The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-16
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when 4 church. i school, "a college
becomes unbalanced. the esults are
.sloI,-sided.n So il Is in eTel = depart
ment Of life. have seen families. IN
stitutieDs and even so-called religious
T,spers terribly s4lob-sided" Among all
The experiments made, now making, and
to he made we are 70 see many OF these
rcstllts. / see the question Is entertained
bv some of our grave New England col
leres. whether they shall not admit !
women within their walls. q dare BOT i
say ..fenlales." because one OF our iaay
writer's protests that this j. an indellcate
cord and nav mean feminine dug OF
horse. as wclii1
shall our colleges be opened to receive
women? When 81 many papers c4ahi9f
/ fnr II. when we are told the age demands
! II when we are told h0Fy 1t VIII clEiilze
( our Young men, soften their manners,
rub off their rogahaess, how TINS ana
that institution has done II, now IL VIII
helm TO oblf.erate the odious distinction
! between men and women and til up our
small colleges, who am !, that 1 shoaId
dare thrust in objections OF incur the
odium Of being called an old fogY
who hardly belongs 70 this century
These old horses may do very Wen
as wheel horscs-g00d 70 hold hack
but not tit to be. leaders. we'll /
have known staged and that more than
once. saved from being upset, plunged
off the bank and wrecked by these same
old wheel-horses. 10, I'm too wise, toe
.LTewd. too timed. to object. But
want very modestly to ask q few quea-
lions. fear shall put them too Diuh''
. .ly, but / will try 70 be gentle:
1st Is it certain that the normal stric-
ture. the physiology. the Diseases tie
> tastes. the scHsjbiiities, the nerves, Tue l
habit Of thought and feeling, the phi
q steal endurance. the strength ana weak .a,
! ness Of the two sexes, are 80 nearly ailA'
: that it is wise to shut them up IN u col
0 Iere TO be educated together?
ID. Is it necessary f3r women !,
Sd. A rule should work well boti
WAYS. VIII these lady-coileges-such a
q Vassar, open their doors for young men
+ Gauce that IS good for the goose must D.
d good for the gander. If the sexes ha'
better be educated together, then hastel
2 to invite,us in. Are they prepared to d
that?
; compete in the long course with IN
+ other sex. they must DO it by sacrificing
the female accomplishment. why mus
q they? Simply because they can't com
ncte with the Young men without usln
/ all their time and eXhausting all thei
x strength. ,r
J. 5tI. Is it certain that the delicate
o nervous, physical organization OF womal
4 is such Il admit ali you ask as TO ne
ouickness of mind and fine mental al
! tributes that she can endure the phys
!. cal strain requisite for regular oil
fashioned college course?
" 9th. Provided you say that woman ca
Il bear the wear and strain of the coileg
IA course. and Won want her to be educate
like men and with men, what about tn
!, rvmnasium-is she TO perform there
What about the boat-club, Is she to .
p shut ont of the delightful training an
struggling in the boat-race? l only as
ID in my ignorance, for If You try to max
.f5 her a collegc-studcnt | can't see VII
- she must not be one. Is she any wa
inferior TO her brother?
30 Once more. For the widely separate
duties of life, which, by laws unaite
&C able. must be scparated-is it certaI
II or even pTooapIt, that ~ "''i ~ 81
* vantage to either sex to change, u
whole organic structure OF our colleg,
he in order that this experiment may
is made? It does not meet the case to CT
, the experience Of childhood. we
TX agree that in childhood, in the nurs5ef
s. So long as they are under the mother
.oj eve. they should be educated together
On hut the qucstisn is, when the days
8jrtation have arriyel-whea t
la thoughts of the Young, naturally al
Ter strongly flow towards enc point-Wh'
the passions are s*.rong and the W
'ct weak, and the je!9men1 inexperiene,
nd Is it wise s1 bring the two sexes to955t
@" er in the coilege: The institution tn
ri does that must take 4 wide dePaFtu
he from its own organization aud becof
Il. .Inh sided'-or am mistaken.