The sun., 1891-12-06
IN tHE TOMEy's coLLEoES
Girls Aeep Up with tho Boys In Michigan
The Result OF Co-education At Cornell-
The Cost OF College Education.

Girls Aeep Up with tho Boys In Michigan
The Result OF Co-education at Cornell
The Cost OF College Education.
Seven young women are enrolled as fresh
mon in the course OF study for women afIlli-
ated with Brown University. While 1t Is con-
sidcreh d most encouraging recognition OF the
demand for the higher education Of women
that this conservative old school should admit
women students. it Is something Of an abb
surdity that these young women should be
separately taught by the college Instructors
when they might as we'll be included In
the regular classes. Barnard College. In
Now York. Is called the best type OF the
affiliated college because Columbia College
conducts oil It's examinations. both for admis-
sion and in course. assumes all responsibility
for thu instruction given. not merely by con-
ferring degrees upon the graduates. but also
by passing officially upon all the appointments
made. On the other hand. ths Harvard Annex
is entirely unrec"gnized by the university. and
its work receives no recognition.
It 10 said that in the co-educational Univer-
sitV Of Michigan Whose standard is as high as
that OF Yale and Harvard there has not been
u subject taught. except In the department
OF r.::liue. with which the young women stu.
dcnts have not entered and kept equal pace
ton and through postgraduate or profes.
siorai course Of study Several Of these
women haYo also spent years abroad studying
IN foreign institutions. And yet while dozens
Of Eer brother classmates, standing. below
s rIacas AZ Of 'ihip' honer IA their % Alma Maten M to
tho daughters are denied her professorshipa
A we'll Bred Intelligent. and refined girl un-
dergradunte. who could not DO called In any
seh'e either frivolous or q iashionable, :, ,wo-
MSnan m, to meet the Demands Of study personsl
and
g s1yss ss s.ssSs: f.S
"tlisntoIy and included in the price q, popu.
ar The g s tEn What men %osd call so
third tHs amount, It requires TO ensble her
nenes eGE In y YaIe. H"rvnrd, ah or PnSestCn.
On the other hand. plenty Of girls cover all
hsa ths q to aay 1s osnsas4ss sasI
b fs Sy ths bs g saar
com COR nnrions. feasts oil crackers. cocoa. eggs. M
crrcais. and similar Inexpensive food which
she prepares herself |, over gas steye as large
the line Of a beeisteak or oyster patty Keeps
wei! and happy on her small slleWanee; and
even lnuuleeS III al, ocChblOudI bpTehO' OF
In spite OF the traditional theory Of womans
Extravaganza, II will be found on investiGa-
tlon that q girl iiyes better and moro COIN
fortably on small income than man can.
and while tho man invariably owes his entire
quarters allowanceto satisfy the last quarters
creditors. the girl is meyer in debt, Rarely
does the college woman ind herself in debt at
the close Of her university, course. but manyn
teaches dead lnngnngrs to help the man she
marrles pay or tho college obligations in
Cured years before ho saw her
In view OF the talk OF Introducing CO. -educa.
tlon at Rochester representative OF one OF
the papers publlshe Ia that city has been
down interviewing the Cornell, girls as to the
before funds have been secured 70 provide u
dormitory. The young man IL OF the opinion
that getting married Is not the chief ond and
aim IN lite and t.li.t they have not that venera-
ton for masculine opinion which. according
to the masculine Idea, rightly organized
young woman should have, They have seen
too many young men. with lovely moustaches
foro the sex.
All this begets frank simplicity OF manner
and directness OF speech that is not exactly
to the vanity OF man. but rather
conv!nces him that he Is not person OF great
Importance one way or the other. Upon the
college campus and in recitation hours there
seems to be an unwritten law that acquaint-
iiected with the lesson OF the day This rule
originated with tho students. but seems to be
moro tdidiy enforced than any regulation
by the collegiate faculty. The
gltls claim this Y becsIss. 4 YOU'D DO TOO