Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-07-14
WHAT THEY sAY.
Satire InduIged in By the ''Indice-
tor en- the subject OF eo.EdWea.


satire IuduIged I'm By the ''Indice-
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From the Indicator,
In order to ascertain the opinions Of
those who ought to know something
about the subject OF co-educAtion, our
reporter interviewed the follow ing
named gentlemen and obtained the
opinions which We now place before
you. Comment is unnecessary as every
Intelligent thinker who has given q
thought to the subject knows that CO.
education is inevitable as result Of
civilization.
Mr.. Boswell said-"In favor Of 60.
educationi No, Sir. How could man
maintain his superiority and assert his
authority, If woman knew as much as
he did! l tell you II boys and girls are
to be educated together, woman's
suffrage and mans wrongs are ques-
tion of but Ave or six years. To keep
woman in proper subjection, she
must be kept In ignorance, she must
not be allowed to compete with us In
school or college, and find out our
little dark ways and manly weak
nesses."
Mr.. C. Reede seemed shocked by our
query, and replied, 81 infer from read
ling the Bible, that boys alone should
receive an education; for, il girls had
been expected TO comprehend or under
stand anything about knowledge, Eve
would have been told about the apple
tree. Adam was duly instructed be-
fore Eve was made, and evidently it
was not intended that she should know
Anything but what Adam chose to tell
her." s.5
Oar reporter next sought Dr.. A. N.
Logy, who replied briefly. 'If you
can demonstrate to me that the brain Of
the girl is Of different nature that
thought is of a different nature that
thought is produced in her by q differ
ent process that she is destined for
q different heaven will admit that
she should receive separate and diff
ferent education from q boy. Suffer
little children TO come unto me- were
the words Of the great Teacher. "Child-
ren," not little boys only, not little
girls only, but 'littls children Is
your Board Of Public Education greater
than He 7"
Col. B. /. g. Phuls received our rep
ressntative with smiles. He thought
girls q nuisance, women generally
bore. He had found the influence Of
girls over bsys in all countries source
Of trouble the older the girls get the
worse their influence. SIN fact," said
the Colonel, slappiDg the supposed re-
gion Of his heart, "if girls did not ex-
ist, man instead Of being the demoral-
lied creature that he is, would be q
pure, noble and intelligent being. Al
we canuot extsrminate the evils, let us
restrain them. Let US keep them from
our boys, in all our schools, and urge
upon parents the necessity for main
tanning separate hemes for boys and
girls"
Somewhat discouraged the interview,
er next visited Mr.. /. N. Man, who
said, swell, yes, went to school with
girls. don't think I'm any the worse
of it. They helped me, helped them.
Did ever write notes to them ! Yes,
and got answers too"
We next saw the Hon. Mr.. l. 6. N.
10. Ramus who said, "You amt agoin
to get me to send my boy to school with
girls. tried it onct, an next thing l
knowed he wanted his boots blacked,
his hair parted, and lot of fxin, aad
went bobbin up to the glass to see il
he was neat enough to walk mp with a
neighbours girl. Then he wanted an
umbreller for rainy days, and he would
have us hear his lesson, for fear he'd
miss before them girls. No, no, its
hard enough to give him schoolin,
without all this foolin, and talk about
cleanness and politeness, and tryin to
keep up with girls. l reckin he'll do
we'll enough, If he kin git up to me-"
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