Daily Republican., 1880-04-10
Co.EDuCArrOH.
A CerrespsndsnVs Favorable view
Of the Theory.

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h, A Cerrespendsnrs Favorable vie,
o Of the Theory.
70 THE EDITORS OF TEE REPUBLfcAH:--
I, Co education being the subject laid owe
n BY the Board Of Rdusation for consider
"a alton at next meeting, desire to offe
IS for the benefit Of those who have no
!, time to weigh the matter, q few
thoughts based on experience and In
), Iquiry.
Il We know that by nature men ant
women are fitted TO associate; they mesi
. In business relations, they live in do
mestio relations, and both are essen
tial to the progress Of any community;
!. laws tending to keep them apart would
be such infringement Of natural law as
would produce . condition Of society
! and morality net to be desired. Boys
and girls are the men and women of the
future, and as they are bern under
the same conditions, endowed with
similar faculties, susceptible TO similar
influences, AZ the domestic relations ex-
ist, and saeh sex Ands in the other its
complement, We conclude so-sdusatiop
10 be natural. beneficial and necessary
in this age Of progress, ,Athis age Of
mems rights, women's rights and lot
us hope Of ohildren's rights.
In schools We have the wsrll In min.
iaturs, the germs that will grew mp and
blsssom in society according 70 sultiva-
tion; II the little ones srs taught the
alpbsbe, Of duty and psliteness with
She alphabet Of books, mutual respect
and helpfulness will characterize all
school association. The little six year
old boy who is encouraged 70 pick up
and return pencil dropped by girl
olassnate and who is taught to appre-
oiAts q quiet thank ysu' feels he has
done something worth doing again, and
will lose few opportunities for gaining
appreciation By courtesy. In mixed
schools the small but important sourts- |
sizes Of life may be so taught that clean
Illness, politensss and good order will
become the rule, and fern habits which |
snneble character.
One danger Of c0-eduoation 10 said 10 \
be that boys and girls will become too
we'll acquainted and inspire each other
with contempt that will And express
sion In insolsncs and abuse. We think
such conduct can occur only where
they have been brought together after
having gone through 3 separate sduca.
tienal process for some time. Then the
big boy thinks be knows more than the
big girl who is brought in TO compete
with him, he begins to slur, she retail
iates and mutual contempt ensuee. Had
such boys and girls been educated to-
gsthsr frem earliest sohooldays, kept
under proper ssntrol, and taught to re-
gard each other as Of equal importance
in the scale Of creation, as having
equal right To enter all avenues toI the
sf knowledge, IS being CO.
workers In tbs same great Aeld, q true
and noble womanhooA would
bs the result Of their association. Boys
educated apart from girls generally 40
4uire rough, rewdy habits Of speech
and action. and when grown mp they
,nly put on show Of politsness with .
aress coat, when going int the CON-
pany OF ladies. Girls educated apart from
boys become meek ,unambitiOus women,
imperfect echoes Of text books and
.eachers; we may say half educated
because half interested In their
studies half interested because
hey lacked the competitive spirit ex-
,ited In mixs1 classes. This spirit 8
yives an impulse 70 mind that erestes y
. desire for knowledge, this desire
eads to application aud concentration = .
Il mind, promotes rapid requirement, =
develops original thought and distinct !
Individuality. Boys will net be re- ', "
arded and girls will prove that with u u
quail advantages they can maintain " y,
N equal standiag in intellectual puy- % %
uits. =
Another poor objection to cs.sduoa- Y
lon Is, that it tends to increase i'm =
aorality. A little reflection will con- |"
inoe any thinker that those educated = =
DgetheY frem childhood to maturity II " .,
auoated In principles Of right and i'm =, -
rsssed with true views Of life, are less !
kelly to 20 astray than these who are y
rsught together when childhood ends ~
nd the transition period which may
. termed foolhsod begins. Vicious
sndenciss are generally inherited, and =
Mess educated out, will assuredly find
xpression Independent Of school op.
70 separate boys and ~
iris on promoting them from primary = =
,hosls Is to awaken the very interest " "
hioh the separation is intended to ol
revent; the children begin to acquire " "
Use ideas, each sex invests the other ~ !;
ith mystical qualities, as they grow ~ ~
der each endeavers to attract w
10 other, masters ape men, naisses ~
ut ON airs, the manners OF both ~
70 unnatural, their behavior is ridiou- ~
us to all but themselves; mutual de- 70 70
'ptions follow and after q series Of W
lily firtations such young men and wo- ~
EN- marry,-he to find that the adorsd ~ ~
ri Is not an angel Of his fancy, she 70 20
realize that the object Of her worship al
not gate god. Had such been cd y, =,
Gated in mixed classes in school and ~ -
'llegs they would have understood a. a,
Ich others minds, manners and dispo- o' n
tions better. They would have been W y:
lie to solve the human problem as VIZ
ell as the mathematical, they would g.
ave understood how to analyze minds d
we'll as sentences, and thus render pA
'csptions useless and ths life resRlt n
fferent.
ALI our schools should be mixed A
hools; our colleges should open their
'ors to beth sexes. The principle Of life /
they ought 10 be, should be taught Y.
ith the principles Of knowledge in
7ery teacher should know how to va
cave them together, insulsate eternal vii
uths, instill honorable motives and vii