Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-12
THE COLLEGE WOMAN


with Added Intelligence Collage Bred
Girls Are Model Noih.s- o. Original
Line. Along witch tho College Won
an wofk.-what Thoy nave Done.
In the tremendous momentum Of the
movement for womans advancement In
place and power IL i the hand Of the col
icge bred woman that controls the lc,ts.
IL is not Ia her value ~ a leader but In her
virtue rs moderator that her greatness
lea
The Importance II the college wotnHn's
Influence In this question o. NOT Ia the mat.
ter OF superior scholarship, even though
Phliuppn Fawcctt has written her name
above that Of the senior wrungler NJ Eng
lands great university. OF great value N
It 70 the woinnn's cnuso that she has taken
OIL her corset aud built her gymnasium.
mud comes out Of college astrouger woman
than when she went H. with better
chance Tor the future IN what she has
learned Of hygiene rather than Of Greek
Statistics show that while she proportion
Of marriages among graduates not only
compares flvonhiy with that tmong other
women, and Il constantly Increasing. ~
yorcc Is n thing unknown Il Is not that
her degrees equal those u men In impur
lance, but that greater proportion Of the
children Of the educated wonen survive
infancy than do those Of other mothers
lacking the college training which has
been popularity believed TO unat women
Tor motherhood Il il that she is bringing
b. bear upon tho smallest details u the
practical Interests u life the discipline and
enlightenment Of scientific thought. thus
rcfuting No every turn the time honorcI
traditions that college llfe aud business
training unfit women Tor the greater TO
sponsibillties " wiiehood aud motherhood
COLLEGE sEfTLEHESrs
Over In Riylngtou street has been dem.
onstmtod most successfully the college
womHn's idea " practical philanthropy
which " not Of the almsgiyiug or fancy
fair fashionable kind The philanthroplsts
Of the college settlement invite the little
children In To swing In the big swings and
play IN the sand heaps Of their yard They
ask the tired women over for "A cup of tea
In nice, ueighb0rly way In the afternoon.
They coax the boys and girls into their
bright parlor In the evenings aud give
them games To play and books TO whil.
They have clubs for sewing and cooking
and drcssmnking. lessons In hygieuo. his
tory and science.
Six or seven college women are In resi-
deuce nj the settlement. all busy workers
IN their various cnllinzs aud deyoting their
leisure time 10 Frightening the drcnry
lives Ia Ryington street Chicago has u
similar settlement called Hull House
where college men and women teach Ia the
CLASSES and cntcr into the entertainments
provided for the people The graduates of
the Orier Of Kings Daughter. take prl
waite pupils free Of charge and assist them
IN the university extension work.
Leaving the held Of philanthropy for
that of Industrial pursuits. most unique
among them Is the klngwood farm enter
prise under the management Of France,
Fisher Wood Confronted with the ptob
lem Of feeding delicate child. instead OF
consulting the old woman oracles and OK.
pcrimcnting with patent fools this college
woman studied the matter of infant food
thoroughly from the best medical books
written ON the subject. A. the result u
her scientific experiments has been cstnb
lishrd the kingwood farm, which is the
wonder and admiration Of the Granite
State.
In the large, perfectly ventilated build.
ings are stalled this famoas kingwood
herd, each one with u pedigree rs long ~
mn English earl'A Canvas cushions arr
provided in the roomy stable for the sleek
beauties to kneel On when they want 10
rest. So clean and sweet are the big barn,
TINT a woman can VT with her neodlework
In their pa-sagowu0 Aud the old farm.
crs are never tired Ntelling how the milk
will keep for ycHrs after IL is once stcrlize,l
aud sealed In bottles.
oTiTn NEw Inns oF WORK.
A new departure u college women Il In
the raising OF fruits. large aud small. aud
la flower culture. One Of New Nork'- sue,
oessful teachers has invested the capital
accumulated hy teaching In u flower farm
IN the south u France 4 professional
woman writes from southern California;
II hayoa small tmet Of six acres Of orchard
and gardou where have filled Ia all my
/ spare time for the past sixteen years mott
ogrccably aud probably, ! am satisfied
that women can earn u comfortable liviuH
| with few acres " land. aud the cultiyn
ton OF the mind and development Of boly
| which AN Intelligent person can derive
from such vocation will be a double com
/ pensation."
Lucy =. Salmon, Of Va,sar college. "a col
loCtlng statistics On the great problem o
domestic service. h the hope that som,
way out Of the difficulty may he found
She urges that domestic labor, while hay
Ing features peculiar TO itself, Is amenHhl,
10 the laws which control other forms o
industry. aud that In the laws which un
dorlie II u trained mind Is essential An,
she argues wisely that the great question
for women TO study Is how homes may h
retained without the friction and vast
Of material aud nerve force that attend
housekeeping ut the present time,
Prejudice against the college training o
women is breaking down, aud thougl
fathers are still more Inclined to educate
their SONS than their daughters, man @
broad culture said recently ~ | hayuu'
enough money TO educate both my sous mn.
daughter, | shall send the girls to college
because they need Il more than the boys
Not that they are le-s bright an thui
brothers, for think iutcllectv they ar
more clever, but because world dc
mands grcater skin aud better preparation
Ia girl than In boy
1.-THE gin u more sharply criticised
meets with greater obstacles and Is trratci
with less confidence IN her ability than
boy, consequently she needs the best start
Besides, physically she Is at u disadvantng
aud needs the discipline Of the college trth
ing To enable her to work with less e..
pcndlturc !of nervous force than the az
trained woman knows how TO work"
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