, 1877-12-26
CO-EDUCATION.


appeared In your issue Of tho 9TH inst. the Goti
anniversary Of my birth; 30 I am .'o'd enough"
II not "bI9 enough, and might hare known bet |
teri than writc In 70 careless a manner TINT
you, Of any one, could havc supposed mo favor-
able 10 love e-nnktng In school, or coluctTy any
where. II you arc right In thinking thnt CO |
education puts lovc-n,akluG into tho heads OF
tho young folks, the question IL settled, aud NC
should hare separate schools; hut this II exact
" tho proposition deny. ! claini TINT the
siya1r[cs Of study, competition, and the occupa'
ton Of tllcir miuth by other subjects, lead them
them away from love-making, and that tho COM
naptonship Of boys gvcs to girls. mental ro-
imstness and yIeor opposed to eeptfmcntaaltv.
! mnlntain that IN no other place nrc tho minds
al Girls 10 occupied With bcaux and billcttloux
~ ID female seminary.
lam sustained IN this view by nv own expert.
euce, both as pupil and teacher. and by that Of
pupils and teachers, Of both sexes, With whoinl
have convcEscd. ......-
quote, ~ examples Of monastic education,
the French, who certainly do not stand high In
thclr reputation for moral purity; md Jet the
girls are kept within conyenk-walls until ready
for marriage.
1should hc glad to bo done with ill this talk
about educating girls for wives and mothers,
and labor for tho good time a-coning when they
will DO brought mp to 10 good and noble women,
and when marriage will bo regarded as probs-
bic incident In their lives, not as the life ITSELF
whole stress Of their ease on this point. Tho
tbcy weru to he ctiucatc,l for wives an mothers.
attempt to meet them on their own ground and
n.tnr 49, ainc1 hv a,'rst1nT ti,rm t1rrt hrr than
snsrt heca,.se 1,-ct,casion Gives tl,c11, m on,
,ppTtt,nttv ri knovinT ensh othcrts upcntaj md
moral oita1ftfra-re,t betauso Il aitls them 10
.p,M hecnm. 'I Iarerss II iuro follows iIu letter
rno"ictrs' It rrktt m n much nrmnr founla.
i'm than IL buit on ballroom ur slcigt,-rtIlo
rn1sfnianre. and Ia moro likely. II il rcsuIt in
n,arr1ovs -, h-in1 honnfnrs.
9frat 1tanv ~ G. shn ~ tayor the hcrdnr a,
,,rrr n,,nhr-s ri vnrrr urcn nn,l vn,,ny wun,rn
T., tts hnarIinv.t,w,sr4 hava nlwayx t,nnoscd
n ths % Sorttnu nj human befnrs ike coa Or pota-
t1c.'-nuttlnr those Of ono aec Or description In
nna III and tIass Of arother IA anothcr bn' Al
WiS Wanss Ifn1nc IN did Wnmn,,', Iinmc. a Sawa
1nss, 1iomr. = llomc fnr iiirs. anil one for lii.
bl.s' mn iii nfomInations. s.-ytulattons of tic
Pssstnr,s III, nlau. liz made iok, to i've II, famI.
a. Hss Mn1 % sn.i vo,nr. men ani wo,pcu. bnys md
.G .s.ts Iahfna md Graninnr"nts n,nst"rs md
srrysnis comyn,1nitr oI Young folks either
nf onn ar or Of both. il aIJ a mlstatc.
VI Ths ~ n%nt,s n every %"ont silorlI boarl in
f.,ni1c, III K. snlo. nascnts sbu,.t1 1Iye ,,enr
.n",,rh INV schuoi in which their children arc
-, IN .,1uratetl. 10 hays Them board al homc.
TheY never can have any ut'!cf busiucsa Of mora
impofsanse nna wsn sons ahn ta1snsst .hio Ho
cannot be done, pupils should bv placed under
ttis caro- Of souac ono VINO VII! represent Lilo
parents.
In most ca8cs, There arc young folks OF ooth
sc1es In family, and EiEl ouKht TO %
pretty sure OF protection who has d brother ~
| tho sanio school, a yo1tng man would surely
lead better life who spent Ills evenings with
his slater. or the sister OF 7 friend, ~ study,
| than II left 70 tho coHlpantunahlp Of bis oTn
Bcr. ...
tfthc Wisconsin University hns q lot Of young
men aud women IL great caEayansasy Of
| cotntuon boatlluK. house, eating at tho Same
table, walking In tho same avenues, alsd left to
| thriF own deviccs, the buaF1 had 1ettGr eloao
| the establishment as soun as possible, or burn
| It down II they cann0t shut It VI, In week.
II such II their plum of co-educataou, NJ w0n-
der LLoy pronuunco tt q failure; for their [nstt.
J tuition Inust ba mora onU ol t1aboiHtnGttoh
| Than anything else. Educating tho sexes In
tho same schoDt docs Aot mean her1iuR thum
| together ltkn lnuian1 OIL ! re4aEyationa
You nssume that School H0nrtl has no power
| to dictate what IFe&s a pupil shall wear; but
you cersatnly hare NOT considered the question.
! West Point anu the SRral HctI0ul At Annapolis
dictatc to tho most lntnute particular, tho coz
tuu,u Ut every uupil; % do other ailes4saful