Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-08-04
EDUCATIONAL.

EDUCATION
The University of Michigan has the
distinction of graduating this year the
largest class that has ever been sent
out from an American college or runi-
versity. The class numbered ISL, it
being larger by 3. than the class of '92.
Senator Roach, in speech before the
Chautauqua Assembly of Devils Lake,
had this 10 say of educational matters
in N. Dakota: II have been somewhat
interested in the educational work of
this new country since have been in
it. l have been connected with our
state university ever since its start, and
l want to say to you here that nowhere
do believe that education is receiving
such support, such help from the peo-
pie who pay taxes, from The taxes rails
ed and from the state, rs in this new
state of North Dakota. When you re-
member that our public school system
has grown SO rapidly and was first
under the territorial system without the
aid of dollar, except what was raised
by taxes, that the people bore them
willingly and it was heavy burden ut
the time; it speaks we'll for the class of
of people in this country and it is the
vary hoct or)yort,c co,,,ort <l,ok .,,o oo,,l.l
possibly have. 1t has always been my
privilege to bring that particular fact
before the people Of this country, and
I think that if any of the people Of the
east were here to. day and saw this be.
ginning of this assembly they certainly
would be wonderfully impressed with
such sight in this brand new country.
"Many n man thinks he can read q
woman just like book, until he tries
to shut her up"
Co-Education Justified.
Under the above heading an cx-
Change gives the following facts:
Co.education continues to be justified
by its results. The last proof comes
from Chicago University. This instl.
tuition began by opening all its advan.
tages to women. President Harper
and the faculty nave now an.
nounced the awards of fellowship and
henors for this year. OF new special
fellowships, out of three assigned,
women take tive. Cora A. Start, of
Vasssr, wins that in history, and Alice
Edwards Pratt, Ph. NJ, of the Univer-
s'ty of Chicago, receives that in
English. OF the applicants for honors
there were two-thirds more men than
women. The examinations were iden.
tical, and the examiners did not know
whose papers were before them. As q
result, Elizabeth Cook, of the Universi.
ty of Michigan, wins the fellowship in
physiology. Susan Rhodes Cutler, of
the Western Reserve University, that
Va ioiAI"HSc, HdhSusakcS anu IItcItCuIc.
Antoinetta Ely, of the University of
Cincinnati, the fellowship in latin.
Myra Reynolds, from Vassar, takes
that of English. Emily James Smith,
of Bryn Mawr, that of Greek. Made.
line Wallin, from the University of
Minnesota, receives that of political
economy. Harriet c. Brainard, of
Cornell, a fellowship in English, Corne-
liza M. Clapp, of Syracuse University, is
the winner in Biology, Maude Wilkin
son, of Wellesly, is another winner in
English. A fellowship in mathematics
has gone to Mary Frances Winslow, of
the University Of Wisconsin. Vassar
in the person of Helen Honor Gunni-
cliff, wins fellowship in political
science. Uader the circumstances,
there could have been no fav0ritism.
The studies for which these honors
were given were no chiid's play. The
old cry of intellectual inf .riority of
women must cease before the proofs
which come with opportunity"
STUDENT.