Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
WOMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS,

L W no IIAhA W lEANlII Is 10 20 &C
3 California soon, IN the interest of tbt
W. g. L. Union, and remain through
{ the summer.
= WOMAN suffrage organizations have
been established in Colmar, Fort Atkin.
son, New Hampton, Strawberry Point,
and Burlington, Iowa.
"JENNIE JUNE is to give the girls at
BASEL Seminary, Auburndale, talk on
Sensible School Dress" exhibiting
models Of her own and others designing,
some from abroad Every one knows
that what Jennie June advocates will be
not only sensible, but pretty and be-
coming.
NATCHEz Democrat: "Miss Fanny AL
exander, Mrs. Lucy r. Jeffries and Mrs.
Nicholson, pearl Rivers), who were
elected members of the Mississippi Press
Association, during its sitting in this
city last June, have been requested to
write poems to be read at the meeting
at Columbus on the 4th of July. These
ladies are all gifted and accomplished
writer's, and should they write poems
for the occasion, their productions would
certainly be meritoriou8.
THERE is now staying at San Francis
co lady whose presence is we'll worth
remark. She is Prof. Mary KrOm,
principal OF the Denver School of Mines,
and is believed to be the only practical
female assayer in the United States.
! She is on the coast partly for recreation
and partly for meteorological observation.
Prof. krOm will spend several weeks in
California. She has visited the north
ern section of the state, and in about q
fortnight will make 81 southern trip, in
Guiding IN her route the Calico District.
The " Harvard Annex" announces it's
courses of study for 1883-1884, with re-
quirements for admission, sufficient
funds having been contributed to carry
on these courses for the present. The
entrance examinations will be held IN
Cambridge, Philadelphia, New York
and Cincinnati on June 28th, 18th and
Both and on September Goth, 9th and
28th Special students are not required
to pass any examinations, provided they
satisfy the instructors Of their ability to
pursue these special studies with adj
vantage, The course of study is ma
terially the same as last year, desir-
able feature being course of ten lee
lures on physiology and hygiene by DR.,
Sargent and admission to the private
gymnasium at half price.
MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH. at the last
meeting of the Women's National Indus
trial League in Washington, and in it's
behalf, offered O resolution of thanks of
the workiDgmen and women Of the cOun-
try to the senate committee on educa-
ton and labor, Senator Blair, chairman,
for their courteous invitation to the
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committee and furnish information bear
ing on the industrial problems now at
tracing the attention of civilization;
that this honor conferred on women, es-
peclally at the instance of Messrs. Blair,
a republican, and George, a democrat, is
the first of its kind in the history of the
country, and, therefore, deserves the
praise of the Industrial League and OF
the working women of the nation.
A PR oMINENT st. Louis gentleman in
a public speechrecently gave the follow
ing explanation of why it is that women
do not show more desire to vote. sit
may be admitted that the majority Of
women are in doubt as to the duty and
expediency Of their exercising this fran
chise and, therefore, they choose to be
at first witnesses of the experiment rath-
er than co-operators. Such has been
the history of all those grand movements
in the progress Of our civilization IN all
its aspects. They have been stal ted by
a few, for only the few are gifted with
the inspiration and philosophy of the
. insight and foresight that can perceive
both the wrong and the remedy, and
nothing in the providence of such move
ments shows more wisely for their con-
slant advance andpermanent success than
this very timidity and hesitancy by peo-
pie in general in their active participa-
I, ton"
! MISS AUGUSTA STOWE, Of Toronto,
received the degree of NJ. d. from the
Victoria University at Coburg, Canada.
In presenting her, DR.. Ogden said she
was the first lady who had ever taken a
medical degree in the Dominion of Can
ada. Although she had received her
instruction in a mixed class of both
sexes, there had never existed the slight
est difficulty in the class owing to her
presence there. Indeed, she had Gu
deared herself to the students to such an
extent that on one occasion, when an
attempt had been made to create some
disturbance, the entire class came for
ward in her defense, and championed
her cause SO successfully that the inter
ference of the faculty had not been at
all necessary in that behalf. The doc
tor added that some of her fellow stu
dents had also sought to champion her
for life, Cheers and laughter. DR..
Nelles, Chow many of them ?" Re
newed laughter. Mrs Stowe grace
fully stepped forward amid loud cheers,
and as she retired with her gloriously-
won distinction the entire audience
sprang to its feet and cheered vocifer-
ously for several minutes.
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