The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-02-10

those principles recognize no distinctions
in religion, race, nationality, color or sex.
"Justice is blind" This being our Greco, /
it 10 with pleasure we witness the recog-
milton Of the rights of woman to our in
situations of learning. The Importance
of the step taken by the Regents OF the
University of Michigan in opening that
Institution equally to both sexes, can hard
ly be over estimated.
The following article from the Chicago
Pos exactly expresses our sentiments:
The University Of Michigan has admit
ted women 10 all the privileges Of that
Institutes, just 80 MeA ere aAmitssd.
There 10 no change 20 be made in the
curriculum on account of this change IN
the rules of Submissions Of students. No
ssnesssisA whatever, rs 10 the course OF
study, 10 made, on account Of tina new
rule. The Battle Creek JsAraa1. whuss
editer 10 ere OF the NEST notable sch Glars
in Michigan, and the man whs ofsreA
the resolution admitting women 10 the in
stitution, has the following paragraph
upon, the point of most interest in the
matter.
Nor is the admission of women to the
rights and privileges Of the University
intended to interfere with the elevated
standard of scholarship at which. the
Regents and Faculty have aimed. It is
net the purpose to lower the qualifications
for admittance or for taking the degrees,
in single particular If woman de-
sirss to climb the rugged sleeps Of Par
nassss, she 10 welcome, right royalty
welcome to the attempt but she ought
not, and We believe she will not, AJAX
for o concession in her behalf, through
any change in the course Of study, or any
variation froM the customary strietnsss OF
examinations II the Institution shall
ever become less than o Univsrsity, in
the truest sense of the word, either by
rendering lbs scope Of instruction more
narrow, or by degrading it from the high
position which it now occupies as place
for imparting the very highest attain
ments of scholarship, it will not meet
with the expectations of the people Of
Michigan, or Of those who ore charged
by them with its management"
The journals of Michigan qnite gener-
ally approve the action of the Regents,
but some of she best informed of them
express fear that. the standard OF schol-
arship will be lsweEsd 90 . result Of the
admission Of women. Thus speaks the
Hillsdalc. STANDARD ON this poin4:
"The results of this action will depend
on the disposition of the students, and the
efficiency of the instructors. If the Ia
dies thus admitted are determined to pur-
sue the implied and correct objects OF
their attendance, to the exclusion of more
1agreeable and less profitable avlctorles
amongtheir male fellow students; if the
bows will pay more attention to their
Greek than to the fair faces Of their fair
class mates if the Faculty have the firm
ness and diseernment to retain no one
who is not strong enough to withstand
the presence Of he3opposite sex, the eff
fects of the change will be beneficial. (" T
Other journals speak in similar man
ner, some of them fearing. the establish
ment Of !" q ladies course" much below
the standard insisted on for The young
gentlemen whe attend the University. 1t
is not to be doubted however,
that the Regents of the University are
firmly determined that the admission Of
women shall in no respect and no degree
Hover the thorough course of study, both
lscieutifc and CLASSICAL for which this in
stitution has become distinguished among
the distinguished universities of the
country We may be absolutely certain
the University Of Michigan will never
become a female seminary Nth q boy at
tachnaent.s isaisza gafbDa $3.50 ss5sb 81
t. The admission of women to the learned
| institutions of the country Is 9 Western
innovation. It has been practiced for
wears in the State University Of Iowa, at
| Cornell College, and iowa College, In
that State, and in other Western institu
lions where the general course OF study IS
no less thorough than in the famous In.
situations of the East which have flourish
ed for generations, We believe, hoWev-
| err that in all these institution, though
women might take, taeasame course pre-
scribed for men, they might, neverthe less,
receive diplomas upon the completion OF
less rigorous course, especially designed
| for women The action of the University
of Michigan, in admitting women upon
precisely the same terms as men, and re-
| tanning them on the same examinations,
and no other, is, therefore, new thing
under the sun. We hope, and believe, the
result will justify the. wisdom Of the Re
gents and that the University OF Mich
gan will continue to send forth not few
of the best scholars and thinkers of the
land, not all of whom will belong to the
sex which has heretofore monopolized the
chief places in learning, for the not en-
tirely philosophical reason that it is the
stronger sex-in avoirdupois 70
A physiological journal condemns the
practice of boxing children's ears We had
supposed, in this advanced age of civilization
/ 4 o. Sunh harha 18Th ON "