, 1874-08-09

| uAr EE TELT FOB AGES. j. .:-
| When woman gives to tire world II son. good ant
wherever ler child goes. It may DO honor to be
q man, but it is glory to be woman; ana asl
no nol,!er monument than that my boy will be In
honest. truthful man, and no greater tribute te
| my memory than that Lo shalt say, II thanl
| God for my mother" .....
| Nns. JESs1r EcrLEr REYNOLDS:
Women md University Dc=rcess
From the London Saturday Rtris,s.
| Women haye not been idle lately in asserting
| their claims to positions hitherto occupied by
men, There hns been discussion in the House
Of Commons on d motion by Mr- Cowpcr Temple
to authorize the Universities Of Scotland "to
mike such regulations they may think fit for
the admission and complete cducation Of female
students" There las also been discussion III
tie Senate of the University Of London on the
question rhatler it is desirable that tho Uni
yersity s'should be empowered to admit women
to its degrees" This. however, camo to even
lcss than tho motion in the House Of Commons,
being rejected by decisive majority. Tho re-
cent meeting at st. James Hail in support Of
womcn's suffrage, md tho announcement that
some Fl 800 or E1, 400 lave been spent III sup
port of it, testify that, in politcal life as we'll as
to sech place. We shall couhne our remarks,
however, on this occasion, to tho ef-
forts which women have been making to
obtain University degrees. and to become
members of the various professions to which
these degrees are regarded as preliminary steps,
It appears to be admitted that tho number Of
women possessed by this ambition is small and
this il used as IN argument in favor OF granting
what is asked. We asked TO believe that no
great harm can result from allowing these few
women to have their way, aud to obiain, II they
can. the object Of their ambition On the other
hand, however. those who take wider view OF
tile subject may reply that it is monstrous to al
low SO small minority. moved III great 1neass.
uro by tile strange Teaching Of Mr.. stlart a1ln,
to disturb the whole relations Of social life. We
have here petty aoctiou Of restless women
constituting Themselves leaders Of nelr
sex, and e1Ideavoriug to induce 9TH
ers to follow cou16e which Ii opposed
to the good sense and feelings OF the vast
majority of women ; and it IL only reasonable in
such case that the interest Of tho majority Of
tle sex and Of society generally should DO taken
into account. It has been said that women i'll
seeking University degrees merely desire to
But the desire Of these fair candidates for caps
and gowns Of new faehton. as expressed in
their letters AMI memorials. everywhere tcstldes
that
TuE1E OBJECT Is MoEE AMBITIOUS.
Thoy seek for III opportunity Of correcting
their deficiencies By comparison under con-
mon standard Of their attainmcnts with those Of
mcn," und they declare that they are ''ready to
take their eiiare Of tho worlds work" il allowed
to do SO.
There a-e some who, while recognizing the
folly of these efforts, yos willing gooQ-hll-
rro 1y.f fr nj taaI fteft
evil, if it bo evil, viii cure itself at last. II
this argument had any force, the world by tins
time must have become suprenely wise Un-
fortunately foll1ea not only grow old md -four
ish, hut propagate their k1ua. II it ho folly or
al evil TINT women should assume tho character
of men, and attempt to do mems work and TO
compete with men; it it be wrong to encourage
women to repudiate an, education suitable to
their sax, to neglect duties winch become them
and for tho performance Of which they ara en-
rTessIy qualified, III order that they may Under
take other tasks which Nature never detsfned
them to perform, then it becomes The duty Of
tbose WHO see this, not to look OIL idly in
the hope that the folly will euro itself, but to ex
pose and euro it. If cure be possible. To cure
folly as ne cure disease, its natrre and extent
must be understood. In the present instance
We find it asserted that there is no reason why
men and women should not pursue the same
course of intellectual training, seok the esme
university distinctions, and adops tho same pro-
men and women should he educated uIike, and
should work alike, and that, a5 far rs may bo
necessary ali distinctions between the sexes
should be obte ated. It is difficult to treat such
proposals as regards mental aud physical labor
seriously. One can only wonder that persons
possessed of ordinary perception aud even a
small amount OF common senso should fail to re-
cognize the
1NpE4c77cABn1rT OF SUCH COURSE.
We do not need the psychologists to tell us that
the organization Of the eexes is different. 1t is
well known to be 80 throughout animated
ture; the male is organized for rougher, Aar;lcr
work than the female Possessed Of greater
strength Of greater endurance, ho il tho natural
prov;t1er for, and protector Of what mus. 10
weaker sex. Wo1nau more finely. more deli
cateIy organized, less capable Of protractcl In
bor, has her own special duties to perform. In
the dntics that belong to her she ia complement
tary to man Nature has ruled it so. If we
could conceive it possible that IN soma future
ago these fundamental principles should BE- set
aside,-that man should lolR on woman as his
rival not his helpmate, OF that woman should re-
gard m2n not as her protector, but as her
opponent then would tho women Of that age
have cacso to read history With EorroT, and to
lament that they were not rs their Sisters had
been. Nor do no need physicians to tell us, as
they have done in this country and in America,
that women cannot enter OIL these competitions
in which the brain aud nervous system nre deep
II involved without serious peril to the peculiar
functions Of their sex. The women who are
eager to enter into this strusglcfor life with
men, and to drag others after them, would be
fighting IN unequal fight; not only would they
see themselves beaten by men on account OF
difference in strength and in powers Of endur-
a,,ce. but there IRE also few Of their Sex who
would not find tue regular course OF thelr
labor5 Interrupted from time to tin1o by CAUSES
which would not affect their n,ule rivals, and
over which they had no control
Passing from tic general to the particular. let
rs suppose woman to be entering d learned pro
fessiCu-
TIE MEDICAL PROFESSION
seems to bo the especial object Of wonlan's
choice, because, as. il aald, wonleu being good
tccder nurses. arc supposed to be therefore
easily convertible into ekillful physicians and
dcxterous surgeons It is lid that women de-
sire to be attended by women, aud that at lcast
women arc specially well tilted to attend to tho
diseases OF children. It IL also asserted that
there il scarcity OF medical rnesi ard that von,-
cn might supply this deficiency. Il docs not
require much examination to SEQ that these ar-