The New York herald., 1879-09-11
SOCIAL SCIENCE.

inE ASSOCIATION AT SARAToGA-ADDREsS ON
woMEN's SUFFRAGE IN EDUCATIONAL MAT.
TIERS BY PROFESSOR PEABoDY-PRoFEssoB
WILLIAMS DEFENCE OF THE CHINESE.
SARATOGA. N. Y. Sept. TO- 1879.
Al . meeting OF the Social Science Association the
nrst subject was ~Intsrnational Coinage" upon
which Frederick A. P. Barnard, president of ths
American meteorological Society," read paper He
also presented his paper on "Monometalism BIZ
metaiism and Information Coinage prepared for
the Association for the Reform aud Codifcation
of the Law of Nations. to be presented
at their meeting In Guildhall London last
August He proposes . metric weight . gold coin.
one gramme in weight. which would nearest assimi-
late in value to the various coins now used in tho
United States. England. France and Germany. The
value Of one gramme would be very six dimes so
he would have the smallest international coin OF tan
grammes equal to &c. less two cents President Bar
nard closed by moving that committee of i've be
appointed to consider the subjects Of .sweiehts.
Measures and Coinage" and report at the close Of
this meetings also. to report more fully hereafter.
The President named F. A. +. Barnard Columbia
College; Robert Noxon Topham. New York; Pro.
fessor William Watson. Boston; General Francis A.
Walker. New Haven. and julius E. Hilgard Wash.
ington. as the committee
paper of President Porter Of Yale College on
"Modern Education; Its Opportunity and Its
Perils." was read by william Walter Phelps.
yxMALE SUFFRAGE
Professor A. p. Peabody, of Harvard College, read
paper Female Suffrage" After promising that
limited by common consent to those who in theory
st least exercise 1t benecially he reviewed tho
objections to female suffrage. summarizing them by
saying There are. in political life elements ntrn-
sically unfeminine aud outside womans appro-
PIRATE sphere" This. il it means anything.
implies that woman has her own appropriate sphere
and ought to take under her charge whatever belongs
to 1t. Now. of educational interests we may affirm
the opposite OF all that is alleged concerning the
vernacular politics Of the State and nation. They
are refining and elevating. They most inti-
duties that necessarily devolve women.
The more diligently they are cherished. the
home relations as wife. mother sister. IF there
is anything within woman's sphere. it is education;
her from concerns beyond her sphere is . reason
for giving her full influence. authority and power
In the management OF schools aud the choice Of
Mr. Peabody then argued at length in favor Of
women voting upon educational questions and hold
fed for these duties than men and mucn more likely
to perform them independent OF mere political
motives. They In general far surpassed men IN
educstional ability tact, experience, knowledge and
wisdom. Mothers better know whether the minds
better possess their ccnfidence. There are smone
the mooted topics In school government. discipline
perence and Judgment Of women, whether as voters
or school officials. possess iuch higher authority
than can belong to mems opinions.
wOMRN NEEDED IN THE SCHOOLS.
must not be forgotten that there are in our pub.
lie schools at every moment more girls than boys
the sons Of workngmen. and. to . considerable ex-
tent, those of business men, being removed from
school ct earlier age than their daughters for
labor apprenticeship or cerkship. The manage
ment OF girls constitutes therefore. preponderant
portion OF the school work to which voters must
decide and school boards act. Who will msintain
a n Al Aa WI m
what sort Of regime Is fitted for female pupils; what
what they can ana 1 Wnss s they cannot
pursued with the boys and in what respects
and requirements should be varied in their behalfr
When these tho questions still at issue the
coeducaton Of the sexes-whether it shall be In all
grades of schools in the lower only. and whether
be required to 20 through the same curriculum or
whether the courses OF study shall be varied.
mathematics and Of technical science and more Of
literature or OF art. These are problems at which
swfwardly. and In which tho authority Of Wise and
cultivated women ought to have prevailing weight.
drscy ana Concerned ~ the
ment Of our school is that SO very large propor-
ton Of the teachers are women. have
able extent but judging from the held
ovor which my certain knowledge extends
should say that there at least six times many
women as men employed in our public schools.
The proportion has greatly increased within the last
few years and ia still increasing think that every
maa who has had any considerable amount of school
service has encountered subjects and occasions ON
which he could not have SO full an understanding
and explanation with the female teachers under
his ward as woman in his place might have
had. closer intimacy with members of = school
board, and . fuller sympathy than 1t Is becoming
for man to cherish would often be OF unspeskabis
worth to young girl st the outset Of her career ss
liar difhculty. trial or encouragement which win
checker her whole subsequent career. I doubt
teacher in the younger half Of the number-prob.
ably not many In tho older-who would not wei.
kind ofaoes OF such women would be on her com.
mittee. were there women. elected by women. on the
There is yet one additional reason underlying
overlapping and exceeding all the rest. The school
schoud be regarded W not .. separate institution
tension and complement OF the home. The parental
spirit should pervade the discipline Of the school.
and home feeling should be cherished among the
pupils. We must look to women to make our
schools more and homelike. sm sure that
tendency they will vote and serve in their edu-
cstionA functions. without losing their selfcon-
sciousness ss mothers and sisters.
President Barnsrd's paper tho reclamation OF
college degrees was . protest against allowing 10
many colleges in this countr, to give degrees. He
Of the University In New York. should be allowed to
The paper Of Professor y. Wells Williams, of Yale
College, ON Chinese immigration . long and
OF arrivals in this country betweenIs55 and 1877 wa
l91 ll8 and at this rate 1t will take century befors
half y million can ind footing here. The number Of
arrivals from Europe in thirty years $780, .00o
or more than one-sixth Of our population. Fears
entertained that II Chinese Immigration is not
stopped we shall be swsmpod by IL bsseless
fears that the Indians going to unite In league
to regain their ancestral hunting grounds The new
constitution Of California In Its attempt to prevent
Chinese immigration runs counter TO the constitu-
ton Of the United States. II history repeats itsolf
the California constitution Is repetition Of the
silly laws Of China and mediRval Europe Senatcf
Blaine, for bis own credit, ought to have
learned tho facts before he accused the Chinese
government of violating the Burlingame treaty.
The Chinese here under the strongest national
sanction Of any race, and ought to be protected.
Without the Chinese the populstion OF Cali
fornia could not be maintained Ut moC
than half its present number. The beneAt
OF Chinese labor in California has becn
estimated at $780, 1000 to $4O000O,OO0.
The very reason alleged against the Chinese carrying
their earnings home In incompatible with the feal
expressed of the unxrmed invasion from Asia. The