The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-07
TO EDUCATE WOMEN.
The Purposes and Results OF Tuiversity
ExtensIon-Women as Leciurers.


University extension. which has become so
general and SO marked q feature OF higher
education. is OF peculiar value to women. as It
brings to them the advantages OF the college
training which they have neither time nor
means to seek outside their homes The aver
age father educates his son at the expense Of
his daughter learning. and not intreQuenty
the daughter contributes toward the general
fund for the brothers education from her own
small earnings. The aim Of the univer-
sity extension movement. which was intro
duced into America from England less
than two years ago. is to bring regu-
lar systematic college work under specially
qualified instructors within tho reach OF peo-
pie Of small means and living even at great
distances from college centres. The methods
employed include establishing centres in
towns containing libraries for reference. suit
able meeting places aud local organizations
for attendance. In the establishment OF such
centres women are taking the initiative in or
ganZation and compose more than half
the students. The two centres in the
West. one at Indianapolis. and the
other in Chicago. have teen established
by Mrs. Nary Wright sewell. Miss Stair
and Miss Adams. Mrs. s. l.. Oberholtzc.
first centres in America ut Morristown.. and
Leonard OF West Philadelphia have heen untir-
ing in their efforts for the success Of the work.
such Il centre being established. instruction is
given 10y weekly lectures. Exercises. and
department of home study. with regular
courses eStsndng over three or four
regular corr"spondence With an M" inetru ca
tor and haze his work tested by q college
professor The society has mary eminent uni;
q council OF cultured women md men to direct
its active affairs. Nearly 10000 people at
has been largely increased during the present
season; rhe essential exnenses Of member.
Teaching are So and 50 per year are the s dues
OF membership in local centre.
The American Commissioner OF Education
says; Women. think. as a rule succeed bet
Ter tfn 1 men IN gettins WORK out Of pupils q
maintain better dlselnlins than men and With
less corporal punishment
The Harvard Annex has received its first
recognition from n Harvard club in an invita-
ton from the Harvard Union to a debate.
Domestic lecturing. is, new profession
opened 10 women in England. and Is the out
come otthe popular technlca! education move
ment. The lecturer is expected to deliver sim
1 k q The n sS2kg knSS
in rural districts. The work Is sometimes q
thankiess one; for there are to be encountered
the women. who. wise in their own conceit.
think II n humiliation to be taught, and others
are too indolent 70 learn or too conservative to
receive theories not in accordance with those
their mothers and grandmothers believed. To
qualify herself. q woman must have received
three months training at hospital. a course
omy. and physiology and sanitation.
The Woman's Legal Education reports a
most satisfactory condition In this Its second
year. Its lecture class Of twenty-one has been
increased BY ten. and Of this number three are
tention OF claiming admission TO the bar. The
success OF the school Is largely due TO the good
panagemsnt OF Fanny u. Weber. wife Of
Leonard Weber
Swathmors College is one OF the thoroughly
woman and It's students meet together in the
recitation roomas museums. laboratories they
st at the same tables In the dining room. and
eyery night, under the chaporonags Of the
dsAl. ~ IA tina results Of the system. NJ,