, 1877-12-16

mission is not often granted. as your writer well
knows from experience. We may venture th2
remark without fear OF contradiction that'no
University in the country is blessed with so
many bright, healthy, and Intelligent young
ladies'. From whence came these Amaeonss
From the healthy pure life Of the farm, from
the jolly villages, and from the cities OF Wis
consin and the Western states They come to
study. They come to be taught, and aru
scho0led to be wumen-not roluptnons show
cases. Their object is fulfilled. Their purpose
is completed.
In the classroom they have no peer. Co
ticipated in alike by both sexes They always
have their lessons. To compete with the young
men is their aim. With what delight do they
cheer coulrade who has answered question
missed By one OF the other sex! In the clas5-
room they sit apart from the men, aud only meet
them Oh their way to and from classroom Or OF
the walk to Ladies' Hail after examinations ot
the morning are oyer.
Does their study injure them! Why any
more here than at exclusive lady seminaricsl
It is not study but want Of exercise that kills.
Now, let us trace the s.Art Of Lovc,'' so ably
put forth oy your valuable paper as danger-
Gus element i'll co-edu:ation. If your sup
our University you had surely carried the day.
But you were wrong in TACT. though probably
not in theory. Why! For the rather peculiar
argument, but still indisputable fact, that
those young people of nv acquaintance in Wis
constn University who appeared to, md did,
love tue most, aud make tue greatest numoer OF
matches and saw each other the most, and
'went together the most" we're the best
students, and took the most honors, and had
the deepest regard OF the college and its Pro-
fessors. The Young men now hold eay1ab[e po-
| sitions and the young ladies are as well
circumstanced. No, the theory Is wrong that
young men and young ladies' cannot associate
together; be near each other in classroom, aud
lire within stones throw OF each other, and
still he men ami women They can be serious.
rational, foolish, aud tragcal at the same time.
Their study is business with them. That done,
what do you wish them to do! Cannot they iu-
duse in matrimonial ideas, at least 4 moments 1
Must they always be students, and never ro-
mantle! II they be, surely, young ladies' and
gentlemen, u pleasant word now anu
then spoken, or an hours chat in
the reseptlon'room. or quiet walk
cannot dethroue their reason. But 1t theoEs
standing illustration OF the talsity Of tho
theory.
They do not take dinner in company with the
Young lnen. The diniug-rooi1i OF Ladies' Hall
Is as divine as tho sacred clolstcr: no rude boot
ever contamnatcs its angelic domain. The
young men take their meals at clearinghouse
scattered over the city. Some OF them never
forget these places for more reasons than one
The ladies go to church alone, and sci,
dom eondeseend to aecsp: p1ottsrea ,a cred
hare been taught unwary Freshmen
to ever tempt one OF them to wait ut the clols--
ter gate that he might have tine pleasure OF
pleasant company to church.
These young ladies' nlngle in the cultivated
and refined society Of the City Of Madison. and
are gladly received US part OF that soricty so
justly praised
The University students have annually about
four dances in son,e public hall On these oe~
casions the members OF the two sexes com
u,ingle together more than at any other time In
the year. But l think I can see the smile OF
pleasure that crosses the face Of our New
England grandmother and look Of dis
pleasure on the face Of the young people
themselves when I relate the fact that
on pain Of suspension they must close the dance
and be within tho doors Of Ladies' HALL when tho
old rime-piece in the corridor strikes the hour
Of II. .
The first Lewis prize was taken By woman,
among nearly sixty competitors, and the second
yeur lady came within half degree OF It.
When it is known that this is the only prize
given at the institution, and that it has been
glyen out fur years, the magnitude Of the blow
at non-co-education will be seen. Co-education
is not q failure. It is with the great ideas Of
the age, among the first in Importance and re-
suit, P. V. LAWSON, JR.