The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
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thai for them to go unvei'e ed would be
considered indecent; would offend the
feelings OF the spectators. In Russia
female voices are never heard i'm church:
women not being thought worthy 'fo
sing the praise Of God in the presence
OfmeD;" and the disregard Of this reg
ulatiOn would be eensured rs an out
rage upon public feeling. There wasz
time i'm France when men were so en-
amOured of ignorance, that a lady who
pronounced any but the eommonest
words correctly, was blushed for by her
companions; a tolersble proof that peo-
pies feelings then blamed in a woman
that literateness which il is now thought
a disgrace for her to be without. In
China ersmped feet are essential to fe-
male refinement; and 50 strong is the
feeling in this matter, that a Chinese
will not believe that AN Engiishwoman
who walk naturally, can be one of a
5upCipt 'taoc. ~ WAC OuCc lcitl uu-
feminine for lady to write book; and
no doubt those who thought il 80, would
have quoted feelings in support of their
opinion. Yet, with facts like these ON
every hand, people assume that the
Embarrassment of women cannot De
right, eeause it is repugnaat to their
feelings. Herbert Spencer.
Liberal education is not safe and
strong in a country in which the great
majority of the men who belong to the
intellectual professions are not LIBERAL
ly educated. Now, that is just the case
in this country. The great majority Of
the men who are engaged in the prac.
thee Of law and medicine, in journalism,
the public service, and scientific pro-
fessiOns, and in industrial leadership,
are not bachelors Of arts. Indeed, the
only learned profession which contains
to-day a large proportion Of bachelors
Of arts is the ministry. This sorry con-
dition Of things Is doubtless due in part
to what may he called the pioneer con-
dition of American society; but 1 think
il is also due to the antiquated state Of
the common college curriculum, and of
the course OF preparatory study at
school. When institutions of learning
cut themselves Off from the sympathy
and support of large numbers of men
whose lives are intellectual, by refusing
to recognize as liberal arts and disci-
plinary language, literatures, and seien-
ees which seem to these men as I'M
portant as any which the institutions
cultivate, they infliet a gratuitious injury
both on themselves and on the country
which they should serve. Their re-
fusal to listen to parents aud teachers
who ask that the avenues Of approach
to them may be increased in number,
the new roads rising to the same grade
or level as the old, would be an indica-
ton that a gulf already yswned be-
tween them and large bodies of men
who by force of character, intelligence
and practical training are very infiueL-
tial in the modern world. For twenty
years past signs have not been wanting
that the American college was not
keeping pace with the growth of the
country in population and wealth.
believe that chief cause of this rela-
tive decline Is the narrowness of the
course of study in both school and coll
lege.-Chds. ". Eliot.
James Anthony Froude, in his sketch
of his recent summer holiday in the
Norway fior,ls, produces the follow
ing bit of sentiment