Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-03

feet they found plenty Of water, clear,
sparkling and cold, but 1t was salt. They
were not looking for brine, and this result
obtained after such expense was too dis
couraging. The well was abandoned, and
while It is half as deep again as the Boston
well, it has never been claimed to be sue
cess"
Although slavery still exists in modified
form in Siam, the young King has shown a
disposition to abolish it, and only waits for
an opportunity to do so when the scheme
can be accomplished without arousing the
antagonism Of the wealthy noblemen. The
British Government, It is said, secretly In
structed its representative In that country to
exert his influence toward the overthrow OF
the system. British influence in the far
East is always potential in such matters: An
English newspaper published In Bangkok,
referring to the subject, says: "We always re-
spect the honest endeavors OF traders To gain
an honest living, but we ever have, and wi
despise those so-called merchants who make
human flesh a subject of profit. 1t has
ALWAYS been an honest pride to say that
wherever the English flag floats sla-
very and Kidnapping have ceased
to exist, but we find that
we were proud without reason. and that the
capital of Siam bids fair to Guido COnstan-
tinople, at least so the number of unfortu-
nate inmates of a Cambodian harem would
tend to prove. For the last six or seven
years prominent Cambodians have been
continually increasing the number OF
Siamese women in their harems. Large
sums of money are intrusted to certain
Mslabar resident at Phnoni Pen, the capital
of Cambodia. He proceeds with this money
to Bangkok, where, under various false pre-
texts, he induces handsome Slamese girls
to run awav with him to Cambodia. Once
arrived at Phnoni Pen, these promises are
| forgotten, and the poor wretches are at
once handed over to the money advancers,
Once having entered the harems, death only
frees them"
The Detroit Free Press says "The shut
ting out of women from Harvard University,
Yale College and other prominent Eastern
institutions for the instruction Of youth is
based on sound principles. Their officers
say, and say truly, that If they should admit
| women, the object for which these institu-
tions were originally established-the educa-
ton of young men--would be perverted.
| The standard would have to be lowered and
| the whole curriculum demoraliZed and
| modified. Nothing has yet been shown to
prove that any kind of preparation can fit
| girls and young women for the course of
study pursued at these institutions. Few,
| II any of them, can row. Then how can
any young woman ever compete with
her male classmates in the base ball course
Then there is foot ball. Young women
attempting this course of study would fall
| behind the rest of the class in the very first
| game-we would say recitation. Women
can go to Cornell and Michigan Universities
| because those institutions do not attempt
nor dare to establish courses In these higher
branches of scholarship. So long as they
confine themselves merely to Greek, Latin,
mathematics, English literature, physics.
etc, they are just about fit for women. But
| the colleges which are abreast Of the age,
which of late have won more fame and at
trected wide attention in boat racing, foot
ball and base ball, have no use for women.
| Their admission would, as we have said,
either pervert the purpose for which these
| institutions are founded or lower the stand
ard to the vulgar and old-fashioned pursuits
| of the classics, mathematics and sciences.
| In short, women are unfit for the higher
education in the Eastern colleges"