”The Educational Galaxy says : Of a late meeting of the Woman’s Educational Association of Boston, a correspondent writes ; The chief event of to day’s meeting was the account of the experience abroad in teaching higher education, of two young women graduates of Boston University, Miss Eva Channing, and Miss Helen Magill, daughter of President Magill of Swarthmore College, Pa. Miss Channing went direct to Leipsic, and Miss Magill to Neunham College, Cambridge, Eng., founded by Miss Clough. Miss Magill, who is a Ph. D., spoke mostly of the growth of the movements in England for the higher education of women, with running comment on methods and ways which evidently charmed her audience. Her manner was frank and pleasing in many ways, and her appearance was most agreeable. Unlike the usual run of young girls, she wore her hair brushed back behind her ears, and caught in a knot at the back, in what, I am told, is the old

Quaker style; and she was arrayed in a black velvet gown and a plush bonnet. Miss Marion Talbot, in a wine-colored velvet gown and a Rubens hat of ruby velvet, presided ; and the two young women on the platform were fair to see. There were in the audience many prominent Boston women, among them Mrs. Claflin, Mrs. Frances Bridges, of Hopkinton ; Mrs. Bourne, wife of Prof. Bourne, of Boston University ; Miss Horatia Ware, Mrs. W. H. Ladd and Mrs. Hemmingway—and it was a fine looking and finely dressed audience. I would emphasize these remarks upon the dress display, for it is significant ; it shows that fashion and the advancement ol women are now hand in hand.”

Reference Data:

The Present Age, Vol. 1, 1882, page 171