VEMBE 23, 1924 THE MICHIGAN DAILY li iniversity Women * *: '. The Alice Freeman P By Xrion Meyer Announcement was recently made that on September 26, the Board of Regents formally accepted the gift of Prof. George Herbert Palmer of Har- vard, establishing an Alice Freeman Palmer chair in history, the first chair in that department to be occu- pied by a woman. Dr. Palmer wrote President Marion 'almer Mem Family finance prOblem, and ulp( versity in 1876, cepted the positio Ottawa high scho' in Lake Geneva, nary for Girls, summer sessions, Michigan. An ho gree was conferr L. Burton a letter on April 20 regard- ;oa a few years, ing the establishment of such a chair, where the in which he stated that to him it was 'toved on accou a matter of importance to have wom- health, and then en professors in a co-educational col- ; Sutinaw to becon lege. Dr. Palmer further declared, "Girls, no less than boys, need to e Miss Freemanr assured that there is nothing in their ley for several yea sex to forecast their attaining the ident of that col' highest range of scholarship. Far that office for si. tetter, however to admit women Tied Dr. Palmer i teachers than to admit them only in Mrs. Palmer fou inferior ranks as assistants or petty bridge filled wit instructors. We have dropped the She w s connecte conception of a man's world, recently, Educational sociE and women now stand side by side Alumnae society, with men in nearly all professions." Education, and n Referring to the University, Pro- ganizations. fussor Palmer concluded, "Two years The death of Al ago, it appointed a woman professor occurred in1902 cf its medic 1 school. Much more Palmer and his mhust follow. And wouF it not be his sabbatical yea well that when the change comes at nevsr been except Michigan, that the first woman's chair whin she underwe sh3uld he in the name of one so sober, lacked power to scholarly, widely respected, and little I i s Marien Tal (Mip0sed to loose radicalism as Mrs. of the University o Fa ~m er?" quested to relate 1 On August 29, Dr. Palmer made for- ences with Alice ral Chair es were always a on leaving the Uni-! Alice Freeman ac- n of principal of the I ol. She next taught, Wis., at the Semi- E meanwhile attending! of the University of j norary doctor's de- ed upon her in 1882. she taught in Sagi- family had then ant of her sister's Alice Freeman left me the head of the nt at Wellesley. remained at Welles- ars and became pres- j ege in 1881, holding I x years. She mar-i n 1877. and her life in Cam- h varied activities. d with the Woman's j ety, the Collegiate! the State Board of numerous other or-! ice Freeman Palmer in Paris where Dr. wife were spending r. Mrs. Palmer had! tionally strong, and nt an operation, she recover. lbot, dean of women of Chicago, when re- her personal experi- Freeman Palmer, I i THREE WOMEN REMAIN IN PARLIAMENT Labor And Liberal Members Lose In Election Board of Education, and had assumed countless new interests. "The time came when she and I journeyed to Chicago, she as the ad- SOCIAL NOTES visory dean of women of the new University of Chicago, to be in resi- dence for twelve weeks of each year, - and I to be dean in residence during Guests at Alumnae house this week-, Huron; Helen Warner, Elmira, Ncw I the regular university year. It was end were Olive Lockwood, '22, Mt. York; Mrs. N. D. Meisner, Windsor during these weeks of intimatecam- Clemens, Beatrice Townsend,, '23, De- Canada; Lucille Winn, Kalamazoo ioat a am troit, and Miss Ina Wilbert, Cleveland, Helen Yaeger, University -of Iowa her sense of fun. Living conditions Ohio.' Marjorie Dean, '21, Niles; Marji were extremely hard, we were busy Rorick, '24, Adrian, and Adelia Hobbs getting order out of chaos for the '1, and Ethel Spillsbury, '24, of De unexpectedly .large number of stu- Zeta Tau Alpha is entertaining over ,nEps y 4 D dents who had thrown in their lot the week-end the following guests and troit. with the new university, and we were alumnae: Miss Letta Peters, Port! sharing with scholars drawn not only The pledges of Alpha Omicron F from many parts of the United States, said, 'Fortunately I spoke of this or entertained the pledges of the othe but from foreign countries as well, the you would have been afflicted all the sororities at a tea-dance Thursda responsibility of determining the edu- way to the college grounds.' To this afternoon. cational policies of the institution. 'she replied, 'Oh no sir, for I should Each day we had our separate duties have bid you good morning at the The Mothers Club of Theta Pl with long hours and baffling problems next crossing.' Alpha held a meeting at the Theta Ph to solve. Never did her gaiety fail. "Later, at an educational convention Alpha House Tuesday afternoon. 'h Many a difficulty was surmounted be- "er, t medional coention patronesses and. Ann Arbor alumna cause of it. A jest, a gay, contagious where the merits of co-education also attended the meeting. I eebeing discussed aproateand conetng laugh would save the day. It is this an eminent speaker, who was decided- yside of. her nature that a mnpro-aewh a dcdd merr ly on the con side of the question, Sigma Kappa chapter of Kapp yfessorshipsand memorial tablets and thought to clinch his argument by Delta entertained several members even chims cannotperpetuate, but asserting that, 'the womanly grace the Michigan chapter at Columbu it is something, which should not be g ls eked forotten" and refinement of the distinguished last week-end. \ rs. Rachel A. Bailey, of Detroit,' president of Wellesley college, Alice wrs. kRacheA. Bae of A F -i Freeman, could never have been at- I Kappa Delta entertained at th who knew the mother of Alice Free- tamed in any co-educational institu- Washtenaw Country club with a for wman Palmer personally, relates the i tion .' There was much amusement n .al pledge dance Friday. following incidents, which sho the 1when those who knew the facts began character of Mrs. Palmer as a stu- to call, 'President Freeman: Presi- Mrs. E. L. Dickinson entertained a dent and a supporter of co-education.ldent Freeman!' She responded that 'her home Friday with a tea for th The says: "One morning, as Alice she "was loth to disabuse his mind of active, niedges, Ann Arbor mother: reeman was walking to the college' the basis by which he gave her such patronesses, and alumnae of the Zet he was joined by a distinguishei a flattering personality, but the fact Tau Alpha sorority. enior, who was puffing the ievitable was that her alma mater was the Uni- elgar. He did the courteous thing In versity of Michigan, and when she Alpha Cli' Omega entertained si asking her if his cigar was offensive entered with about a dozen other members of its Northwestern chapte knowing full well what hereanswer, girls, they were confronted by several at a buffet luncheon served befor would be, that she, a simple co-ed hundred of those terrible boys." the Northwestern game. would be 'willing to be enveloped in ________________________________ smoke for the privilege of walking by __ the side of such as he. And when her answer came back, 'Yes sir, very,' he - - I mral pledge of his gift ina letter which contained a tentative sketch of the terms of the gift. In this, he stressed the rank, salary, and scholar- ship of the woman, who is to occupy this chair. He firmly believed that it would bring tmo lowering of stand- ards, as he stipulated that "the wom- :n appointed must be chosen on, the same grounds as men and not because they are women. They must be mas- ters of a subject."j wrote the following: "When a per- son of distinction passes beyond hu- man ken and the years crowd in and dim the memories of human contacts, the figure gradually becomes more impersonal, more austere, a veil of impassiveness seems to enwrap it andj later generations gradually lose all knowledge of the personal traits which were endearing. It is because of this fact that I am glad to respond to the request for some personal re- The British parliament now has only three women menmbers, all of them seasoned campaigners. A half dozen Labor and Liberal women members of the House of Comimiions lost out in the sweeping ('nsrservative victory. The remain'ng trio are:- Mrs. hilton i hilip. soil (left, above), former actress; the Duchess of Atholl (right, above) and the American-born Lady Nanci Ator, seen here with four ef her six c ildren. as president at two different times her. "Even after her marriage to and at other times as a director, and Professor Palmer, who had long been I as secretary I had, therefore, an known by my father and mother, and unusual opportunity to observe one of her removal to Cambridge, we had her most striking gifts, that of al- many experiences in common, even 11 i Give a Gift of Uncomimon ELxcellence I t This gift comprised the savings of j miniscences of my dear Dr.. Palmer. The official draft of the Freeman, especially at2 contract for the endowment of an at her Alma Mater the Alice Freeman Palmer professorship ars are thinking of her in history states that the interest president and are assoc from the sum is to be paid to Dr. their minds with the me Palmer, Mary Towle Palmer, and a professorship of histo Frederic Palmer successively as long "It vwas my good fortu as they live and shall then accrue to closely associated with h the University for the maintenance Association of Collegiate1 of a woman professor in history. The first organized. She w contract provides that the holder shall years old and had just b1 always be a woman with the rank,;president of Wellesley c privileges and'salary of a full pro- several years we servedt fessor and requires her to be a schol- ar of highest rank in some field of history. The contract also states that in the advent of a vacancy, the inter- G est is to be added to the principal but that the chair is not to be left vacant for this purpose. George Herbert Palmer, the donor of this gift in the memory of his INV wife, is the author of several booksE and is a well known philosopher. Upon the death of Alice Freeman I We have Palmer, Dr. Palmer wrote the story of her life. and Sales Alice Freeman, '76, the woman in! who have whose memory this chair is estab- lished, was born in 1855 in Colesville vious exper New York. Her parents were farm- ers of intense religious convictions. If you are Her childhood was spent there until w the famliy moved to Windsor, New1with aion York. In 1865, she entered Windsor firm, we Sh Academy, where her father was then teaching. Her views about going toE collegewere strongly opposed by her j Joel parents, but in 1872, she entered the University of Michigan. Here she be- came especially interested in history,' Greek, English literature, and'mathe- matics. friend, a time young Alice when schol- as the college Rating her in miorial gift of ry. ne to be very her when the Alumnae was was then 26 become active ollege. For together, she ways having plenty of time to give t Counsel and help, (no matter how heavy her own responsibilities might !be. 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