New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-01
TIE EDUCATION OF TIE SEXES.


as blameless.
TIE EDUCATION OF THE SEXES.
While the question Of woman 5 right
is aeita.ing the country. through the advo
cacy Of the S,antons. Anthonvs, and Wood
hull-Clatins il becomes US to consider il
effect upon society in its aggregation
individual and collective Whether tie
other sex, under the fifteenth constitu
tional amendment. may be allowed the
privilege Of exercising the right of suffrage
is matter which may be left for the deci
sion Of the courts of the country undel
thu pressure OF the advocates Of such az
application OI that amendment In; what
more especially interests us is tie equality
Of the educational system of tie country
for both sexes in the higher branches OF
collegiate instruction. There aye those
who insist that it is not necessary for the
females 10 attain to that perfection in tie
acquisition Of knowledge with the males.
as they are not capable of corterGiny il
the gladiatorial intellectual co.nbats Of
art, science, literature or professions, but
this idea IS entirely erroneous as is proved
by the instances in these later DAYS of
female proficiency and success, which has
been achieved by several whom X is not
necessary 10 name in this connection.
That females are becoming more ambitious
for the acquisition Of KNOWLEDGE in our
day than formerly. is also apparent from
their faithful attendance upon tL- school,
ard colleges Of the country devoted to
their Instruction. All these schools and
colleges are full 70 an Overlooking anl the
cry is fo1 more.
Il would be we'll if tie fullest latitude
might he given for female competition
with the other Sex in all the business par
suits t9r then the agitation Of those
woman rights questions would cease
and society would no. be troubled with
their settlement. IL order that the two
sexes lay be the better enabled 10 under
stand each other III matters that are con-
necte0 with their socia! ard bu-ires,
pursuits. they should he educated as
much as possible together, rather than
apar. AMI separate. The influence Of the
Sectler and softer sex upon tie harder
mature Of mar j. too we'll known 10 re-
Iulre IN argument, and, therefore. il is
not difficult 70 urge the proprietv Of the
co-education OF the, sexes as the best
adapted . their moral. social and intel
lectual Improvement It's no new tangled
doctrine L is simply return from the
artificial . tie natural condition o.. So
ciety. The separation of the sexes in tie
course OF their education is abnormal.
and arose from prejudice. now somewhat
obsolete. and exploded and ought not
any longer to be tolerated. The boarding
schools for boys and girls may be we'll
enough in their way. but they are not
well calculated in their separate reor-
Sanization to produce the best results upon
the youth who are placed in tlos, nstitu-
tons. lie restraint put upon either sex
separate from the other is painfully felt. |
With proper effort and just discrimination
boys, may be stimulated to laudale
ambition for excellence in learning and
virtue among themselves, but it is ordained
If heaven that the appreciation q girls
shall be the great stimulus for boys, as the
Of woman is, INCIDENTALLY. the
great stimulus for man. The restraint of
girls IS no less powerful than their stimu-
Us. Boys accustomed to the use Of pro-
"ne ana obscene language, will never in
tu!ge IL such improper conversation in
he presence Of young ladies. S;th has
Jeen the experience Of teachers and parents
vno have witnessed these things. Let
ew tidy. genteel young ladies become
members OF the school, and the effect on
be dress and manner of the bows is mag
cal. No arbitrary rules, no daily inspec-
ion ofhands heads and feet, ara necessary.
he same effect is seen in families: for
there there are sisters among brothers,
he boys are not so coarse and rude as
there there are none. The boys feel the
eed Of sister, and the girls have yearn-
ng for brother. A family, all Of one {
ez or the other, is not we'll ballasted, but {
arches like a ship with its cargo all on
ne SIDE. vacuum, which nature breads, s
felt to exist. This is equally trs,e in t
ne boarding schools or higher institu- f
ons, designed exclusively for boys or s
iris, and every professor in our colleges f
lust have noticed it. +
Our college officers are, almost with
ut exception, gentlemen of the highest
and, by precept and example,
'culcste good morals and Christian Il
races. And it is owing to their control Il
ns intellectual and personal influences. c.
'mblned with the home Influences tt
hich, though distant, mould college fl
|e by memory's silent power and the is
fectionate letters of mothers and sisters o
at so far students are ruined while r.
oistered away from the personal in Il
'ements and restraints of woman. II,
The experiments and testimony in Ia