=Radcliffe college, Cambridge, Massachusetts=[32]—Affiliated to Harvard
university, union dissoluble after due notice; opened by the Society for
the collegiate instruction of women in 1879; incorporated as Radcliffe
college with power to confer degrees in 1894; board of trustees and
financial management separate from Harvard; B. A. and M. A. degrees
conferred by Radcliffe; Ph. D. degree as yet conferred neither by
Radcliffe nor Harvard; degrees, instructors, and academic board of
control, subject to approval of Harvard; no instructors not instructors
at Harvard also; undergraduate instruction at Harvard repeated at
Radcliffe at discretion of instructors; since 1893 women admitted to
graduate and semi-graduate courses given in Harvard, at discretion of
instructor, subject to approval of the Harvard faculty; in 1899, 64 such
courses open to Radcliffe students; 238 undergrad. s.; 54 grad. s.; 129
special s.; productive funds about $430,000; a lecture and library
building; a gymnasium; 4 temporary buildings used for lectures and
laboratories; a students’ club house; no residence hall, but one about
to be built; total cost of buildings about $110,000; vols. in library,
14,138; access to Harvard library and collections; scientific
laboratories of Harvard not available; cost of laboratory equipment not
ascertainable, inadequate; acres (in city) about 3; tuition fee, $200.
=Barnard college, New York city=—Affiliated to Columbia university,
union dissoluble by either party after year’s notice; opened in 1889;
status very much that of Radcliffe until January, 1900, when women
graduates were admitted without restriction to the graduate school of
Columbia, registering in Columbia, not as heretofore in Barnard, and
Barnard was incorporated as an undergraduate women’s college of the
university, its dean voting in the university council, and the president
of Columbia becoming its president and a member of its board of
trustees; Barnard’s faculty consists of the president of the university,
the dean of Barnard, and instructors, either men or women, nominated by
the dean, approved by Barnard trustees and president of Columbia and
appointed by Columbia; courses for A. B. degree and all examinations
determined and conducted by Barnard faculty, subject to provisions of
university council for maintaining integrity of degree; all degrees
conferred by Columbia; after July 1, 1904, no undergraduate courses in
Columbia, except in the Teachers’ college, will be open to Barnard
seniors as heretofore, complete undergraduate work will be given
separately at Barnard, not necessarily by same instructors; 131
undergrad. s.; 76 grad. s.; 73 special s.; productive funds, $150,000;
one large building containing lecture rooms, laboratories and
accommodation for 65 students, cost, $525,000; vols. in reading room,
1,000; access to Columbia, library; scientific laboratories of Columbia
not available; cost of laboratory equipment $9,250; land (in city), 200
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