Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-20

The question, "What kind of girl does
a college man like best ?" was recently
discussed at the monthly meeting of a So
cial club in New York city. The charac
ter of the club considering the question is
pretty clearly seen in the consensus of
opinion arrived at, which was that if a
girl is pretty, fast, dresses in stunning
style, talks slang and affects knowledge
of foot ball she will have the boys all at
her heels. rhe New York Press was not
willing that college boys should
be mlsrepresented in this way, as
it felt they We're, and so sent
circulars embodyipg the question of dis
cusson to the students of different col
leges throughout the country. The an
swers poured in and the Press has printed
two installments which have been read,
we venture to say, with not a little inter
est, not only by those most directly CON
cerned, but by many others as well. The
subject at first thought may seem Of a
very trivial character and to be one with
which the outside world has nothing IN
particular to do But a scrutiny of the
aus wers printed suggests two thoughts of
general interest. One is of nature COIN
plimentary to the boys and the other
is of character advisory to the
girls. The first deduction to be drawn is
that the standard of womanhood af the
growing men of America is as pure and
otty as anyone could possibly wish. The
boys are high minded and chivalrous in
their ideas of what women should be in
this world. With them goodness, gentle
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above all things and that these qualities
are to them necessary goes good ways To-
ward proving that they themselves pos
ses8 similar good qualities.
Now what do the boys not like Que
objects to womau's rights girls another
declares that the sentiment in favor of the
waspish waist, frizzled hair and high heel
ed boots is not of the college mans crea-
ton; no dyed hair or painted face seems
to be wanted and the SO called girl of the
period" finds no favor; another wants a
girl who is educated above society frivol-
tiles and who is fond of domestic life, add
ing that she should be Christian but not
crank not only insipidity, but the as
sumption of any superior learning
Is condemned; sensible student
says that his ideal must be girl who will
not say one thing and do another. She
must be girl who can be at home in such
company as college man would natural
ly entertain. She must be girl who can
keep intelligently informed on the great
topics of the day She must be girl who
can lead in her circles. Above all, she
must be true woman, who, when she be-
slows her affections, will give of the
wealth Of her nature"
A student from the U. v. NJ. replied as
follows: 81 saw my ideal a few days ago
after the great snow storm. Her slckly
brother, a clerk in one of our large manu-
featuring establishments, was too feeble
to remove two feet of snow that had fallen
during the night. His sister, a college
girl of eighteen years, undertook the task.
Words are too weak to picture her HIS she
worked away with the great wooden
shovel. Her hair hung in long, loose
braid down her back. She wore a jacket
mittens and jaunty little Tam O'Shanter
on her head. The strong wind powdered
her face aud hair, and the exercise made
the color mount to her cheeks. The hearth
ness with which she refused assistance