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y 9 t£ T he r- -tr i tVve PennsyIv a7}ya ? Vol. L— No PITTSBURGH, DECEMBER. 1883. RICK, K CKNTt The Collect- building is situated on Fifth Avenue, some three ami a half miles ire. in the centre of the city. The loca- tion is the most commanding and beautiful within the bounds ol the municipal corporation, being free from the smoke and dust of the city, perfectly retired, and yet within three minutes ' walk of the Oakland horse cars. To use the language of one who is familiar with the scenery of the country: No educational institution in the land can compare with the Pennsyl- vania Female Cc llege tor beauty of situation, purity of atmosphere, compass ol view, and special adaptedness of the location to retirement, combined with ready access to the advantages ol the city. The College is reached from different parts of the city by two principal routes — the Fifth Avenue Street Railway. landing passengers at the College entrance, and the Penn ' a Central Railroad, at East Liberty, and Fifth Avenue Street Cars. Strangers, on arriving at the Union Depot, may obtain all needed information by inquiring for Messrs. Pitt aim q Co., who are authorized by the College to deliver baggage and give directions to all persons desiring to visit the institution. CHRISTMAS VACATION BEGINS DECEMBER iSth, 1883. SESSION RESUMED JANUARY 7th. 18S+ SECOND TERM— MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1884. The first Pennsylvanicm, 1883
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history of the College Back in 1869, when tunes, times and girls were sweet and simple, a group of Pittsburgh men decided to do something about the girls, knowing that the tunes and times would follow. And they did. the men. 1 mean. They founded Pennsylvania Female College on a hill above Fifth Avenue here in Pittsburgh. The men who took the destiny of Pittsburgh into their hands by making this initial break with convention and educating women were Messrs. Thos. Aiken, Jos. Dilworth, Jno. A. Renshaw, Alfd. Harrison, Alex. Chambers, David Aiken. Jr., W. B. Xegley, W. Scully, and Rev. W. T. Beatty. We owe these men a real debt of gratitude. If it hadn ' t been for their willingness to risk male superiority in giving us poor benighted females a chance, do you realize where and what we might be today? I suspect, though, that these men had no idea of the snowball of progress they were starting that February evening in Mr. Aiken ' s home, or they might have thought twice or more about leading us into the light. Since that evening, Pennsylvania Female College has become Pennsylvania College for Women, its one building has become fourteen, its 103 students now number 370, and its curriculum has been enlarged from instruction in spelling, reading, writing. English grammar, arithmetic, geography and history to include everything from setting a table to plotting the course of the stars. Many great names in the field of education have been connected with the college in the course of its seventy-five years, and many of its graduates have made their place in the world as educated women, just as the founders hoped they would. No book, no series of books, could ever tell a complete history of the college; there would always be a few little incidents left out. a name neglected, a teacher forgotten. You know the history of your college, because you have made it. but we would like you to know more about the people who made it before you. Dr. Black and Miss Pelletreau. first president and first preceptress of the college, were the Dr. Spencer and Miss Marks to the early students at PCW.
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