BRYN MAWR (nnlir) COLLEGE. An insti tution for the higher education of women at Bryn Mawr, Pa., about 10 miles northwest of the centre of Philadelphia. It is beautifully situated, at an elevation of about 400 feet above the sea. The college was founded by Joseph W. Taylor. was incorporated in 1880, and opened for students in 1885. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Society of Friends, and he provided that the trustees of the college should be members of that body.
Bryn Mawr is distinctive among women's col leges in that its course and method of study are based upon the university model. The system of 'major and minor electives in fixed ('ombination' has been adopted; students are grouped in ac cordance with the work they have actually ac complished, instead of by arbitrary 'classes'; original research is in all cases encouraged: and, in pursuance of the same policy of placing the scholarship of the college upon a basis of pure merit, candidates for admission as undergrad uates are not accepted upon certificate, and hon orary degrees are not granted. The college offer., the graduate degrees of A.13., A.31.. and Ph.1).
Eleven resident. tel eight graduate schol arships, and three European fellowships are offered to graduate students, and there are also scholarships and a students' loan fund for un dergraduates.
Bryn Mawr has grown rapidly since its foun dation, and in 11102 had 45 professors and in structors, and a student body of 425. The library. largely designed for specialized study, contained in the same year over 33,000 bound volumes and S000 pamphlets, including the classical library of Professor Sauppe of Giittingen. The college buildings include live halls of residence. accom modating about 60 students each—Taylor 11 all containing the lecture-rooms, library. and offices of administration, a well-equipped gymnasium, and Dalton Hall, containing the scientific lecture rooms and laboratories. The endowment fund of Bryn Mawr College is $1,000,000, the value of the buildings and grounds is SM10.000• and the annual income is about $10(000. President, Miss M. Carey Thmas, LLD. Consult the President's Annual Report (Philadelphia• ISST, et seq.).