The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-11-30
A PLEA FOR A HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE
WOMEN OF MISSISSIPPI



Having reviewed the various institutions and facilities of learn
ing provided by the State the clear f discovering the
obvious deec-an absolute want IN our educuona system
which deepens and widens into blank OF serious import Like
the Greeks educational provision Tor the future
mothers of our
There are State institutions and helps for every body but
daughters The most dependent left the most helpless The
most influential are cared the least Is then strange that
there should be at this time such widespread and felt
subject of female educauon Is matter Tor sur
prise the of Mississippi should themselves speak out
on subject? Is there occasion for astonament II they
should even express their soctude in unmsabe accents OF
aarm od gives every age the for eicevng It's own
and discovering the best means OF supplying them mas
woman in this instance through the deate esoues ol
nature perceived the OF her SEX as nat OF the rising
generation And may the persuasive tones her voice. as
they awaken responsive chord the nature Of man. be regarded
ga divinity that shapes our ends oug nc" gle dS may
Iamaine saws e1here the beginning OF all great
things No people rule rise IN foree OF character
above the women who and bring the Regard
ng this statement as true the education of becomes
subject of paramount importance ms IS EVIDENT
to the race
l. 1t is difficult to conceive of any created Intelligence whose
joys more ecac whose sorrows are DEEPER whose cares,
aors and anxietes varied and perpeng
and whose physical suferIngs are more acute anu
than those which fall to the lot OF woman Ard yet these are
but the rpples the surface compared win the deeper
guh that often shakes her spirit she Is Dy nature not oy
of suffering but by ASSOCIATION and sympathy ch OF
sorrow Woman then, first of all, from the severity OF her
trials and hidden grefs needs the beneh OF every
by which may be enabled her soul IN
patience There with her neyerceasng occasion Tor the e
erce of orbearance and patient endurance Her mind and
heart of all intellectual and moral ctade need to be fortified
and sustained for their work. by highest and
methods of development and The patient abors and
tedious process bv which mental discipline acquired
pecialy needed by They needed to create STABILITY
purpose and to guide with safety and success the complex
forces of her nature of her eye and the bloom OF
health and disappear enough at best But when De
cnng strength and vanishing charms accelerated and ched
by imagination, unresained WILL and lawless
ness emotions the of happiness and influence lost
the attraction all gone, and the glory departed.
Woman happy and honoed in her allotted sphere must
know how to be subordinate and yet equal how resign
her independence and yet be free how to surrender her w
and yet preserve her personality.
f man strong forCefu massive, fond OF adventure full
of dash and courage, endowed with attributes which qualify
him for his obusve positions woman should not be less
equipped station by the qualities which distinguish her
She is endowed with grace and beauty win rather than to sub
due exercising passive virtues of patience and orhude OF
geneness and humility, of which spring submission,
instinct of her dependent nature"-Dr B. u Palmer.
3D. Woman have proper development of mind, that
she may duly preside queen the domestic realm she mus
be able with sympathetic zeal and pleasure INTO the u
suits husband and train with intelligent care the chill
dren whom God may give her ,
All departments Of education should stand ey open both
sexes Our girls need the higher as to the com
mon education fit them to be wives of wt1 educated men,
and the mothers of the coming generation 1t were SAD ms
calculation give the best culture to the choicest young men
and qualify them be editors and artists lawyers mechanics
merchants husbandmen physicians statesmen and ceyen
and provide life OF equal nteigence ana re
nement would be cruelty prachced on the most ensVe
part being compel educated man SO to wed hat
when he retired from his office his home from the circle OF MI
comrades bosom of his family he
should pass from knowledge to ignorance IRON culture 10 coarse
ness
Is
that position which places the uncnyated woman
eff be bondage ntoerable than anotner mus
be for married realize the fact that she not ne
husbands other SELF What must be the bitterness OF woman
spirit when she has reason believe that devotion esteem an
affection withdrawn from her Tor ack OF NOSE e' @
ties which are observed be attractive IN others OF her sex
With there be dsparagement that SO imp
life appear inferior IN the eyes OF hm sne is herSe
bound to All her revolt against such degraaa
tion "Woman inferior in the dignity OF nature
for she from his very substance gwen back to hr
hepmeet how she his counterpart he De nc
his eoual How can associated with him in JOINT rule
she the level? It is not meant by TINS
that womans education should be of the same KIND and eef
as that of man. should achieve the results or
sequenty congenialy of companionshp largely the l
involved in womar education The difference IN the kind
instruction NAV be analogous to the difference in wher
'each best in its place; and neither IS perfect Wnout IN
other.'
strength 1t springs the exquisite deheacy OF her
ganizaon both Intellectual and physical byheh she IS h,te
for the more delicate and tender offices which she IS caed
discharge The dependence which all this adps her ne
# her degradation but her glory eff the husband be King
his right hand an acknowledged queen Shd
. equally the honors of royalty
question that remains to be CONSIDERED IS not "
q 1thy or a1Hat of woman'S education but the foN
v Saws Dr. Edward Clarke distinguished physooglst III
would give our girls chance and them become and
their best by reaching after and attaining an ideal beauty an
power which shall be of glory and tower OF streg
TO the republic we look after their complete deveoneI
k as women Wherein they they should be educated
a men wherein they are women they should be educated
- - on The nhysiological motto is: sEducate fc
manhood, and for womanhood Dotn lot
The processes of the BRAIN by which the acquisition o kno
which gives the b and 50 enables tho
to yield results not the same for eaeh Sc
The best educational training for boy not the best f gr
Sc nor that for girl the best for boy
Educaion says Worcester, compreends all that series
instruction and discipline which intended to enghen the u
derstanding the and form ne manners ana
of YOUTH fit them for usefulness IN e future saon
This definition fairly includes the drawing out and deveopmen
during educational PERIOD of part OF the system Phy
at ic Intellectual and moral It is aplcanon Q, he Roa
e. maxim Mems Sana Coypoge SanO Now this accepte
definition both the question o Wona
IS to be educated springs the issue which IS he
ht taken against the coedneatfon of the sexes
Coeducation proposed quarters not Justine
either by reason or experience 1t founded either upon SCI
msDpehenson constitutional difference IN the sexe
st or reckless disregard of the plainest lessons OF physiology
ae education commonly used, that boys rs sha
y taught the things at the me the same place.
the faculty. with the methods and under the san
or regimen really what may be called fdes eaz
T. like of the old law maxms, that man ana ms WI
eo are one that the the man. Boys SCHOOLS ana g
an schools are one boys school In other word
schools arranged the requirements o the mascu
organization which proposed place rs on an eq
footing Studies selected that experience mas proved %
OF valuable in boys intellectual development regimen aaope
u while pursuing them, suitable to his physical deYeoPmen
aa school life methods Of study, recons exercises ana Icr