The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-02
QUESTION or HEALTH.

room, and femaieSy lADOEAAg uuueE
mat imputation of possessing weaker int
IN lects, viii lsome of them1 compass tn
9TH whole strength, nay go beyond it, to
ION eel their stronger brothers.
.eiy They will study their eyes out,
ana need be, before they viii be surpass'
ny and this undue stimulation, should IL
90 continued long would give US WON
on. physically and mentally wrecked, or
ar least, greatly impaired. Strength ca
are not be born of weakness" and as WON;
lSi- is the mother of the human race it
most important that no system
me adopted which will prevent her posses
ma ing "a sound mind in sound body
oe, President Eliot Of Harvard Colleg
iuI saws: Now when you ask long-esta
IN lished institutions like the New Englar
en- colleges to take share in this eXperimen
Is those who are responsible for the dire
f'e' ton OF those institutions naturally as
'ur why should they leave the arduous an
u fruitful work in which they are alread
MS engaged to take part in an experiment
10 We are brought face to face with Il
Il! fact tina. the physique of America
"a woman is unsatisfactory. That resu
u may be ascribed y 4 great number {
a. causes, In that state of things, if
= leader in education wants to know th
, probable effect upon the health Of womel
al Of certain changes which are contem
y plated in the methods of her education
:" and any one not a specialist in such {
As matter will naturally go to doctors aBd
= psychologists for an answer to theseques
tions. lie i President Eliot wished to
F! say that all the competent and eminent
men whom he had consulted upon this
question, testified that they did not con-
" slider that women could bear the stress
that is put upon men. He had never
heard any difference of opinion on this
point among men competent by special
, experience 10 speak on it. On these two
l grounds of Western experience, and a
priori education, he shrunk from taking
, his part of the responsibility of intro
ducing the education of women in Har-
! ward College"
PRESIDENT BLANCHARD.
But hear President Blanchard, who is
an ardent advocate of Co education?
In giving the experience at Knox Col
lege he concludes thus 81 believe in the
natural equality of souls; that the ad-
vice-giyer should be taught in the same
things with him who is to receive the
advice; that woman's arm is weak, is no
reason why her mind, or her love, should
not be strong; that adam and Ere got
! their education together IN Eden, and that
their sons and daughters should do so an the
! schools.
In reading the plain and simple Mosaic |
narrative we thought Adam and Eve, |
| finished from the hand Of their Creator, |
were placed in Eden in the conjugal re |
| lation. 1t never occurred to us to regard |
the garden of Eden as primeval col |
! ege in which Adam and Eve we're |
| placed for Co-educGtioH. But taking that |
view of the case, what was the result?
| Satan entered, and drought ruin, and as
might have been expected he put in his
work most successfully, with the most
susceptible being-the womanl From
the foregoing, it would seem that there
are dangerous possibilities in Co-educa-
tion in Colleges and Universities, and
if separation Of the sexes is safe plan
to abandon it would certainly be'un-
wise
However, ;e0man's convictions, no
matter how strong, may count but little,
for or against, any scheme or PROPOSE
ton. Those who are still disposed to
carp, may listen to the following
CoRRoBoRATIvE TESTIMONY.
"Mixed schools are of two kinds;
those which were originally intended
only for men, but to which women have
been recently admitted, and those which
were originally intended for the co-edu-
cation of the sexes. These may be,con-
sidered together, there not being enough
difference to justify separate treatment.
In all said on this subject we speak from
the chair. As pupil we attended such
schools as teacher we have taught in
them. AS an educator we have thorough
LIZ studied them. So completely are we
persuaded of their .ltaulHiqdted ecit, that
at much financial loss we have aban-
doned them. President &. t. Gould,
d. d., Millersburg, Ky.
DIR. F. H. HEDGE.
"Mv plan would be this, that the sexes
should be educated together, until about
the age of If, that then they should
separate in their preparation for college,
and come together again as grown up
gentlemen and ladies' - DIR. +. ii.
Hedge.
81 believe in educating both sexes to the
extent Of our ability, so that they shall
be thoroughly qualified forthe duties that
await them. Iwould educate daughters
as completely as sons. / would accord
them equal, but not necessarily identi-
cal opportunities. / do not hold it
essential that they should be educated
together throughout; and | would not
advise that they study and master ex-
actly the same departments of knowledge.
On the contrary, would have theirstud-
les different, and | would not have them
lodged as may happen in the dormitories
of one college building. In short, pre-
fer to send a daughter for schooling to
Vassar, rather than to Yale or Harvard
Horace Greeley.
E.R. DICKSON, MOBILE, ALA.
IL have often changed my mind on this
subject but long experience hastaught me
that separation is the safer plan of edu-
cation, especially in cities. ."-E. r. Dick
son, Mobile, Ala.
Separate schools for each sex are pre- {
ferred when means will allow. WIN. '
Q. Rogers, New Orleans, La.
"The rule is separation of the sexes.
The reason is that teachers capable of
instructing girls, often fail in managing l
boys, and vice versa. The only change
in view is one in the direction of more s
complete separation of the sexes. &C.
Patterson, Brooklyn, n. Y.
''The tendency is to entire separation
of the sexes."-W. ii. Shelley, York,
Pa.
"In the schools for whites, except the
primaries, the sexes have been separated I
in accordance with public sentiment II
H. Y. Mason, Vicksburg, Miss.
Rev. G.. H Otken, Pres't. Lea Female Col
lege, Summit, Miss. In my judgment the
ultimate effect (of admitting girls) would
be to lower the standard Of scholarship
in the male colleges. The physical en-
durance of boys is greater than that of
girls. A few choice examples do not
prove rule, and what l have read of
co-education in State schools, is not sat
isfactory. / would not close the doors
of any (male) college to any lady aspir-
ant, but should deplore any effort to
encourage general attendance" - Ex- I
tract from a letter from Rev. C.. II. OF
ken, d. D., Prest. Lea Female College, |,
Summit, Miss.
81 do not favor co-education, for the
reason that God made the sexes for diff
ferent spheres in life, requiring diff
ferent kind of training. | believe wo-
men are capable of receiving as thorough
education as men. While the course Of
study should be in many respects, the
same, in other respects it should be diff
ferent; and | think the school surround
ings should be different. The tendency
of the times is to mascuhnize the gen
tier sex. The Chinese occupy one ex-
treme; it win be well if Americans do
not go to the other. Rev. NJ. P. Low
rev, d. D., President Blue Mountain
| Female College, Miss.
"As to the question Of Co-education,
to limited extent and with proper re-
strietions, should not object to an ex-
pertinent on this line. I doubt the cor
rectness Of the policy. The characteris-
tics Of woman ought to be modesty,
gentleness, purity Of thought and feel
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