New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-15

in its favor and east OF the AleghanieS tue endens
all way. The tide is sweeping IN ING tnrs
England colleges are swept awav and tho OUTFITS
do follow, the promised Boston University VIZ
vast endowments will soon make IL unnpolttanss
whether they FOLLOW or not The exhaustive reports OF
President Wmie of Cornell and OF the hN ~ seIass
of The Harvard oyerseer-repOrs which it Is useless
TO add ANYTHING, since nobody has yet attempHu 10 10
answer them-have established one thlnE-init with
OF experts is In favor OF Joint education WIN
hardly an the doubts and fears are from hose
who have not tried H. ana the 1ndDrseln5nL au' Ia
proyaI from those who have seen it tired for years IN
the public schools and academies, where tle ~
OF actual experience IA felt far more closely tnah ~ of
coeeea the tendency is all one way. We often near Oh
spnarte schools being abolished and JOINT scuooIS
established This has taken place In every to"n
have been on the school commttee-thlee III nnn9ol
but neither i'm these towns in any otler nave ,
much as heard Of proposition to change tno tcm
way. II anything IS certain IA our puoC tyer This
Is "A popular verdict from which there Is no aPP int
incorporated academies TOO, the SatuT a1d
tsnot t cv available for our colleges As be-
tween the two the age OF the pupils does nOt greay
differ nor do studies. IT. now, Two or thIeo M i,
vnnn mon and women of IS or 20 can dwell together ,
peace IN an academy why does tine whole experiment
become perilOus aud alarming Wheh you O""u-' Wv
name and call the thing college ,, A., ,,s,,,ed am
Tue system elective studies, which IL destlheu, "n
sure 10 prevail In all our colleges IS woihG rh
the direction of the joint education OF the seAGS ~
greater subdivision OF classes makes abundant room ~
tine class rooms and the elective system gives Pey
opening special bent II there he sucn tf1 e az
the feminine intellect. 1t also meets the assertion ta
the ystem OF education for woman shOulu Dc 80
tic than for II it Is possible for man 70 fe
direct and important service 10 cause when ne tnhhs
himself heartily opposing should say that fFesluons
Eliot that man. and the joint COLLEGIATE edu9LIo %
woman Is that have no doubt that gOOi Mtia
BoylstOn smiles at him from her canvas on the vans
every time he passes through the reddlhg rool' ar
thai se already looks forward To the time when sue
will not be the only person her present among 90
many men at the Commencement uihhers'
MAN NOT SURE OF RETAINING SUPERIORITY.
When the time comes for eq lazing the opportunities
OF the sexes shall begin to do retrospective justice AZ
least to the intellect of woman We shall that she
la, Inv W sl
already under the pressure OF constant Encouragement
Man has preserved the traditions OF coarser PERIOD
when brute settled all questions with the perou
of intellect and tried to make intellectual achieve
ments also a matter OF weight aud size In the
French grammar they speak OF the miscgihe as e So
noble the noble SEX Man has assured himself 10 DC
noble because his epoch OF superior advantage came
FIRST seeing that the whole theory OF evolution ooHs
other way. In all history the later development
the nObler. and II woman is now relatively gaming on
man, as seems unquestlOnaOle, then IL 10 rather
for man TO be anxious about the future Already
he sees woman here and there beating Nun on MS own
ground where he once sale from al coupettioh'
In shakespeares time, did not appear upon the
stage and II was considered achievement beyond her
sex when Fanny Burney wrote novel ,NoW,, .io
survival of the ttest left Rachel aud Rston with
out peers the department OF art ana GeOre Siud
and George Eliot in the other Are we so sure ina We
hold our chemistry aud our mathematics byany hrmer
tenure9 Les races Sc feenSet do not wish 10 boast
much OF mere priority III time rms SoIt Vi EcDoHo
precedence has penls. IL would not Dc pleasant 10
have woman end by shutting up the noble sex IN ice,
like an extinct mammoth. The mammoth no uouDl' hai
Tne thing that perpetnally neutralizes all claims OF
chvary all professions of justice all talk OF fairness as
between sexes is the lingering policy OF exclusion
in regard to woman she Is excluded from udiuihH, anu
they nOld she must not compete II admitted to com
pete is weighted by ARTIFICIAL disadvantages that
cannot win. IL would rather seem that u hsr DIn
is Inferior should be helped II her natural obstacles
greater all other obstacles should Dc the more gen
erousy swept away GIVE girls chance at hgn school
they It, and they equal boys In scholarship; IN our
academies in our normal schools there Is no dehciehcy
Probably there never will be so many young in
colleges young men, for they w be less driven to
study for the sake OF vehnOOd Du II there are out
few much the easier TO provide Tor them TIE late
O the young English ladies', pupils or GrtOn
College, who have undergone at Cambridge Seyefei ex
amnations than any American college offers, and have
come out successful, shows tha there - no danger OF
putting our educational provisions TOO hlSh Harvard
pays from various pecuniary foundations some $4,000
annually 10 young men that they may consent 10 come
women, who ask only permission 10 pay their own bills
and receive charty Do let us be at least AS gen-
erOus certain school committee in Massachusetts,,
who said lately, in their report in regard to vacant
school, As TINS place oilers neither honor nor pron
we do WY it should not be filed by a woman"
RESTORATION AND REFORM or THE CURRENCY.
The essay b. Joseph s. Ropes, with the above title,
began with brief exposition of the nature of money
and currency showing the former TO be represented in
modern civilization mainly by gold con and the latter
by various forms of credit redeemable in coin on de-
mand. The causes which have complicated and per-
verted this simple theory were next considered, viz:
a. The union OF banking with currency; O The disre-
gard the conditions of safety caused by the instinct Of
times Of great financial distress o.
The general ignorance OF the subject which peryades the
and permits the most erroneous assertions
and theories TO pass almost unchaenged Inc existing
state Of currency then considered III was shown
that on a specie basis, with practically unlimited
liberty OF issue, our paper currency never e1-
ceeded about S2ooOOCOO0, to which may be added
as very liberal and perhaps extravagant estimate.
500 OF gold and silver cOin making about $40 per
head TO population of 9OOoOOO Along with tins there
circulated nearly equal amount Of bank credits or de-
posts made available by checks Within the last IL
years both portions Of this circulating medium have
been fully doubled, while the population mas increased
only one-thrd that the proportion OF currency to
population been increased about onehalf causing
prolonged suspension OF specie payments ana oepre-
citation not only in the purchasing power OF the paper
currency itself but even in the gold coin which Is thus
thrown out Of circulation and deprived OF It's proper
function. Some recent and mschievOus theories re-
specting the OF bank currency It's elasticity &C.
were incidentally noticed and eomoatted. -.
The evils OF this state OF suspension were next dwelt
upon as follows: C) The disappearance OF correct
measure OF value, leading to ncessant fluctuations in
prices speculation Of every kind and involving
nous annual tax upon both producers and consumers
() The triumph OF monopoly. the inequality OF classes
Inc destruction OF commerce. and the depression OF ar
culture 90 The Generalization OF Industry the antag
Onisn of capital and labor the general increase Of
travagancc, gambling, dishonesty, and crime. (il The
inevitable result Of continued expansion and dlsas
trous crisis, terminating in insolvency population
For ali these evils the only possible remedy Is slow
and gradual liquidation of debt and dlmlnuton OF la
biites pOiut at which they can be redeemed IN coin
without disturbing the equilibrium OF values
Mere contraction OF greenbacks viii not et
Of dent both by the banks and people. and
the latter would not necessarily follow the former 80
that any such experiment OF contraction would probably
break down. though might have succeeded some years
ago, before Imitation had reached its present hight In
stead of this Is proposed TO exchange existing green
backs speedily possible for new legateDder notes,
payable In gold in monthly instalments Of 100000 the
payment however, not commencing for two or three
years come. This new currency, being no longer "a
mere instrument OF speculation, but possessing def
and cOmDutabe value in coin, would begin to be
boarded for it's sake, that money would accumu
Late while speculation for obvious reasons, would be
checked. and liquidation promoted in all quarters. At
the tme the Government should establish in
nectiOn with the Sub-Ireasury at NewYOrk, central
bureau at which all notes OF national banks may
be redeemed In lawful money presentation, such
banks being duly notified OF the same; aud their