The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-09-14
JOB PRINTING
DONE WITH NEATNESs AND DISPATCH
TERMS CASH.

course Of years to agree with
Paul that, who marries does
| we'll, who marries not does
betler'-but they always, how
ever, held themselves open TO
conviction that Paul was not in
spired when be wrote that sem
tence. The times have changed Z
and the people have changed with Z
them. believe some philosopher
says they always do. At any
rate, they have. done so in the
South. Young women are com
ing 10 believe that it is not the
who lie of life to get married.
do not mean that they are grow
ing aversc to being disposed Of
in this way, but they have learned
that a
WOMAN CAN ACHIEVE A CAREER.
keep her own pane and have Miss,
inscribed on her tombstone. The re- &
suit is that there is a decided im-
provement in the thoroughness of z
their education and the character Of
their studies. There is less Of Wax
work and more Of mathematics, not
so much Of piano and good deal
more of baking, for they are actually
learning how to cook at some Of their
colleges, as the boys are learning how
to farm. The Institutions where
young women are educated are nearly
all organized and controlled by some
church for the specific purpose Of
training its daughters, and at the
same time of keeping them out Of
reach of the proselytizing influences
of some other denomination. There.
are no State institutions for the ed1-
cation of young women. An effort
was made at the last Mississippi Leg.
islature to- establish a State female
college, and though the women we're
all in favor of it, some of whom adYo-
Gated the measure in the public prints
and buttopholed the Legislators, it
failed with the grace of one who sur
renders a hope be never had the
ghost of chance to secure. One
woman got in this parting shot Yon
are educating men and negroes at the
| expense of the State, but women must
not be enlightened lest they trans
| ceud you But the legislators being
uearly all married men, and thus pro-
yided for, did not hesitate to kid the
bill. There is a successful example
of the coeducation of the sexes found
at what is known as Waco University,
IN Waco, Tex. The founder OF the.
school, Rev. Rufus c. Burleson, D.
D., is a born educator, has made hls
experiment success, and remains at
, the head Of his school and conducts 1t
with Intelligent purpose, now at an
advanced age. Some 400 boys, half
Of whom are girls Can uninsentional
, bull), are trained there every year and
act upon each other as proVocatives TO
: study. The president told me they
we're not particularly troubled with
: Iowa matches. Distance lends en-
2 chantment, ETC. While there are N
l.. all the States good schools where
young women can be fitted for the
duties of usual career, if they desire
: to pursue special courses Of study to.
: fit them for an unusual career, they
s are under the necessity Of going North
0 or abroad.
/. I find that I have exhausted my
r space without even touching the ques.
;. tion of public schools and facilities for
D the higher education of the colored
n people. These are important matters.
i Indeed the common school system Is
y the most important matter for present
i. southern consideration, and I hope to
recount the history Of the growth OF
e sentiment in regard to it 10 my next
:. letter. @. ToUVE.