The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-10
THE COLLEGE WOMAN
SHE IS GOING TO THE FRONT M
PRACTICAL AFFAIRS.

With Added Intelligence College Bred
| Girls Are Model Mothers - Original
Lines Along which the College WON
an works-what They Have Done.
In the tremendous momentum of the
movement for woman's advancement in
place and power it is the hand Of the col
lege bred woman that controls the lever.
| 1t is not in her value Is leader, but in her
virtue as a moderator that her greatness
| lies.
The Importance Of the college woman's
influence in this question is not in the mat
ter of superior scholarship, even though
Phillippa Fawcett has written her name
above that of the senior wrangler of Eng
lands great university. OF great value IS
it TO the woman's case that she has taken
of her corset and built her gymnasium.
and comes out of college stronger woman
than when she went In, with better
chance for the future in what she has
learned of hygiene rather than OF Greek
Statistics show that while the properties
Of marriages among graduates not only
compares favorably with that among other
women, and is constantly increasing, di-
vorce is a thing unknown It is not that
her degrees equal those of men in impor-
tance, but that greater proportion Of the
children Of the educated women survive
infancy than do those Of other mothers
lacking the college training which has
been popularity believed to unfit women
for motherhood 1t is that she is bringing
TO bear upon the smallest details Of the
practical interests of life the discipline and
enlightenment Of scientific thought, thus
refuting at every turn the time honored
traditions that college life and business
training unfit women for the greater re-
sponsibilities OF wifehood and motherhood
COLLEGE SETTLEMENTS.
Over in Rivington street has been DEM
onstrated most successfully the college
woman's idea of practical philanthropy.
which is not of the almsgiying or fancy
fair fashionable kind The philanthropists
of the college settlement invite the little
children III 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, neighbork way in the afternoon
They coax the boys and girls into their
bright parlor in the evenings and give
them games TO play and books TO read.
They have clubs for sewing and cooking
and dressmaking. lessons in hygiene, his
tory and science.
Six or seven college women are in resi.
dence at the settlement, all busy workers
in their various callings and devoting their
leisure time to Frightening the dreary
lives in Rivington street Chicago has a
similar settlement called Hull House.
where college men and women teach in the
classes and enter into the entertainments
provided for the people The graduates Of
the Order of Kings Daughters take pri-
vate pupils free of charge and Assist them
IN the university extension work.
Leaving the field Of philanthropy for
that Of industrial pursuits. most unique
among them is the Kingwood farm enter
prise, under the management Of Frances
Fisher Wood. Confronted with ths prob
lem Of feeding a delicate child, instead Of
consulting the old woman oracies and ex-
perimenting with patent foods this college
woman studied the matter of infant food
thoroughly from the best medical books
written on the subject As the result Of
her scientific experiments has been estab-
hshed the Kingwood farm, which Is the
wonder and admiration OF the Granite
State
In the large. perfectly ventilated build
ings are stalled this famous kiagwood
herd, each one with pedigree as long as
an English earl's. Canvas cushions are
provided in the roomy stable for the sleek
beauties to kneel on when they want 20
rest. So clean and sweet are the big barns
that woman can sit with her needle work
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ers are never tired OF telling how the milk
will keep for years after it is once sterilzed
and sealed in bottles.
OTHER NEW LINES OF WORK
A new departure OF college women is in
the raising of fruits, large and small, and
in flower culture. One of New York's sue
cessful teachers has invested the capital
by teaching in a flower farm
In the south Of France. A professional
woman writes from southern California:
Il have a small tract Of SIX acres Of orchard
and garden, where | have filed in ali nay
spare time for the past sixteen years most
agreeably and proftabiy. | am satisfied
that women can earn comfortable living
with few acres Of land. and the cultiva-
ton Of the mind and development Of body
which an intelligent person caa derive
from such vocation viii be q double COM
pensation-"
Lucy Z. Salmon, of Vassar college. is col
Letting statistics on the great problem u
domestic service, in the hope tha: some
way out Of the difficulty may he found
She urges that domestic labor, while hsv-
ing features peculiar to itself, Is snenAble
10 the laws which control other forms ef
and that ia the laws which IN
derlie il trained mind is essential And
she argues wisely that the great question
for women 20 study Is how homes may De
without the friction and waste
Of material and nerve force that attends
housekeeping al the present time.
Prejudice against the college training II
women i breaking down. and though
fathers are still more inclined TO educate
heir sons than their daughters. mae Of
broad culture said recently. If / hzyen't
enough money 70 educate both my sens and
daughters, shall seud the girls 70 college,
because they need il more than the boys
Not that they are less bright than their
brothers, Tor think intellectually tsey are
more clever, baS because the world d.
nAnds greater skill and better psepsratiea
Z Ziri than IN BOY.
The girl = more sharply criticised.
meets with greater Obstacles and IL tFsztsd
Nth lsss confideace u her ability than .
by. cOrseg neatly she needs the Dsst starr.
Besides, physically Ehe = al a dls~dyzot&<s
nd needs the Disc pine q the college train
NJ 20 enable Der 20 work with ies ex-
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