New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-04
WOAEpS EDUCA iION AND HEALTH.

INTERESTING STATISTICS SHOWING THE PHYSICAL
EFFECT OF COLLEGE TRAINING.
fyRoM An occ ,stoSAL CORRESPONDENTS or THE rRIBuSE
FALL RIVER Mass, Oct. 2.-The question
of now collegiate training affects tile health OF women
which for the years has been banded ABOUT
among AMI laymeu. has at last received one
definite answer Association of Collegiate AinIne
An Equalization whchhad its origin III Boston but has
hscoue we'll nigh National. has collected the facts OF
that answer and tile Massachusetts Bureau or Labor
-tatiscs has taOulaed them and picked from Inein
every import ant conclusion which they eonld FURNISH
The statistics gathered from the graduates OF dozen
ou.gc. ALI co educational except Smith. Vassar AMI
w.Ilsey An incu ding all tnoss of high standard anu
.vacting course TO which women have been admitted
~ VIVA tho aim OF the association not only 10 collect data
cut 10 settle this m0oted question one way Or the
other bat also gather Information thas w"ut give
better understanding Of wonans physical aoity. 10
serve this purpose scheiule OF questions was sent oIt
IN each OF 800 alunn@ The questions covered tie
vs,r con alton nativity OF parents the surround
i, Influences CONDITIONS physical exercise. mental
,n,r of the umna from childhood until graduation aud
her health and occupation since that uhe 40 'ne>o
LOO circulars 705 answers we're received sa'neieht
number 10 make deductions worthy OF trust Tue TACT
thai these papers werr all turned over to the Bureau OF
Labor statistics the conclusions arrived at from
suspcion OF special pleading or ot DeS t"i''eu "ha
colorcd to suit n special purpose
The first and striking fact elected s that during
the life these 7O5 women 90 per cent loit no
chang, Ia health per cent felt an improvements ana
po per cent q deterioration. The average age al the
, ~, entering college was 1875 years but for those
who entered ne sixteen years OF under thero WAS an
nerease in deterioration in health of little more shah
IN ar cent "a compared with those who entered at
,,.r ac, Much of this decline IN health appears To be
rho result Of tendencies rather than Of college
re for 20 per cent Of those showing decline III hea'h
inherited a u II leucy disease from their parehts out
hcrc tnege hus been no such Inherited tendency the
are, show that there has been an increase IN good
,,, -, ,sorv q por cent Hut this decline in health is
49,, ~ .,I,,s "A. It appears. The grades OF health are
classified under the heads Of excellent" good, fa'r
nIineren" pour" aud one thru OF the de'orlorauoh
was only from excellent" TO good those WHO
udI moderately during the college coarse appear 10
have been been benefited by college life but about per
-, ~ tbose who studied severely Suffered In c0nse-
nuenee Worry seems have been mere prohhe cause
=, b,s,,al trouble than study. for those who
,rtcd over their studies and personal affairs SHOW
decline In health of ID cent whlle thDse VINO were
,rse from this kind or gained I'D p"r cent Ill he'
II IN ala, noteworthy that nearly all OF tnoSc WHO
sere in conseq OF severe study report tht since
,,t,on they have recovered their normal conditioh
c.. - ner cent OF the whole number renort Their
ro.rt health IA either excellent or good In com
marian, with this showing IL Is worth whe I'd hooo "
n,ss,pu the fact that DIR. Mary Putnam Jacoo' IL"
ya,rs ago obtained answers from nearly -'o "ohc" w
ali cl,sse. and conditions on tue question: oi Pc"oi"
.th Only So per cent OF these were IN good HEALTH
min NJ % per cent In favor OF the college graduates vi
,n Al : who report themselves having some sort o.
tnt my III eonsider tneir disorders 10 oe tue result
~ inteerual overwOrk. the same huocr ny he m'ty'
o @ thny have been injured by bad sanitary condi-
~ CLASH mr. hack rho nave
~ For training for women at lelst uoDcn
rrnrs and the arguments which medlcti mrh @.so
naIiv set ag.inst its course receive blow from tHe
@ae,s here brought together The average age al wch
,".sa women began study Is less than SIX yenrs,
ony of them began thrcs,and they enterei co.ese
~ t. average age Of l-.35. leaving IL AZ 22oS t.n
%rin~nr the period preparation Tor college irn VI.
gttsenIh Ia tie eighteenth year Of tue entlre 10
mr. Of the Az having some kird OF aneilt Only IL
hava had ANY kind OF trouble peculiar 10 tue loV ~
'%sra nrr not many disorders oil either eye or p,,
man, them only IL OF the former and 80 OF inc it'c
nnnv ,euorted. The nervous sys EN- seems 20 n'r
a'rad nn-t there being 1877 such disorders "
d., svdenty not a great deal OF this should DO aia al
80, cc % door for nearly one-third the entife hamoc
n tEnv IRE naturally nervous disposition anu "eio
| nervous before entering college Aha ohysleal
| Tbos, who have doubted concerning the Phy a.
x.snIt. az onlieyiae training should turn gnoc y.
"nJ,t,ons after marriage. The percentnge OF
a. pofher smaller than usual, being only ~ per T, 49,,
aithnm,h tne average present age Il $50 years ,n.
hnvn hnen married q little less, on tho nver"so, w -,
acve, years and have had 263 chdren Inc h'noo, Ell
chidrn,a eaths has been less th.n QUO III un,
| heIter shnwiug than the average OF noruH,ts i"n
chiIyrsn From which IL appears that enough th,
RAJ wnmen NAV give birth Ia fewer ehIuiixn s' =,
,ar thnsa children ars stronger and more hKey "