, 1873-03-09
EQUAL EDUCATION.
Women's Attempt to Enter
the Fortresses Of
-, Learning.
What Would Be the Result of the Sue
cess Of the Enort3
Greater Culture Needed bv. Both
Sexes.

indications Of Barbarism Among U.s..
4 School Of Good Manners
Suggested.
Such bsttering away as there is at the wa1le
Of certain old castles! How hesitatingly the
portcu1lis is raised and The drawbridge lowered
in some cases, and tile stranger admitted. How
closely they are kept securely fastened in 9th
ere, with stern determination not to yield to the
besiegers, on the part Of the besieged. "Ye
cannot enter here" written over every gate,
until. as matter of course, each woman is il
the condition OF Blue Boards wife, and thinks
she would like to know the secrets OF that nys-
FERROUS interior. Open your castles, Oh ye
ha1ons who hold the keys OF those
FoRTREssEs OF LEAnSISd
wherein young men are trained to do good ser
vice with tongue and pen, and who quote
Richelieu's comparison with admirable appro-
priate2ess, unless they may have been matr1cu-
lated at Heidelberg or some other German nni-
cersitv. Do you think the army that are now
hsmu1ering away SO persistently will care to keep
possession By no means. A small garrison
riu possibly remain to keep down your e1agger-
sted pretension but the grand army. who really
non ca-c very little about who wins, will
co PEACEFULLY RACK
TO tEcir ordinary ayocations of firting dressing,
dancing, or the domestic duties. "Won't it be
teal splendid when We can all so to college?" e1-
claimed young lady, in our hearing, not long
ago. "Very," We replied but, when We mildly
suggested course Of English spelling
book as being desirable before she entered upon
the moro :d;aEced studies Of the university, she
informed us that she 'ilad studied an American
one, and she didn't know what she needed an
English one for some Of the words she never
could remember, ns it Was.' Having seen some
ct her letters, we admitted tho truth Of her
statement without q dcmur, admired her patriot
ism, and did not think she would prove very
dangerous foe in the coming battle. Her text
boohs would never be borrowed from any other
source than the ordinary circulating library,
aud tho very lightest Of ita contents would suf-
tce.
STILL when the mind Graves food, it will obtain
it,the principal trouble being that it is not Or
dinerily hungry, while i'll both ee1es the stomach
takes the lead, makes its wants known, and will
be satisfied. All the bolts and bars that may be
drawn
WILL NOT KEEP OUT
the student who is determined TO enter into the
templa OF learning, no natter what tho sex or
condition in life; but IN most cases, there will
be very little struggling for admission. Not stop
ping to discuss the relative comparison which
one constantly hears drawn between the men,
tality Of the sexes, ne would simply state that,
all conditions being equal, re have seen come
women who knew more than some men, and pice
teTsu. We do no. pretend to say that, 1t women
had equal advantages OF education, they would
show the same force Of mind and depth Of
thought as the opposite se1; but We think the
men must be afrald of it, or they would not dis
counteuance it SO completely. But, argue some
OF these,
"1r rs NOT 4 wostAS's PLACE
to come before the public in the pulpit, at the
lar, or where the akillfu1 physicians MD is
neglect the duties Of wifo and mother, it may
be abrogate Ewes curse altogether, if We per-
rnitted this thing" Do you think so, gentle
rlon? Who is it that finds her woman's obliga-
tions fall the hardest upon her7 She to whom
knowledge has brought serious thought in re-
ga1d to these matters, or the gay butterfly OF
fael1ion, who, slipping the sweets from all life's
flowers, is not willing to have the down Of beauty
brushed from her wings by any Of ife's cares2
fortune in 8 professional career; aud do those
RHO have done SO forget that they hare homes
to provide for those ambitions, and mistaken
women to preside over? It does not seem so.
OPEN THE cAsTLE-GATEs, TEEN.
The rush may seem like o tidal wave at first
but keep cool,-it will soon return to it's original
losi;ion. There will boa few who will win prizes
,Ieyo will bo more, perhaps, who will, like
large proportion OF tho other sex, pass their
days in aspiring to be something great and IA
n;ous, but, owing to lack OF mental calibre, they
will never get beyond tho first letter Of aspira-
ton to the more advanced one Of success. The
great proportion, however, would 60 on IL the
way they always have. alen would, as they do