The New Woman's Dean

The foClOTvlsag most excellent article in regard to the new 'woman'.s dean, Dr. Eliza W. Mos her. is taken ironi a recent issue of the "ew York Daily Tribune : The present wrok will mark the Bevering of the ties which unite Dr. Eliza M. Mosher to ürooklya. It has been kuiHvu for biime t'.rit stoe had acceptcd a responslble position in the l'niversity af Michigan, and Cteterniined to pelinquisto her practico in Brooklyn, wiiicli is large and lucrativo. Her work in Ann Arbor will nat bes'i'n until aext Oetobsr, but e'he will sail ior Europe to-day on the f u naassla for au absence of twr ■moutte, which she "svill devote to a Btudy oí the colleges lor women Sn co'nnecti0n wit'h the universities of Oxford aad Cambridge. It is oieedless to say that Dt". iloshler will leave Brooklyn in rleep regiet. It has been her home for more than a dkzen yeaiis, and during that time slie has had. the closest relations with a lange number oí families. In all of these the announcement of lier dleparture Oías been the occasion ior ilieartfelt sorrow. Many a tear has 'bee-n slied, and many an entreaty has fbeen poured forth to induce lier to cliange lier purpose. If Dr. Mosher had not concluded her arrangements with the authottities oí Michigan TJniTci-sity it is not unlikely thatehe wauld have been tempted at least to 'sworve f rom her intention. REA80NS FOE THE CHANGE. It is not irom inclination that Bhe ■hos determined to make the change, although she feels, oí course, that she lias a great opportunity in the work öhO is to undertake in Ann Arbor. If slie followed lier stront impulse she would reraain in Erooklyn, and, Irom the pecuniary point of view, it -would undoubtedly be to her interest to üo Ï. Xor is it simply the honor that wlll come to lier in ïier new, position that has induced her to leave Brooklyn. Thait it will be a high honor is umquestionable, but it is not greater tlian has come to several other women ■wlio fill positions of responslbility in sutóh institutions as the Univerisity of Chicago, Bryn Mawr College and Bamard College. It is the opportuoity for increased uisefulness that has been the coBtrolling motive in the miad of Dir. Mosher. In her regular practice there pass undjer (her eyes scores of patients avivóse maladies she feels certain miglït toave been prevented by wise advice iand instruction in earlier days. As a p'hysician, she has been striving to cure disease. In her work at Michigan Univensity it will be heinim ito prevent it. her posrnox at ann abboe. In the' University Di Mosher is to be associate dean of the department of literature and arts, and professor of hygiëne. The dean of the department for many years has been Martin L. D'Ooge, but the place Dr. Mosher wfll fill is a new one. It wlll bring toer inta direct personal relajtlon with the 600 womea in the University and to eacH o: them it U expected that ehe wlll act a.s guide, philosopher and friend. Miclaigain University opened its dioors wide to women as long ago as 1870, but the faculty contains no woman professor. Tlhere liave been one or two -women instructors, but there lias been no woman in a place of high responsibility ; no woman to -rciiom tlie women students could go ior counsel, except the -svires of the professors, whose relations ivith the University, of course. are not in any way official. It seemed wise to the Utniversity authorities, therefore, to appoint a ■n-oman to a place in which fehe -.vould hiold adviisory relations to the large numlber of -n omen students. The Btudents in Michigan University, both wen ajid women, are not dominated ; they are supposed to be old enough to take care of thcmselves, and are tibrown on their own responsibility. "Phere are no dormilones, with matroms in charge of them, os in some of our educatioaal institutions. ; Whüe Dr. líosher will act as assoeiate deán, shíe will be relieved pf Ril the work of regiistering the i;tutaitss as to their studies, etc., but will exercfee general intellectual and moral oversiight over them. If any of th.Om f all short in their recitations, o" im any other rsspoct, they will lomj to her for advice, amd excuses {or absence must be presented to her. She will also have the physieal care of the youmg women, Just as she did during tfhO time Bhe was resident phyisician of Vassar College. She ■will tfhus, it ia obvlous, be brought ■into intímate relations with all the women studente, and, in a sense, will be a mother to them during their (student days. From the health polnt of view, there will be a great advantage In having in this place a mam who Ivas had a largo experience is a, phy.sicinn. PROFESSOR OF HYGIËNE. Tu e other part of her duties iwlÜ be as professor of hygiëne, and in this capaeity Bhe will deliver a.t least threo lectores a week, whicïi wlll be opea to tlhie men as well asi che ivomen student-;. Dr. Mosher proposes to deal wita the subject in tliree general phases : personal hygiëne, house and 'home hyeione, and municipal íiygiono. The subject opens up hefore her in a large way, and she i lom'ident tlvat slie wfll e able to acco-mplish i;i : ■ i '. m 1. In her general experience she lias neen the gi'eal meed o: education in these mattere. In municipal hygiëne, for example, her teaching ■wlll have to do witli the isite of the city the soil on whicih it is built, drainage, water supply, the removal of waste, the hygienic eonstruetion of public buildings, especiaUy of schoolhoues, etc. Hhe wlll als.) treat of liome-building in all its aspects, and will give special attention to the best methods o:' phj-sical education. During her brief TlSlt to England Jr. Jlosher will visit the n-oman's colleges oí Girton, Xewniham, Somervillo, Lady Margaret and St. Hugh, wibh the purpose of ascertainiug the trend of educa tlonal workin them and gaining ideas tJiat may be utilized in her new work Ui the "west. AN IXTEEESTING CAREER. Dr. Mosher's personality Is striking, &he is tall, vitli mag-ni leent pnysiqua 'Her presence Inspires conlidence, and Eftue has in large moasure the motherïy instinct that rnakes womeu ïeel that they caa trust her tmplicitly. Her career hos boen most Interesting. TVhen a girl in school Bhe heard a 'course oï lectures on physiology, iinatomy and hygiëne, and sne at once developsd a deep interest in these eubJects. Her mand dwelt on tliem, and ehe conceived the idea of leaving lier dxome to pursue the study of medicine, lier motaer at first refused to look XvittL faror on such a plan, but ïinally gave lier eomsent, and in 1S69 SXiss Mosiher went to Boston to study Tinder the direction of Dr. Iucy E. Sewell, tlhe resident physician at the Kew Englaad Hospital far Women Bnd dhildren. Two years later she entered the medical department of Michigan UniTersity, where she pursued a course lestending over four years. At the beginning of the second year, she was invibed to act as assistant to the demonstrator of inatomy and devoted a greater part oí the year to that work. Hhe was graduated in 1875 and begon 'toer practica in Poughkeepsle, wliere she became a memiber oí tive city amd county medical isocl-eiie-!. i In 1877 I. iíofeñxer became the residru, piiy .i;-iau in the Massachusetfcs Berormatory Prison for Woukmi, wm-lcn had recenfciy been opencd, receivtagSier appototment u-om the govemor of tJh state. After two years she went to London and Paria to purgue thie study ot special subjects, and on !ier return after a year'e absence she was urged to accept the superin.tendency o" the Massachusetts Re o maitory. Alfchong-h this was out of the line oí her chosen work, Bhe accepted tlie o'fer oí Govrnor L0112 anl Le;aiqp so much interested in. the reorganiation of the prisoa tlnat she remaineU tbere nearly three years. HER WOKK IX BROOKLYX. Suhsequently i.'iie establlshed n partnersliip with Dr. Lucy M. Hall (now Dr. Hall-Bro-n-n), in Brooklyu, and for a time served alternately wlth th latter as professor of pliysiology and resident phyician in Vassar College. The giwvLli of her rcputatioa as a physioian befare long built up for Dr. Mosher a large practice, nnd for several years, as has been said, ehe devoted herself exclusively to this. Her life in Brooklyn hae öeeu a remarkably busy one, and many of her friends wonder how she lias been able to do iso muc!h. She has in ad(lition to toer regular duties oeen jjhysician to the "Wayside Home and the Young H'oman's Obri.stian tion, and for several eummers has taken an active part in the work of tlie Chautauqua School ior Physical Culture. She has frequently lectured at the Pratt Institute and the Girls' Higa School, arad has laid special stress on the subject of correct posture. One of the tilines ,she has tasfcrted ola as of the ïlrst importance is suitable desks for school children. "While not a bicycle rider herself, Br. Mosiher believes in the use of the wheel by women, amd she has ía the last two or three years spent considerable time 1n devising abicycle saddle that would bo free Irom the objectkraable features, but her work In that line has not been completed. Among the isocieties of which Dr. ■Mo'Sher is a member are the American Electro-Therapeutic Association, ti Kings Gounty Medical Society, the Brooklyn lied Cross Nursing and InI struction Society, and the American I for the A dra noem ent oí Physical Éüucatkra. SShe has wrlfcteo ;i numiicr o! traattedi nn special topics whlch are highly re jarded by the medIcal professlon. It will be Koeo tliat Dr. Mosher is admirably iitted for the important wörk fhat she wil! rnke up ji Michiga.n UntveiBity, and there can be no question tliat she wlll be successíul ia it.. Oa her departure from Broolciyn. she ■vill ta-ke wifch her thei good wislies of the many warm Iriends she has made there. - New York Tribune.