, 1873-11-26
W0l1AN'Y RIGHTS IN EVANSTON,

W0l1AN'Y RIGHTS IN EVANSTON.
tlagratst act Of injustice Id being po,polratcd
oyory wool; in tho Btaid aud sobor hubu,b OF
Evanston, which demands public notice a,,d tho
adoption Of immodiuto nloastireu for itB corrcc-
tion. Tho Northwestern University, located In
that village, long ago throw It's doore open to
women aud offered tho uano privileges to both
soxca. It was announced that thoy would bo Oh
terms Of equality and Oh tho strength Of such au
announcement, tho young ladies' locked to tho
University like dovos to the windows. Tho young
gentlomou enjoy absolute freedom, that III, thoy
aro only obliged to kocp up with lhetr olasscs
and to bolavo themselves like gentlolnen. Tue
Two sc1os having ostenBbly the spmo privi-
loges, tho young ladies' should only be
obliged to keep up with tleir Glasses,
and maintain lady-1ike doportment. In
place Of this, tho young ladies' arc compelled
to 80 to confessional onco week, and answer
thirteen questions, mauy Of thom of tho mont
exaapeEating character, which nro furnished to
them in tho form Of printed blank, and to each
Of which thoy must write "Yoa" or "No," as tho
case may bo. Every wook theso young ladies'
must inform tho Principal II they Aavo devoted
tho entire time Of their study hours to study; ii
they hayo left town without permission; ii they
lave maad or received calls without permission;
If tloy have accepted invitations; If they haYo
boon out in the evening to the post-Ollico or
tho depot; If they have been out with
fower than four in tho company; II
thoy have left thoir boarding-placos without
permission; it they layo walked with any gem
tleman or accepted company to or from any
place, or boon at any timo in the society Of eou-
tlemen except ut school exercise, without per-
mission; II they have boon quiet at all times;
If they havo oxtinguiHhed their lights and ret1rod
at tho proper hour; and if thoy hive rcfrained
entirely from whispering in classes, chapel. aud
at prayers. Humiliating aud absurd aB many Of
theso questions aro especially to girl Of spirit,
they find no special fault with my OF them, ex-
ccpt tile ono which catccl,izoa thom with
regard to their association with young
gentlemen, aud to this thoy emphstically
object. We submit, in their defonse, that
they have excellent reaaons for go doing, It
must bo remembered that no restrictions arc
placed upon tho young gentemon. Conso-
quently, tue latter arc vory liablo to walk home
with tho prottiest girls thoy can find, and to in
yite thom out whonoyer they can got chance.
This ia one Of tho weaknosaea Of human nature.
1t has been custom OF young gentlemen from
time immomorial. and wo presume 1t will DO till
tho final trumpet blows. II is one OF tho rola-
tions Of society, which is as inevitable as fate.
Now. what Is tho young lady to do under such
circumstances? She goes out On tho ntroet md
meets young gentleman whom Bho knows, or
Hlo ia taking stroll on the lake shore, enjoying
tho beauties Of Nature, whom tho aforesaid young
gentleman accidentally. Of courae, happens 10 bo
in quest OF tho beauties Of Nature at tho aa1ne
timo and thoy meet "by cllaaco, the usual way"
What is moro natural than that tho young man,
unless ho is woman-proof, should offer his CON-
papy, and TINT tic two together should proceed
to enjoy the grand expauao Of the lake. tho
colossal majosty OF tho crib, and the distant
wAito-winged veasels. dipping below the hor,zon7
Eyory enc knows that tic solitary enjoyment OF
tho beauties Of Nature isn't touch to ita dual
enjoyment, and besides this the young man
can't holp It. Ho Isn't responsible for wanting
to a'laro all this beauty with tho young woman,
nor for making permission to walk With her and
l.olp her enjoy 1t also. Tho college regulations
themselves rocogn,zo tho imlpo5sibility OF tho
young gcntleman's acting any other WY, by
placing 10 restriction upon him. Now, wo ro-
peat, ,ndor nuoh circumstances as taeso, Wl.at ID
$o ia ,rtft.
young gentleman tho milton? IL s!o 10 bu iu.r
polite aud rndo to her friend Ia h'se 10 sena
him away miserable, and 10 miserable herself ?
T1oro 10 another fearful emergency. suppopo
tho young gentleman won't take "No" for an
arawor, and insists upon walking with ,cr and
l,o!piug her oujoy tito boautios Of Nnturo. IL
TINT her faulk 7 A1uht sho bo Snbjecso4 10 II
,norlifying discipline for doing something pln
cannot l,olp2 We presume TINT, IN ulnosy-nnu
caBoa out Of ono hundred, tho young latiou of
this University MO compelled TO wrlto yas"
attor tho quosiou,- that is 1t thoy aro mat1c out
of tho .a,1lc ssuir rs other young ladies aul IN
oyory ono Of thcso capoH tho young mon aro to
blamo, although, Of oourae, thoy can't l,olp 1t, as
they aro human lciass.
Wo submit therefore, TINT the young ladies'
arc III tho right whom thoy domantl that this
obnoxious question sllalI bo removed from their
confessional. II 1t s not. and II on tlat account
tholr mombsrahip in tho University III to DO p,oi-
,.,llcod, thon 1t IL only simple matter of JUL
tico TINT tue Young goutlonon should bc put
through confessional also, no that The boastel
equality Of Tho Aoxos In thla institution may be
q fact aud hot myth. Lot tlo:n alAo bo con,-
pollod to gay whothor they have hean out ot
town, whether thoy hayo undo calls, whether
shoy have walkod with auy ladies', whather they