Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-13

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Has he subiect Of edneaficn been
sxhanssed1 / think net. There are some
features Of Il which have rot yet beea
ioaehed by yosr correspondents Being
usw IN mg I'D year, and having had mach
70 DO in ny time With training the female
mind. ard large opportunities tor Studying
the diEpcsiticn and character Of the female
sex. tbisk I may claim an experience IN
hat tine which might probably be lA,d pc
foze The cubic at this particular enRA L
have raised large family. most Of whom
are Kisls; have spent about tweniy-hTe years
Of nv Efe in edueational work. thousands
sud Thousands Of the female sex Of 81 ages,
f1cm S TO 20 years. having passed IN revieS
Sefore me during that tine; besides having
had associated With me in my work scores
Of women teachers, whose dispositions and
rEOeliyities I had ample opportunities to
study. Tbs, 10 say nothing Of ny oppoT-
tBnitiss in general society, gives me right
As think. TO speak ~ the present time. IL
Is true the yeung know IL all, and are IN the
nressnt generation wiser than their elders
Therefore, / shall ende1YOE 10 ETlte with
becoming nodesty.
Iron The inlornatiOn furnished by your
eorTespondents a. 10 whether the University
on The citizens Of MorgantoSn are prepared
TO place the girls Who might attend that IN
stitution under proper supervision, am IN
\ - a
70 ground for fear on that score, and that
the work Of eOedueation Of MorgantoEn
would prove q success FROM the start. The
mosi formidable objection that ! can see
against il is that il might seriously interfere
With the work Of the Normal School at
Fairmont, without, for some years at least,
rendering q proper equivalent IN that hne.
In this, however, may be in error.
Having said this much, my long experl'
snce has prepared me to give my unquah'
fed appreciation to CO education OF the
sexes in al departments Of that grand and
noble work
VIXEN the public shoots were 6rst
opened in the city Of Wheeling
tie boys and girls were placed
in separate classes. This was found to be
more expensive, as it required 3 larger
number Of teachers than the school fund
would Justify. Afterwards the two sexes
we're eiassed promiscuouslY, and-what
shall / say? Why, SIR, il worked Ike 9
charm. Il acted as wholesome stimulus
on both parties. More and better work was
effected, and during the whole period OF my
connection Nth the public schools i do not
recollect one solitary instance ofimmorality
or even Of gross imPgopriety as growing out
Of the co-edueation OF that class of children.
But have known many happy marriages,
and but few if any divorces Indeed, be-
Eeye that many Of the divorces OF the pres
ent day. among the BeAlthier class, grow
out Of the fact that their daughters did moi
enjoy the advantages Of co-educstion at the
proper time.
Eul It may be said that this does no!
touch The question so FAR as i; affects the
education Of girls Of more mature age
such 90 NOGld probably attend the Uni
vtI,iiy. In ny Judgment it is all the same
God made them mSle and female, and hu
MANTLE Is one great school Marriage is a
divine institution; il Is honorable in ALL
and girls at a very early age are taught &c
look spon II IS their happy destiny. To
great extent it is so. Then why should they
be deprived ter several years Of theic i've:
the very years when they are most sus
ceptible Of impressions, and their character
are in process of formatiOn-Why should
they be deprived, al this period Of life, .o
the very opportunities which are necessary
10 give the most favorable develop
ment? To shut them up IL
boarding schools at this time is about equiv
alent 10 Imprisonment Besides, the knoTl
edge of the other sex which thus becomes tC
them forbidden fruit" will De sought IL
more Objectionable ways. IL not acquired
by stealthy interviews it will be sought IN
works Of fiction. thus giving them distorted
and unnatural views OF human life, which
will utterly unfit them for the marriage re-
lation. Hence iudiscreet marriages, hence
a multitude Of divorces and escapaies.
God intended in the beginning, as
think, that the sexes should grow up to
ge,her, live in daily friendly intercourse
from infancy t. marriage, and from mar
rage to death. They should be not only
coeducated but mutual educators oil
/ each other. Thus they would Learn
( to know each other, which threefourths o
the people that get married nowadays d.
not. They take each other for better oil
or worse" they promise to "obey 20
yesi they viii promise anything, the laugh
/ in4 giddy creatures. But in few months
( they quarrel and fight. and separate-anC
I all because they never knew each other,
and had not the opportunity Of doing so at
/ the proper time. They were shut up in
prison, looking out Of their prison cells, j
uerchanee ihey might see some one
Your readers will not understand me a;
iustifying that neglect Of parental contro
I which allows girls Of all ages to be out upor
I the streets unprotected after night-fall, a
on election occasions, or attending theatres
or Kinks. or whirling in the "giddy maze.
( DO not take it upon me to condemn or ap
J PROVE such amusements should probs
I ily do neither By the Wholessle-but l d.
soy, that or such occasions parents should
see 10 il. that their daughters are provides
" n suitable protector. If not they ma!
/ find 10 their SORROW that they have sown Il
the whirlSind and resped the storm.
! Jas. Fl. MCMECHES.
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