ciples well formulated a few years ago by
one of the Education Commissioners of the

British Government are adapted to modern

times—that a liberal education in our day

calls for instruction in language and litera-
ture, in mathematics and the natural sci-
ences, history and philosophy, and that the
proportions of these elements may be end-
lessly modified. Every house must have
floors, walls and roof, but the relations of
size may be infinitely varied and should
be adapted to the wants of the eccupants.

* * * How many men of judgment, wis-

dom.and learning, even, can we name who

never received a Bacealaureate degree? * * *

Think of Shakespeare, Faraday, i,incoln

and Whittier. Will anyone dare say* vhf

they would have been better for following a

prescribed curriculum? or that they were
not educated? or how unfortunate it was

they did not receive a Baccalaureate di-

ploma for which a knowledge of Greek was

requisite?’’ 7
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lege course is ended? Now, the group sys- |

m, as it is called, enables the scholar who} -
esires the orginal, old-fashioned, highly re- |
commended college course of studies to fol- |
low it in the company of those who, like |
himself, believe in it and love it. But, on
the other hand, another group of studies,
based on science or upon history, or upon
modern languages or. literature, may be
chosen by the student, who does, not prefer
the old curriculum.’? ;

In conclusion the speaker said: ‘‘The
college, be it old or new, great or small, for
men or wemen, which jeads its pupils to
seek out, to. hold fast, to set in order, to
weigh well and toturn to good uses, witha
reverent acknowledgment of the, Divine
mysteries, the’ lessons of;;nature, of his-
tory, of art, of poetry, of philosophy and
religion, will be sure to prepare its disciples’
for ‘the right conduct of business and the
noble employment of leisure.’’?

PRESIDENT CHASE, OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE.

Dr. Gilman was. followed by President
‘Themas Chase,,of Haverford College, who
was introduced as the author ot several of
the classics and one of the revisers of the
New Testament. President Chase spoke of |

ne great work which Dr. Taylor had con- °
ceived, but had not lived to see, as an insti- |
tution which ‘+contemplates, no, narrow or
ene-sided training. You ,aim.at whole and
complete culture, to make true women,
integers, and not vulgar fractions. This is
not to be. a “mere nunnery, nor a
mere shrine for the worship of the
intellect, nor a mere nursery of female
ericketers, equestrians and Monasts, but
itis evidently designed in accordance with
the most enlightened and advaneed views
of our age tortne symmetrical culture and
development ‘of all the powers’ with
which we are endowed--spiritual, mental
and pave Referring to the *‘bat-
tles between, the advocates of modern
languages alone and those who favor
Greek “j'and , Latin .. as.» -well,’’ the
speaker said there are good educations
and good:-educations: which’ may” differ
much and yet be good, each one in its own |
place; ‘tat thé same time,’’ he continued,
‘there is what we may confidently call. the |
best general,-education, , the one) best en-
titled to be called liberal and generous, |
and from that’ best. and» highest scheme |
the “languages: ef) Greeces’ and’ Rome |
cannot be excluded. I am. glad that
this fact is recognized in Bryn Mawr
College; and that the degree of Bachelor of
Arts—which ‘represents the most liberal
ideal of general and preparatory culture—
cannot be obiainea without some knowledge
of Greek, as well as of Latin.’’ - President
Chase regarded these two branches indis-
pensable in a truly liberal education, not
only asa discipline, but as a means of.ac-
quiring the scholarship sought for. These
questions were discussed at considerable
length,

In the course of his words of welcome to
the new college he said: “‘It gives me great
pleasure to welcome you to the sisterhood of
colleges, as arepresentative of an institu-
tion of kindred origin and kindred aims,
which, now that a new star of the first mag-
nitude has been evolved in its immediate
neighborhood, will claim in future the dis- |
tinction of shining wiih it in felicitous con-
junction, in a new and brilliant constella-
tion of the Twins.’ ; j

After addressing himself to his fellow-
teachers, he said in conclusion: ‘‘In the
sure hope that this college will do its full
get in the fulfilment of this great mission;

hail the promise which this day brings,
All hail that long hereafter when the name
Bryn Mawr shall be a spell to raise or to
quicken afl noble thoughts and high aspira-
tions, no less potent than have been the
Sea of Bolo. a aaa aaa of Leipzig and
zothingen, of Oxford and Cambr '
Harvard and Yale!’ pee, &

EX-MINISTER LOWELL’S ADDRESS,
Mr, Garrett remarked that it was usually |
the custom. to read a commemorative poem
on such occasions, but Bryn Mawr College |
was favored with something better than
that, the presence of one whom he regarded |
the greatest poet of America, the Hon.
James Russell Lowell.

Mr. Lowell stepped to the front of the
platform, and, when the applause which
greeted him had ceased, he said: ‘‘Itis witha |
certain amount of reluctance that I come for-
ward from where I was seated, tor I have a.
certain fear that the instinct in the wood
pee arouse the old instinct of lecturing
and that I shall detain you longer than I |
had intended. Ishall not now tell you the
reason I came here to-day, for it would take
toolong. It is forty years long. In 1845 I
came to Faeroe and there was thrown
into. contact .with members of the So-
ciety of Friends, or *‘Quakers’’ ag they |
are so generally called, and I use the
term out of no disrespect. There is a
werticle of blood in my veins which came
own from ancestors who kad persecuted
theirs; and it was those drops which I de-
rived from those ‘independents’ which en.
abled me to sympathize more keenly with |
he Quakers that I met in Philadelphia. |
Never shall I forget the placidness of |
their manners, the unpretentiousness oftheir
manner, as far from meanness as from
luxury; the beauty of their lives, a
beauty and grace ‘of line and propor-:
tion like that of a Doric temple; more>
than all the great kindness which they
showed to me—a troublesome oung fellow. |
So frank and outspoken was f that I even |
inthe treatment iny bestSped non ft
ment <
Quakers, y bestowed upon the

‘Tam not here to pay off that deb

express my gratitnde, and if.it Aha hese r
‘ uaker fo’ |
not have been here Edenton eens |
Speaking of a recent Visit to
Mr. Lowell went on to say: ‘+I
impressed by a neglected hot-
which I went, andin which I found a quan- |
tity of exquisite tea roses. It was like bréak- |
ing into the palace of a sleeping beauty—it |
Oeaa. nt 4 Ain Very
glad there is a more cordial feeling between
the society and color than there was in those
days, although I remember I began te iook |
upon drab as one of the warmest.
‘Tr T bad intended to make an address I
should certainly have put it in writing, for I
have a saving of Gwthe’s in my mind, that
‘one should think with a-pen in his hand
to keep his mind from staggering,’ for I
have animpression that my mind may be
doing something of that sort. |
“¢Ywas very much surprised to hear Pre- |
sident Gilman wonder what the result
would be if an irresistible body was im--
lied againstan impenetrable surface, ’’ Mr.
owell continned, ‘for It 100ks as if he had
never diseussed the Greek question. The
yeeult is that the irresistible force thinks
the absolutely impenetrable surface an ex-
ceedingly stupid thing! I notice that when
the mention of the enforcement of Greek
is applauded, it proceeds from some one
whom age has emancipated frem the chance
of being subjected to it. I sympathize
with that feeling which would retain
Greek as an obligatory study, but I
do feel that if it is only kept as a
discipline, if that is its only use, then
I acknowledge: that discipline may be
obtained in other ways. As onnet of Keats
which has been alluded to, President Chase
aving referred to that in which the poet,
likens his joy at his first introduction to:
Homer to that of one who discovers a new
pies or first looks down upon a new ocean), —
only want to say that sonnet was not
writien by Keats wheh he was first intro-
duced to Homer, btit to Chapman’s Homer. |
“YT remember having had a prejudice
against small colleges, and I am still partly
under the same impression, but I was con-
verted by a visit to Williams College. They
are of great use to seminaries of culture
where it would not otherwise have existed.
We, as Americans, take too much eredit to
ourselves in reference to education. I have
been found fault with for saying something
not complimentary to our culture also. I
don’t know the good of a country to a man
if he can’t tell the truth of it, not ofa coun-
try if ib cannot have the truth told about it.
Itis no credit toa man to walk upright if
his thoughts must go on all-four’s. 5
‘“oWhen it was first proposed to change
Harvard from a college to a@.university, the
opinions of several were asked. Isaid that
roy notion was that a university was a place
where nothing that was useful was
taught. I thought America would never
pe capable of sustaining a university
until. a man could get a living by
the digging of Sanskrit roots. I meant it |
was a reaction in my own mind against the |
theory that a university education is to
help aman as a bread-winner. The better |
part would be the liféslong sweetener of all
the bread he ever gets. :
‘Tam glad tobe here to-day, for I have
also been heretieal about Wellesley, and I
am inclined to take it back. The President
ot Wellesley College, who did credit to her
country, read a paper before a scientific in-
stitute in England, which was said to have
been the best ever delivered there. I have
often thought there was a single essay of
Montaigne’s which, if a man followed out
in allits thoughts and suggestions, would
give what was practically a liberal educa-
tion—the object is to make cultivated men
and women. .
“*Tam glad English is to be taught_here,
for there is a great laxity in the use of Eng-
lish in this country, and in England, too.
Sometimes there is an over accuracy, which
L attribute to the public schools. I, have
heard it said, ‘He turned around his head.’
That isa feat I should have been gratified
atseeing. Again, it issaid that people walk in |
the centre of the street, We used to say !
‘the middle,’ and that did justas well. A |
parber once asked me how J “pele my hair
—on the side orin the middle; to which I
had to reply that the years were fast reliev-
ing meof the necessity of parting my hair
in the centre. There is one institution
among the Quakers which 1 liked, and that
is the silent meeting, where people sat look-
ing more good and wise than possible, al-
most, and where ali had nothing to say and
kept it a profound secret. :

“T want to express again,’’ said Mr. Low-
ell, in conclusion, ‘“my unqualified plea-
gure at being here. I have been prejudiced |
against new colleges, fori thought it better |
to add to the foundations already existing.
Antiquity has a vast weight in cul-
ture. I never went to Oxford with-
out being inspired by the murmur of
immortal feet; I miss that here, but
we can produce here men and women who
are truly civilized—who know the difference
between literature and printed matter. The
question is not how much but what is to be
read. As tothe method of teaching, I be-
lieve that of more importance than what is
taught. When the revival of learning took
place it was called the ‘New Learning;’
could we get an ideal teacher who
could give to her scholars, no mat-j)
ter if it is only the multiplica-
tion table, an idea that it is the ‘New
Learning?’ It should be the aim to give life
to’ teaching, and I am glad of the oppor-
tunity of seeing this institution devoted to
the training of teachers.’’ .

This concluded the exercises ofthe day. An
opportunity was then aftorded the visitors
to examine the college buildings.

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Haverford, |
was much
house into







d by those who cling to
the classical course, Dr. Gilman said, was
that among the most. civilized nations of
ever since the revival of
as been found
sful and fruitful
n schools
But there
are natures that will not be governed by
enforced schedule, and ‘‘shallsuch minds
et all their. training away from schools?
they.turn away from the classics
shall they not learn the sciences? Because |

soar
in the mathematical

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1 ©, Gilman, president of Johns Hopkins Uni-

tees, who feel confident that they have fol-
7 lowed out’

THE NORTH AMERICAN.

HE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ANSRICA
wee, ‘SECOND YE

FOR EDUCATING WOMEN. —

Opening of Bryn Mawr College, Founded
by the Late Dr. Taylor.

The chapel room of Taylor Hall, the prin-
cipal building of Bryn Mawr College, was
packed as full as it could hold yesterday
afternoon with the friends of the institution
who had gathered to attend the opening ex-
ercises. In the front seats were the thirty-
seven young ladies who have been entered
as students at the college. On the platform
Mr. Philip C. Garrett, who presided, was
surrounded by such menas James Russell
Lowell, Wayne MacVeagh, Rey. C.. G.
Ames, Hon. Horatio Gates Jones, Thomas
Chase, president of Haverford College; D.







‘ersity; Dr. James E. Rhoads, president of 7
ie new college; Hon, I, Newton Evans,
reorge W. Childs, John B. Garrett, M. Carey
fhomas, Hon. William H. Smith, Dr, Wil-
son, Dr. Kaiser and Francis T, White.

Mr. Garrett opened the exercises by an-
nouncing the absence of Francis T. King,
president of thé Board of Trustees, who was
prevented from being present by sickness,
He then read from the 29th chapter of Ist
Chronicles, and after prayer had been
offered, stated that letters of regret had
been received from President Angell, of
Ann Arbor; President Porter, of Yale, and
Presidents Hill, Whitney and Williams;
Governor Pattison; Chief Justice Smith, of
New York; J. Braithewaite, of London, and
others. é i Tne

‘President James 5, Rhoads was then in-
troduced. He said: “To-day we rejnice ina
preparation and a beginning. The actual
life of the college has begun, and amid the
rejoicings of to-day itis fit that we should
remember to give due honor to Dr. Taylor,
who devoted nearly his entire estate to es-
tablish it. By his death in 1880 the comple-
tion of the work devolved upon the: trus-

OM ‘his designia husbanding the _es-
tate, so that now the fund is nearly equal to
that which was originally devised. But
there are yet heavy drains to be made upon
it aside from defraying the mere expenses
of tuition.” After commenting upon the
*various branches of instruction which will
be taken up in the college, Dr. Rhoads said
that “the duty to do well rather than to
attempt to do much” has.coripelled the
passing by of certain other branches which
are by some thought indispensable,

‘One of the most remarkable dudieations
of the pregress of 1aodern society,” said
President D. C. Gilman, the next speaker,
‘tis that we now furnish to young women fa-
cilities for that advanced education which
has long been accorded to young men, and
Bryn Mawr College, which in point ef time
jollows Vassar and several others of their
class, has a field and scope that would have
been deemed unattainable a few years ago.
Phe college which is established to-day is
likely to be the leader among kindred estab-
lishments the whole. world over, and it is a
day therefore for congratulations, not only
to those who are present, but to him who
gave it all but his name, which with true
modesty he withheld.”

President Thomas Chase, of Haverford,
being next introduced, likened Bryn Mawr
College and his own to twins, and in wel-
coming the former to tho sisterhood of col-
leges, Said that ‘itis destined to shine as a
star of the first magnitude. Commenting on
its objects, he said that it aims te make true
and whole women—not mere fractions—
neither mere bookworms nor gymnasts nor
cricketers, but to make them both useful,
attractive ang Barepalls; and fitted to ap-
pear in aly sphere of life.”

“It is customary,” said Mr, Garrett, ‘on
such oceasions as this to conclude with an
appropriate poem, but we offer something
better than this in the living presence of one
who is—and I say it with due deference to
his presence—the greatest poet of the coun-
try—James Russell Lowell.”

“Tris with a certain ainount of reluctance
that I come forward,’ said) Mr. Lowell, ‘for
fear that the old instinct of lecturing may
be aronsed in me, and that I may detain
you longer than I should. If] expound to
vou the reasons that bronght me here I
Should detain you unconscionably long, for
these reasons are forty years in length.
Forty years ago I came in contact, in Phila-
delphia, with that class who call themselves
Friends. The world calls them Quakors,
and I know that their forbearance will per.
mit me to call them so withont offence.
blood in my veins was drawn from the veins
of hosearieesn- Somer days perssented tho

uakers, and Iwas lionest enough in my

utterances to tell those whem I met that]
thought they did right to persecute them,
because of their plainness. Iam elad that -
there is new more Hberality of feeling
by. Quakers in regard to color than
there was then, though i may. be
that there is still sume justification
for persecution. I could wish that there
was still more liberality. However, remem-
bering the uniform kindness with which I
was treated by the Quakers forty years ago,
i came hev,e and I am glid to ‘be here. I
have been a trifle erratic about women’s
colleges, but I am inclined to take it all
back. It seems to me that the chiect of our
teaching is not to make specialists, but to
make cnitivated men and wonen. I am
glad to hear that Greek is to be taught here
and still more gisd to know that English ig
to be taught, We have inclined of late
years to a certain over-accuracy. Wor in-
Stance, a certain well-known author says.
‘He turned avound his head@’—a feat that I'd
like to see him perform. We talk about
walking in the centre of the street; when
we should be contented to say the middle,
Why the other day, when the barber cut my
hair, he asked me if I parted it in the cen-
tre. I told him that time, unfortunatei
had made a very wide part down the cenire.
One of the great objects of the training of
the present day should be to produce men
and women who know the diiference be-
tween literature and printed matter.”

President Rhoads brought the formal ex-
ercises to a close by inviting the party to
an elegant collation in the gymnasium.

The new college was founded by Dr. Joseph
W. Taylor, of Burlington, J..and is in-
tended exclusively for the higher instrue-
tion of young women and for the training of
teachers of a high order. The principal
building is ‘Taylor Hail, built of Port De-
posit granite. It comprises the chapel
class rooms, laboratory, brary and private
rooms for professors. Merion Tall, the next
iinportant building, is of Fairmount stone
and built for the accommodation of fifty
students. It contains reception-room, din-
ing-room, Kitchen, laundry, students read-
ing rooms and chambers for professors
students and servants, The other buildines
are the gyninasium, engine-house and three
cottages which were .on the grounds when














purchased.