Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-11
The Co-EducatiOn and Equal Education of the
sexes.

INTERESTING TESTIMONY FROM ONE OF OUR WILL
MINaroN TEACHERS.
The following interesting letter is of special
value at this time, when the questions discussed
are particularly exciting the attention OF the
public
awe have had 10 girls and 15O boys in our
academy during portions OF last year, and 1t
gives me pleasure to be able to state that the
system OF co-education has proved to us sue
cess II was commenced two years ago, reluc-
family by my lamented partner, but enthuslas-
tically by myself.
II believed in it from the first. He arrived at
nearly the same conclusion, but deferred for
while to that public sentiment that appeareh
strong in the community. believed ln IL De,
cause had tried it as pupil aud al teacher anu
found nothing in it that was unnatural' anu
moreover, because had watched its success all
over the East, North and giant West wherever
the deepest, purest current OF our national me
was found there the sexes were CO. educated anu
equally educated Except in the colleges OF an
cient date0 knew before left college that
the women were coming, for the debate Wa4
there, in 1867, in their favor. The great union
high-schools and Normal Schools that DO as
much, fully, toward cultivating American man
neis and intellect as the colleges do have long
since very generally adopted the plan OF CO
education. -,
II believe not only in co-education, but in thu
pqual al.education of the sexes, and since we nav
III our lumDlo way Oubibu thhb oPPOitNhANJ ~
the Young women of this city, it has been m!
especial delight to see many girls striking boldi
into our courses of study with such energy ant
success as to fully match the efforts OF thei
brothers. They deserve more credit than tn
boys do for fighting it out to the end. IL l
little that girl is brilliant in one lesson for
nme. But il Is much il in these days and Il
His latitude she grapples boldly and success
fully with the leading questions OF the day.
il much for young lady to be 30 trained thf
she feels endowed with an ambition to exc'
her sisters or equal her brothers in anythln
besides housekeeping, teaching and the arts {
the drawinq-room. These are all very exec
lent, and worthy objects to seek. But there al
other avenues for pleasure and profit that ms
he made open and easy to greater extent I
means Of the co-and-equal education OF u
eexes than by any other means yet tried thln
"As to matters of discipline, IT was not Il
two wears that was entirely decided. 1t too
me two wears to find out why the uncle,
spirit" had gone from among our boys Usual
in a boys school of the size OF ours there are
few of the unclean, who are very bold and CIV
to imprudence They have vanished. heV
have seen our school, in the seven years u
have been in it, 80 easily disciplined as IL IL
been since the girls came. Judge IL ls the
feet of good company. l am Batlshea tnat =
boys work as diligently AZ before, ana my tes m
mony would be very strong that the eirls W.
harder than they over did when away from I
accretiye stimulus OF male students of their
grade There is no trouble about the amot
Of work they will do and think we have soV
the question Of discipline by the separation
homes, seating in separate rooms ana reci
hons together in the Same classes
MILTON JACKSON