The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-21
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Young women VIII sooh W
doors of Columbia college for admission
fast wear President Barnard, OF Columbia
advocated their admission, and this year In
his report to the board of trustees no says
81 can only repea. the conviction expressed
in nv former report that the question mere
considered is in this institution only guess
ton of time; and that whatever may happen
this year or the nexs, Columbia college Will
vet open her doors wide enough TO receive
all earnest and honest seekers after knowi-
edge. without any distinction OF CLASS or
sexn Ia there any good reason why
women should not be as thoroughly educated
AS Young mel? If it is proper for young men
to acquire knowledge of the classics $50 DC
familiar with Greek and Latin ard Hebrew
to master the sciences, to conquer al We
abstruse yexstions of mathematics, to. ps-
come proficient in all modern tongues, 10
kn w history and geography by role' why
should not young women be accorded the
same privileges? why should they be rev.
stricted to but the primary. lessons in these
br inches of education, with only top dres-
sing of w ats on the Mind, an ability 10
anal, tn French reader, with the aid
ola dictionary, and a murderous pronuncia"
ton. to paint indescribabe landscapes and
to fesrfully punish piano and call 1t play
ing tune? The old idea that womans
mind is vastly inferior to mans IN
strength and activity, has we'll nigh
been exploded. 1t is true that on the. prom
inent pages of the worlds history we ND
Caesars, Alexanders, Napoleons, Washing
tons, Wellingtons, MacMahons, Raglans'
O.msn Pashas, Suwarrows, Lees, "Stone-
wslp' Jacksons and McClellands, but we
find also a Samirsmis, Joan of Arc, a
B ,adicea. In every land statesmen may have
lived whose names have come down through
generations to this day and time, but with
them have come the names of Maria theresa
Elizabeth of England, Izsbella of Spain
Catherine de Medici. Fame may SOUND >ts
anthems to the Berangers, the Byrons, the
Moores, the Shelleys, the Homers, the Scouts
the Dickens, the Hugos. the Goethes and the
Coopers of the realms of poesy and fiction
but mingled with the verses are the
names of Muhlbach, of De Stael, OF
'Ouida," of George Sands, of George Eliot
of Hemsns, of Landon, of Sigourney, OF
the Carey sisters, of the Davidson sisters OF
Margaret Browning. of Augusta Evans
L ,ndseer, Reynolds, Angelo, Raphael, Prax-
i,iles and Hiram Powers will live ever in
their paintings and their chiseled forms in
marble, but with them will live Rosa Bonheur,
Harriet Hosmer and Winnie Ream Hoxie.
The Crimea had its Balaklava aud Have
lock but It had also Florence Nightingale.
It was man who betrayed the Savior and who
crucifed Him, but 1t was woman who lsVed
his feet with tears and wiped them with the
tresaes of her hair, it was woman who was
asst 10 leave His cross, the first to be at
His grave. :Womsn's sphere in life
has been circumscribed, her opportunities
limited and who can say what her powers OF
mind in full development arr? The women
of the land rear the youth of the land, and
ought they not then to be given all
the opportunities for mental cul-
ture and expansion possible that they may
be the better fitted for that important duty ?
The portals of our colleges and universities
are wide open for the admission Of China-
men, of Japanese, of Sioux Indians, oil SANDS
witch Islanders, and are these better and
nobler entities OF the human race than the
Young women of our country. What OBJ
iections do we hear urged to the admission
of girls 10 our colleges along with our boyt!
"Why" says one, 'the sexes for the sake OF
that modesty so becoming in woman, her
crowning jewel indeed, ought to be kept
separate" This is SANDER upon the
een,ility of our young men, the purity OF
our young women. TIA young man is not a
gentleman in the midst of young ladies he is
not gentleman at all, and be ought not 10
be permitted to associate with young men
who are honorable and respectable and gen.
tlemsnly. III young womah Is not modest
and lady like in the midst Of young men. che
il not modest and lsdy-like anywhere
and is not a proper associate for young
women who are. Another person says that
"womsn's sphere in life, the home duties
incumbent upon her, and her dependence
upon man, mske il unnecessary that she
should have the same educstion and sdvsn'
tages that men should have" The vicissi'
tudes Of life are multiiudinous snc
varied. To-day one may be sur
rounded with plenty, and to-morroS
be in want. To-day husbands and brother
may make glad the hearts Of wives and sis
tiers by their presence and their protecting
cares and Tomorrow the clouds oftbe vsrel
NAV lie upon their bosoms. All over thi
land of ours, eli over every land We see Ok
and middle eyed and young women bsttinI
alone in the strife of life, wrestling with for
tune for livelihood, pulling sgsinss the cur
rent with lust ss few friendly hands strstcbs'
out 70 help them a. s'e stretched Gun
help TIE old, the middle aged and tb
young men who are brsssting The sane stream
Wny then should not women hsve the sam