Bryn Mawr College Scholarship, Research, and Creative Work at Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College Publications, Special Alumnae Association Publications Collections, Digitized Books 1898 Annual Reports of the Alumnae Association of Bryn Mawr College, 1898-1901 Bryn Mawr College Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.brynmawr.edu/bmc_alumnae Part of the Liberal Studies Commons, and the Women's History Commons Custom Citation Annual Reports of the Alumnae Association of Bryn Mawr College, vols. 7-9, 1898-1901 (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr College, 1899-1901). This paper is posted at Scholarship, Research, and Creative Work at Bryn Mawr College. http://repository.brynmawr.edu/bmc_alumnae/2 For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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Recording Secretary. Corresponding Secretary. NELLIE NEILSON. ABIGAIL C. DIMON. 3711 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 367 Genesee Street, Utica, N. Y, Treasurer. " • JANE BO WNE HAINES, • • ' ' Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Academic Committee Martha G. Thomas {ex officio), term of office. Elizabeth Ware Pearson, | RUTH Gentry, / 1895-1900. Louise Sheffield Brownell, ) 1896-1900, Annie Crosby Emery Chairman, ] Ellsworth, Maine. Edith Hamilton, " 1897-1901. Jane Louise Brownell, Mary Taylor Mason, / 1898-1902. Conference Committee. Chairman, Margaret Helen J. Robins, Hilles Shearman, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Nields. Edith Child, , Loan Fund Committee. Julia' cope Collins, Chairman, Edith Sampson Westcott, Haverford, Pennsylvania, • MiLDRED MiNTURN, Martha Gibbons Thomas, Elizabeth B. Kirkbride. Health Statistics Committee. Jane Louise Brownell. C-^a/r»?a«, Lilian Vaughan Sampson, Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, Md., ISABEL MaDDISON. ' Scholarbhips Committee. Martha G Thomas {ex officio). Helen J. Robins, . ' Anna Rhoad^ Ladd, Elizabeth Caldwell Fountain. Nominating Committee. .' Ruth'W Porter, Oa/>-w2!a«. Susan Fowler, : The Houghton, Dearborn Ave., Chicago. - EMMA STANSBURYWiNES, Alice Anthony, Josephine C. Goldmark. Auditing Com'mittee. Esther F Byrnes, Marie L Minor. • Class Collectors. Caroline Ely Paxson, '89. Margaret Hilles Shearman, '94. Edith Child, '90. Rosalie Allan Furman, '95. Helen Culbertson Annan, "91. Clarrissa W. Smith, '96 Alice Belii^, '92". Edith Lawrence, '97.. Margaret Hill Hilles, '93. Hannah T. Carpenter, '98. GENERAL REPORT. The present report of the Alumnae Association, being the first issued since the adoption of the new by-laws and the change in the time of occurrence of the annual meeting, covers, not a full year, but the period from June, 1898, to February, 1899, only. During this interval the Association has held two regular meetings in Bryn Mawr, one on November 19th. 1898, the other, on February nth, 1899. Although at the November meeting there was no quorum present, the business was trans- acted as usual and reserved for ratification by the February meeting. In order to permit of the occurrence of the annual meeting in February, as provided in the new by-laws adopted, with the exception of Article II., Section i, by the November meeting, but not yet ratified by the Association, a card was sent to each member of the Association, on which was printed a resolution that Article II., Section i, of the new by-laws, providing that there shall be in each year but one regular meet- ing of the Association, to be held in February on a date chosen by the Board of Directors, be tried provisionally for two years. The vote received on this resolution from the whole Associa- tion was fifty-nine affirmative, seven negative. At the meeting held, in accordance with this vote, on February nth, the busi- ness transacted at the November meeting was formally ratified, and the new by-laws, except Article II., Section i, adopted. The most important changes made by the new by-laws are: the time and number of the meetings of the Association (Art. II., Sec. i); biennial elections; the appointment of all com- mittees except the Academic Committee, by the Board of Directors, subject to ratification by the Association ; the increase of the annual dues to one dollar. Printed copies of the by-laws were sent to members of the Association before the November meeting. The success of the February meeting was largely ensured by the luncheon given by President Thomas to the Alumnae to meet the Academic Committee. During the period covered by the report the Board of Direc- tors has held three formal and a number of informal meetings, and has conducted much of the necessary business by cor- respondence. The most important. matters that have come be- fore the Board, in addition to the by-laws, have been: (a) the final adoption of the seal of the Association and the completion of the business connected with the transfer of the Scholarships Fund (b) the discussion of the appropriation of the Alumnae ; Fund; (c) the appointment of committees and the date of the " February meeting. (a). In July, 1898, in accordance with the resolution of the- June meeting of that year, empowering the Executive Com- mittee to choose a seal, the design for the seal was approved by the members of the Comrhittee, and the seal was made and mounted in a press. On the completion of the seal, the deed of gift transferring the Scholarships Fund to the Trustees was legally signed and sealed by the officers of the Association, and the seal of the Trustees added to their signatures, already given. This act completed the business connected with the transfer of the Scholarships Fund. (b). The Executive Committee was also empowered by the meeting in June, 1898, to appoint a committee whose duty should be the investigation of the desirability of ah Entertain- ment Hall as the ultimate destination of the Alumnse Fund. The Executive. Committee decided that before' any. such Com- mittee were appointed, President Thomas should be consulted, and the attitude of the College towards a build.ing^of this character should be ascertained. President Thomas, having consented to meet the Executive 'Committee, discussed, with it the possible destinations of the Alumnse Fund, Since the main features of a separate Students' Hall would be included in the auditorium provided for in.the plan of the future College buildings, of which blue prints were distributed among the alumnae, at the supper of 1898, and since the need for such an auditorium was not felt to be the most immediately pressing. President Thomas was not in favour of a Students' Hall. An' addition to the gymnasium, including increased floor space, committee rooms, and kitchens, seemed to President Thomas and the Committee an excellent object for the Alumnae Fund, but less immediately important than the third alternative, the library building. President Thomas told the Committee that the library building was necessary to the welfare of the Col- lege, and that it was hoped that, in the near future, the raising of subscriptions might be begun. In raising money for the library the active cooperation of the alumnae would be desired, and it therefore seemed unwise that any energy be diverted towards another object. As a result of this conference, the Executive Committee did not appoint a Committee to investi- gate entertainment halls, but recommended to the Association that the Association consider the library building as an object for the Alumnae Fund, and also appoint a large Committee to work with the present collectors in formulating and carrying out a plan to raise a part of the money required for the erec- tion of the library building. No action was taken on this rec- ommendation in the November meeting, but in the February meeting it was decided, in view of the necessities of the Students' Loan Fund and the large amount of money required for the library building, to appropriate the Alumnae Fund till February, 1900, to the Students' Loan Fund. (c). The appointments of committees made by the Board of ' Directors were ratified by the Association at the meeting held on February nth. N. Neilson, Recording Secretary. - REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. REPORT OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE. This year the Academic Committee held its two conferences on successive days in February, according to the plan approved by the Alumnae Association in June, 1898. At the first conference, held with President Thomas, various mat- ters connected with the College were discussed, such as the estab- lishment of a research fellowship; the social life of the students; and intercollegiate athletics. The immediate outcome of this conference was the proposal made by the committee and accepted by the associa- tion that .the alumnae raise money for a research fellowship to be con- ferred by Bryn Mawr. At the second conference, held with President Thomas, Professor Andrews and Mr. Harkness, a discussion was held on the marking system, the com'mittee presenting a detailed- report of the methods used by other colleges, on the entrance requirements and examina- tions, and on other important matters, which are to be further in- vestigated by the committee.