The first object to which the association directed its attention, was the physical education of women. A schedule was published giving an account of the methods used in the institutions represented in the association, to promote physical education. The discussion of this question led to an investigation of the general health of women graduates. This was begun by sending a series of printed questions to 1,300 college-bred women. The 705 answers received were tabulated by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor and results have been recently published and distributed in pamphlet form. Essays and papers on various subjects have been written for the association by prominent women, and in many fields great activity and usefulness has been displayed. Connected with the association are clubs, for the study of political science, and of sanitary science. Under a direction of a committee of specialists, several members are engaged in the study of local history in different sections of the country. One advantage enjoyed by the members is the opportunity offered at the meetings, of coming in friendly contact with graduates of other colleges and thereby of broadening and liberalizing their own ideas, - a benefit which would be of great service to many of our narrow-minded men graduates.
The last meeting of the association, held recently in Brooklyn, N. Y., was most successful, and excited much interest in the minds of educators throughout the country.