The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-18
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TUESDAY. JULY Ia. 1871.
Shall Ladies be Admitted TO our Col
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ant topics of the age We should seek
to divest ourselves of prejudice and envy
and consider this matter carefully, guild |
ing our mcditations by observation and
the lessons of the past Less than a cen.
tury ago woman was not supposed to be
capable of as high culture as man, and
was considered mentally much inferior to
him but her record during the last fifty
years has proved that she is mentally the
compeer Of man. Miss j. f. Ripley has
Just been awarded the first prize for Greek
scholarship in the State University of
Missouri. We have in mind lady of
Orleans Co. in this state who cxcellcd all
her classmates in Greek Latin and
Mathematics, although she had to compete
with thorough and critical scholars of the
opposite sex. In our own Graded School
an unassuming lady has proved match
in scholarship for any of the ten keen and
thorough male students, who have recitcd
in the highest classes in Latin and Greek
with her during the last year. There are
many reasons why woman should be as
highly educated as possible.
In her position as mother and teacher
she is moulding the destiny of the coming
age. The mother makes the first impress
sion upon the youthful mind which will
be lasting as eternity. The teachers, who
fill our thousands Of school-houses and
stand at the fountain of knowledge, giving
direction to the streams that flow from it,
are mostly females To them is intrust-
ed in q great measure the training and
education of childhood. Should they not
be as highly educated as possible Should
they not be fitted by thorough culture to
discover the latent seeds of vice and future
usefulness and by striving to prevent the
termination of the former seek to promote
and nourish the growth of the latter ?
The higher we exalt her, the higher she
will exalt those whom she rears and
guides. The stream can not rise above
the fountain. How shall woman obtain
this culture a? We say open our colleges
to her, Let her have the same advanta-
ges for education that man has. Let her
stand side by side with her brother in the
arena of study and let the one who wins
it wear the palm. We know well the
stimulating effects to excellence in scholar
ship and department that the sexes cxer-
else reciprocaly upon each other, when
they are gathered in the same public
schools and academies. VIII not the
effect be the same in colleges as in schools
of lower grade ? Has it not proved to be
30 in those colleges where ladies have
been admitted Shall the ladies Of Yer.
mont be compelled to 60 out of the State
TO Oberlin, Ann Arbor, or St. Louis, tc
obtain good collegiate education, whor
they could attend the colleges of theil
own state, if allowed, with half of the ex
pense? What is the cause Of the dis
graceful conduct that stains the character
of many a man in college, while so few
instances of this sort occur in schools OIL
colleges composed of both sexes? The
answer is evident The Alumni of Har
ward, Yale, Amherst and many othe
colleges are urging the admission oflado
into our colleges, and are asking VIII,
their "alma matters should not bea
daughters as well as sons The ladies O
the q. S. have been knocking at the door
of our colleges for years. One lad
thoroughly fitted and of eminent scholar
ship stands knocking to-day for admission
shall her brother be admitted and she b
cast out? If she were admitted man
others would soon follow her example
We hope that the good sense Of thos
who have charge Of the colleges Of Vci
mont will lead then to open the ~oors {
these institutions to ladies and pave tn
way for others to adopt th. much needle
reform
Who are Orangemen and why are the
so called.
James the Second succeeded his brotho
Charles as king Of England. Tie ha
always adhered to the Catholic faitl
When he assembled the throne he wa
aware that Catholics we're excluded b
law from all offices Of trust in the STATE
He therefore made what was called til
Declaration of Indulgence" stating tina
while the King would be glad to see hi
subjects reconciled to the church TO whic
he belonged yet, as this could not b,
his subjects thereafter should stan
equally in the state without regard to tn
forms Of religion they adhered to.
The sincerity of James was question:
by the heads of several great Englis
houses, who were attached to the estal
iished Church of England They elaine
that under profession of liberalt,
James began an aggression on the Churc
Of England, and meant eventually (
overthrow it. They joined in an inyit;
ton to William of Orange, James sol
in-law, to land with an army in Euplan
and promised to adhere to his fortune
james, abandoned by his subjects. h
mobiles and finally by his children, hc
from England, and by act of Parlimer
William and Mary were declared Xii
and Queen of Great Britain. Jane
Declaration Of Indulgence raised to cqua
ity only m inority of the English pc
pie, for only minority thom we
Catholics, The native irish remains
faithful to tn &c older church. and Jamc
declaration Was hailed in ireland as a vi
tual proclamation of emancipation. r
'hi' lo"nop VIC hasS VI inc lflSh pe0I
remained faithful to the fortunes of Jane
The Irish rose in defense of Jam,
authority. james left the court of 10,
the Fourteenth, whittier he had fled, h,
tened to Ireland and placed himself
the head of those who were true to
cause.
William could not maintain himself
England while Ireland was in ar
against his authority. With character
tic capacity and courage he collected
army, placed himself at its head, a
vent to the assistance Of the English int
est in Ireland, and sought to defend (
adherents to the church of England. ,
the ]. of July 1890, the two armies n
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