The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-16
OO.EDUCArIoN OF THE SEX IS.

still being agitated no little, not only in this
country, butin England and perhaps other
European countries. In England we sec that
a. Gerton and NEWMAN colleges young men
AID young women are admitted to the col
lese course and pursue the same curriculum
| Iu this country the same Is the case. at the
university of Michigan, Cornell, Oberlin and
other colleges, and II may be expected that
young women will soon DO knocking at the
doors of Columbia college for admission +.
LAST year President Barnard, Of Columbia,
advocated their admission, and this year in
his report 10 the board of trustees he says
II can only repeat the conviction expressed
10 my former report that tho question here
considered is in this institution only guess
ton of time; and shat whatever may happen
this year or the next, Columbia college will
yet open her doors wide enough to receive
all earnest and honest seekers after knowl-
edge, without any distinction Of class or
SEX" Is there any good reason why
women should not DO as thoroughly educated
as young men? II it is proper for young men
to acquire knowledge of the classics Ito be
familiar with Greek and Latin and Hebrew,
to master the scieuces, to conquer all the
abstruse vexations of mathematics, TO. be-
come proficient in all modern tongues, to
know history and geography by ro,e, why
should not young women be accorded tho
same privileges? why should they be re.
stricted to but the primary, lessons in these
branches of education, with only top dres-
sing of Watts on the Mind, an ability 10
spell through French reader, with the aid
of a dictionary, and a murderous pronunce-
ton, TO paint indescribsble landscapes and
to feartully punish piano and call it play
ing tune? The old idea that woman's
mind is vastly inferior 10 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 aud
C~sars, Alexanders, NApoleons, Washing
tons, Wellingtons, MacMahons, Raglans,
Oman Pashas, Suwsrrows, Lees, "Stone-
wall'' Jacksons and McClelands, but we
ind also Semiramis, Joan Of Arc, a
B,sdcea. 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 There's,
FL zAbeth of England, Izsbella of Span,
Catherine do Medici. Fame may sound Is,
anthems to the Berangers, the Byrons, the
Moores, the Shelleys, the Homers, the Scots,
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
o. Hemans, Of Landon, of Slgourney, of
tie Carey sisters, Of the Davidson sisters, of
Margaret Browning, Of Augusta Evans.
L.ndseer, Reynolds, Angelo, Raphael, PrA1-
titles 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 Bslsklsva aud Have
lock but II had also Florence Nightingale.
II was man who betrayed the Savior and who
cruciaed Him, but II was womsn who laved
his feet with tears and wiped them with the
sressss Of her hair, 1t was woman who was
last to leave His cross, the first to DO at
His grave. Woman's sphere in life
has been circumscribed, her opportunities
limited and who can say what her powers of
mind in full development are! The women
Of the land rear the youth of the land, and
ought they not then to DO given all
tho opportunities for mental cul.
turo and expansion possible that they may
DO tho bc.ter 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, Of s and-
wich Islanders, and are these better and
nobler entities Of the human race than the
young women of our country. What OBJ.
jections do We hear urged to the admission
OF girls to our colleges along with our boys,
"Why" says one, "the sexes for the sake OF
that modesty so becoming in woman, her
browning jewel indeed, ought 10 DO kept
separate" This is q Islander upon the
sealility of our young men, the purity of
our young women. TIA young man /, not
gentleman in the midst of young ladies no Is
not a gentleman at all, and no ought not 10
be permitted to associate with young men
who are honorable and respectable and gem
llemanly. TIA young woman Ia not modes,
and lady like in tho midst of young men, sb.
s not modest and lady,liko anywhere
and is not a proper associate for young
women who are. Another person says tina,
"womsn's sphere in life, tho home du,ie,
incumbent upon her, and hor dependence
upon man. make II unnecessary tha. sho
should have tho same education and adyan.
ssges that mon should have" The vicissi.
'udes OF life arc mul.i,udinous and
varied. To-day ono may DO sur.
rounded with plenty, and tomorrow
DO In want To-day husbands and brother,
may make glad the hearts Of wives and sis.
tors BY their presence and their protecting
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