, 1873-11-02

looked Sick" Dr.. Clarke docs not hesitate to
Charge that the American syatom OF educating
girls Is largely tho cause OF this docadonco Of
strength and bosuty; and tho sa1dost part OF 1t
all is, tl'as tlia 'nntreatmont Of American girl
hood, when It's organization particularly ncods
aolicato caro-. is reproduced III afcrlife In inn,l-
moraDlo md peculiar troubloa, and IL vsltoa to
tho third and fourth gonoratton upon tho ot,i!-
drcn.
Dr.. c'arko profacoH Ills showing Of tho way in
which school and college regimen ruins women
oy Homo very direos, very Interesting, and yot
vory modest ronarks upon tho physiological
conditions which arc violated. Tho myatory Of
Womans naturo, which IL his thono. In mt
subject adapted to gonora1 nomspapor disoun.
sion, howevcr timely 1t Nigh be for a apocia1
medical or educational journal. Still, It IN of
the grayest Importance, and 1t cannot be doubted
TINT tue OWLS OF which tho author speakB aro
real and sorious.
, Thts little book should be studied carefully bv
every American mothor and teacher, wl1o viii
find its dolicate subject treated with the tondor-
est modcsty. Stated in general terms, Dr.
Olarkc's complaint is that cur educational sye-
toms attompt to forco tho same rogimon upon
Womon, regardless Of tho periodical typo Of their
physiology. that Is successfully imposed upon
ncn With tlieir persistent bodily forces.
Tho experience Of every physician con-
firms thosc viows. AFT theso causos,'
says DR.. Clarke, "ahould continue for
the no1t ba1f.century, and ipcrease in the samo
ratio as thoy have for the last fifty years, 1t re-
quiros no prophet to for ctell that the viyos vbo
arc to bo mothors In our Republic must be drawn
from Transatlantic homes. Tho sons Of tho New
World will have to react, on magnificent scale,
the old atory OF unWiyed Rome, and tho sabinos.n
Our modern Ways Of education, he says pro-
vtdo for tho "non-survival Of tho attest;" and
yet 1t is alike the teaching Of physiology
and tho hope Of thu race that woman
can aud SHOULD have liberal education,
tlat shall develop al1 tho opowors, without n1uti1a-
ton Or disease. up to the 1oftio8t ideal Of woman-
hood. This IL not to DO attained through CO.
education, % generally understood. which puts
upon womon, with their peculiar nature, the
aamo continuous ateaiu that ia horna by mon.
Such co-cducation, he aaya, la "crirne before
God and humanity, that physiology protests
against, mud humanity weeps oyor." But thoro
might bo sy8!em OF co-education that would
givo each BOX tho stimulus Of association with
tho other, and yet give each al appropriate rcgi-
mon.
How to adjust the mothod OF instruction, In
tho Hane institution. Nas to rospeut the physio-
logical moods Of each aox,-the "porsisteut"
typo Of ono and tho "porloaioal" typo OF tho
othor, bo determined only by experience.
Dir. Clarke thinks that, with an endowment OF
$4,000, 900, Harvard might easily make tito ex-
pertinent q eucceeB.
There is nothing In these views Of DR.. olarko'a
concerning tho education OF women that should
cali out oven mo1nonta1y objection from tho
advocates Of the extenaion of woman's work, OF
from tho most radical supporters OF CO.
education. His excellent book il, sinp1y,
to quote his own phrase, plea for
"a fair clance for tho girls" He
has mono Of tho inlpertinont arrogance Which
assumos 10 limit the activities Of women, and to
dotlne the sphere Of their abilities. He wishes
them to do all they can and may do, and has no
other thought than to aid them to a hettcr
knowledge and troatment. of themselves. Flo
concludes az follows:
Let remember TINT Physiology confirms the hope
Of tho race by asserting that tic 1oficst heights
intellectual md spiritual vision and force FREQ 10
each Be1, and accessible by each but ads TINT each
must Climb in Its own Wayt and accept lte oHn NDlta
tons and when this Ia lGne promises TINT each will
ind tho doing uf It, not to wenkeu or diminish power,
but to develop T. Physiology condemns tho identical,
and pleads for tho appropriate, education Of thu
that hoys mag become men, and girls women. aud
both have fair clauco to do and become their beat.