Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-15

ing their doors 10 woniea. s~ltzrr~
sands sweden. Denmark, Finland. hei-
land, Belgium, Norway, Spain, PortS-
sal, Italy, and even Russia. have ad-
Aatted womeL 10 the privileges ol
maay OF their CHEST schools OF learn
rag. In fraace. the sarbourne, aud
the College, de France, In nearly AL of
their departments. are open 90 women.
England has several co-edueational
universities. besides cheltenham Cob
lege. Girton. Newnham. Someryllle
Hall and Lady Margaret Hall, which
are for women only. The universities
ot scotland arc beginning To of-r their
advantages Of study TO women, on a
plan somewhat similar To that pur-
sued at Oxford and Cambridge In Eng
land. Tue women of Germany,
Austria Hungary and Turkey are the
only woman In all Europe who are
excluded from university study some
very fine work has been done by
women in the university at Bombay.
India All the universities of Australia
are eo-educatlonal. Evcn In Japan Is
this movement taking root, and TO
such a degree that several OF our col
legcs number Japanese women among
their students and alumnae. In Ameie
ca. Canada gives equal advantages
to women with men in most Of her
educational Institutions, prominent
among which are Acadia College,
Queens College, Dalhousie, Trinity Col
lege. St.Hilda's and McGill University.
In ths United States, colleges,
:ouG,.ea d.stin lively fof women, with
courses ol study, equal in breadth oi
range and thorou,hness of instrue tion
10 lnose of meal, are filled TO overflow
sng Dryn Mawr, Nassar and Welles-
ley Colleges are taxed To their utmost
csspacSty by crowds o. earnest and
am ba,avus g.its, eager for the high
est cl.oure oi tine L.anes. Tne per-
csnpage OF women at the annexes oil
Harvard, Co umLia, and Princes ON,
and in the co-ieges and universities,
VIII .cn are CO educa tional, Is constantly
on The increase. They certainly DO
desire the higher educatlon. Inc
numbers that attend college show a
mighty DRIFT rn mat direction, and
bear witness to the demand in the
world ior trained, capable and
scholarly women. But how and where
shall ttiiey receive this education!
These are The questions that parents
and educat tors are asking All over the
land. The womRn's collie &c, the annex,
and the co-eIucational university, ali
have their critics and their advocates.
but the individual ciEcumsDanctst
needs and aims OF girls must always
make different systems OF education
necessary for them, as it does Tor
boys, and must sternly decide, in most
cases. the question OF where to go TO
college. Women's colleges are cong
goof work. III educating and stimuiat-
sng to intellectual effort girls whose
parents would not he reconciled TO
their attending co educational insti-
u,ttOnS.
Whatever may be the advantages
OF the annex" a disinterested OBJ
server, or one, who is familiar with
.he everyday workings of the natural,
ommon-sensc system OF co-educat:on,
can nos hesp thinking that a great loss
OF money in carrying out the plan Is
incurred and must use less expenditure
OF time and strength on the part oil
professors and tutors, who give IN
struc ,Gon. l. engend red. The 'Ann I"
Is a compromise. 1t has been called
the back door OF the college. No
doubt 1t is the best that can be done
under she circumstances. where col
ieges absolutely refuse to admit wo-
men. Let us hope the experiment may
develop the sense OF justice. in the
mem bers OF thu governing boards In
the colleges, near by, to such degree
that the front doors OF the colleges
may soon swing open 20 women.
Prominent educators. who are fami iar
from thcir own experience with the
results o. co education. give their un-
qualified approval OF IT.. Dr.. Angel,
president of the University OF Michi-
agn. whose testimony is o. esppcial
weight on this subject. writes: "The
experience o. years does not shake our
confidence sn thu wisdom OF the policy
~ oDen.ng our doors to the women.
We hazard little IN predicting that
most OF those institutions which now
provide searpatc instruction for the
two sexes VIII at no distant day
abanron so expensive and unnecessary
n system
But whether we study the woman
I'm colleges abroad. or in this country,
III WpUliH COltt--t. dI iii tlu'Ns
or IN n co-ctlucational university.
whether she has gone there for the
Interior purpose OF fitting herself for
some profession, in after life. or simply
because she wants the pure .ov uf
study for stuiy's sake, and the stim-
illus OF Intellectual activity. we find
her possessed of an endurance that puts
to shame the croakings of opponents
and the WARNINGS OF medical men.
This, too. often when she Is nampered
by lack OF thorough preparation In
her studies. fettered by n dress. Ill
adapted TO her work. and. In most
cases. even without the relaxation and
assistance OF any systematic. physs
cal exercise. In the face OF all these
Disadvantages. many college women
have made n remarkable record for
excellent work. accomplished in lines
OF study hitherto thought impossible
for them to even attempt.
The university of Salamanca had,
ut one time. women enrolled among
the number of it's professvrs The
University OF Bologna had women pro-
fesSors in the days ot It's greatest
glory. when ten thousand students
came. every year. 10 enjoy its advan-
tagcs. and when its diploma was con-
sidcred n passport TO Office through
oslt Chrixtendo1n. The celebrated Nop-
ella d'Anirea. one OF the most accom-
pllshei women OF her day. as we'll rs
sccorsa Accorso. Bcttini Gozsardnins,
Sonora Agneai, and other learned woA
men. gave lectures mt this university,
90 crowds OF men students, ASSN hied