The New York herald., 1873-10-18

Every woman who wanted to get rid OF her hus-
| band and children would have been or to study at
Zurich II we had not put spoke IN their wheels
The Empress did 1t. She is a very good woman |;
| and 1t should have been done more quietly.
should have managed 1t through the University
authorities without appearing TO move hand In
the business; and so told orion, who agreed with
me that we never ought TO crush ny on
| mans head with our BEARS paw que Uoulez
| uous mon cher, que Uouiez uouS2 lie Gen.
| erdt - est un fer fnabecle; and somebody
| wanted to get him out OF the way. He called on
me at Geneva; and l told him was just recover
| ing from the measles after which saw him no
MORE see no harm In girls living amusing lives.
Some OF their young men set up printing press az
| the house OF Mr.. Feh man OF Zurich, and another
| at the house OF cooper in the Rennweg They
| printed nothing OF consequence and one Of them
sold proof sheets OF all they did print to gov
| ernment We might have set tnem by the ears
| and made them sell their types In twenty-four
| hours; but what would have been the use Of that.
| They could have got their trash printed az any
town In Belgium, and their own printing press
was rather hindrance than help to them. The
Swiss are very shrewd people, and viii not quarrel
with u.s. so we shall give way to them in this case
! and indeed have done so.
| THE UKAsE is VIRTUALLY CANCELLED.o
Leaving the club went to see
| PRESIDENT KAPPELER
Principal Of the Polytechnic School OF Zurich
which has received some female pupils. shrewd
| long headed man, OF ruDicund aspect was Presi
dent kappeler, and extremely courteous.
| "lhe question OF female Students" said he, with
extreme irankness, ''does not much concern me-
To De sure, as you say, am the magistrate before
been brought; but never had occasion to inter-
| lere with them III my magisterial capacity. The
| Polytechnic School here IS the only school OF the
N n tpda rar al nd 1 nnt
belong exclusively to the Canton OF Zulcn. The
University however, belongs TO the Canton OF Zu
erland. The Polytechnic School here Is one OF the
best, II not the best, IN EUROPE, and
similar Institution has half or our revenues, only
one has an Income equal to two-thrds Of them.
We enforce very rigorous examination for ad-
mlttance into this school, and therefore, we had
| few women. We dld not forbid them to come, but
| not many came, only one or two, indeed Russia
! has made silly blunder IN ordering female stu
dents away from the Poly technic School at Zurich,
| and it should not have been mentioned in the
ukase. II is that fact which has brought the whole
SWISS Confederation down upon them, and enlisted
powerful friends on the side OF the female stu
! dents
.sThe Council OF the Polytechnic School would not
| forbid girls to study there, because we did not
want to snub the University. and also because
| there lew. But when los girls and
no more than seventy young men began to
study medicine together, the balance was on the
body, and human nature also got to work with
them. do not care to inquire whether the con-
| duct or any OF the female students was wrong, but
1t was, to say the least, eccentric. They whooped
about the streets at two O'Clock In the morning,
and tney dressed strangely. Perhaps about third
| OF them were emancipated iok, like French
cocottes. i am bound 10 give all praise to the
others.
! There will be no difficulty between Russia and
! Switzerland account OF this business, and there
| has been none. We nave got the best end OF the
! argument and the Russian ukase has been modi-
| fed to such an extent tina. IL has no longer any
meaning Exceptions have been made and so
forth" "a door opened to good natured, harmless
This was not properly question for the SWISS
Confederation and the Russian government. It
was question Tor the University OF Zurich. 1t
had to decide whether 1t would or would not become
COLLEGE FOR IDLE GIRLS,
and that was grave question, which could only be
answered in the negative by enforcing rigorous
examination previous to the natriculatiOn OF
pupils The Russian government had nothing to
/ nor can university be held responsible Tor its
students misusing their knowledge. No faculty
of medicine prevent some OF its students
becoming Infamous That Is my opinion fairly
given, without any disrespect expressed or
| implied towards my new esteemed friends, the
| University authorities. l repeat, however, that
have, neither personally nor oilicany, much in
terest in the question. Ii could get into the
Polytechnic School here, we should not be sorry
to see a moderate number OF them. But their
attainments must be very high to enable them to
pass the necessary examination; for although one
or two schools may be little superior to ours on
special subjects OF study, upon the whole there is
education IS obtainable. Thus the school Of
Architecture at Berlin, for instance better than
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inferior, and In section Of civil engineering
the Poly technlc School OF Zurich Is equal the Poly
Education Is very cheap here, SO that female
students need not be kept away by the cost OF 1t.
/ The school fees do not exceed 1oJ francs a year,
and that Is considered too much by the strong
republican feeling OF the cantons which tph0ds
the principle OF making the road to education clear
and open TO everybody. Indeed, l give away
i about
| EIGHTY FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
every year. To be educated Tree OF expense con-
/ a
diligent and poor. IL he is neither clever nor dill
gent expel him, whether rich or poor, and
| should do the same with girls.
No, had never one single complaint against any
OF the female students brought before me as
magistrate. The conduct OF the female scholars at
| the Polytechnic School was in every respect blame
/ less. But found tnat the female mind could not
bear the constant strain OF study necessary TO excel
in the exact sciences We had one female student OF
mechanics and one girl who attended our pre-
paratory school, l cannot remember any more.
/ The Russians did a ridiculous rather than bad
thing in mcddling with US; but they have found
out their error, and have done what they could to
| ef1ace 1T.
| had been recommended to call on M. Luthi
/ Egll, member OF the Sanitary Commission OF
| zurich did so and found him very well In
"Ihe female students are divided into two dis
tinct classes said he. "My brother is going to
marry Miss Koladejen, who Is very good girl but
some OF them are terrible creatures. My barber
was positively afraid to cut the hair OF one OF them,
my Official capacity az sanitary inspector OF the
town. That Russian students house is ilthy
Hole but lnere ID piace AZ fTauenlelu wnlcn
Is worse. IL Is filed with Russians, BraZillans and
/ South Americans, VINO not profitable or credit
able acqualntances. went there to see what they
were about. and they rose against me. They are
social reormers, who think policeman Is duh
/ dog who has no appreciation OF humor. These
| people are not terrlned by the ukase. Berne will
receive them, and has baths with other institu-
tons fitted for the purpose. Some OF the female
students are very good girls. Three OF them live
opposite my house, and / often see their lamps
| burning while they still studying at two or
| three in the morning. The ukase is unjust, be-
rams NJ ri In han N n n
| condemnation. Zurich was for long time the
only university in Europe which admitted
women; and Y became ,sort Of fash
| ion come hither IL Ia nearly
| twenty years ago since two ladies were
first admitted to the University OF Zurich. Oce Of
them Is now married, and is o friend OF my wife.
| one Dr, Flick, however, Professor OF Physiology,
refused 10 admit them to his lectures, and for some
years we had no female students. Mrs. Dr.