Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-11-27
woMAN,s EDUCATION.
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In Another Decade the Female May Out
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 The report of Mir Secretary Dewey to the board of regents of the university contains great deal of information re- garding the progress of the secondary and higher education in the Empire State. Of special interest is the light thrown on the position occupied by New York among American commonwealths with respect to the facilities afforded for the ecademicsl, collegiate and pro fessional instruction of women
 It appears from the statistics collect ed by MT. Dewey that there were last year in the secondary schools of this state 28, 556 girls of academic grade and only IS, s43 boys. Of 438 honor credentials issued, 9o8, or more than two-thirds, were gained by girls. In our colleges the number of women gradu- ates rose to 2,929, one being reported from Columbia, S9 from the city uni versity, 76I from the coeducation col leges and 3, 078 from the eight women's colleges In the professional and teeh- nieal schools there were i, 043 women, including eight in law schools and BIS i'll medical schools The Universalist seminary at Canton reports three fe- male students in theology. By the so called special schools 3, sos women were returned. Of these, 3, 726 are credited to Pratt institute, 256 to the Teachers college, 188 to the State Normal college, 809 to the Woman's Art school, 196 to the Grand Conservatory of Music and t21 to the Cooper Union night schools.
 So far as the United States are con- oerned, New York has always held the first place in womans education. h. deed the Albany Female academy claims to be the first institution for the higher education of women ever founded in the world This is no doubt true as re- gards establishments exclusively design ed for the female sex, but it must bs remembered that in the middle ages women were permitted not only to study but to teach In Italian universities. An early aud well known rival of the Albany institution was Miss Emma Will iard's school at Troy.
 It is the boast of Elmira college that it's charter of April 13, 1S56, made 1t the first degree conferring college solely for women, while Vassar, which started with a generous endowment on Jan. 1s, 1861. immediately acquired 8 reoog- nized leadership as the first of the great establishments for the higher instruo- tion of women. Thus 1t appears that all four claimants to the honor of first hay- ing done effective work on large scale for woman's $ education are New York in- stitutfons. Another fact is worth record ing Although New York reports six colleges for women and four for coedu- cation, only Vassar, Cornell and Syra. cuse are included in the national asso- citation, yet these three alone furnish about 40 per cont of the list of women holding degrees from recognized col leges.
 Teaching is still the faverite profes- sion of highly educated women. 40 cording to the census of 1890, there were i'll the whole Union 125, 525 men and 238, BOT women teachers. Of the teach CTS in the New York common schools 26, 86e are women. But woman's teach ing is no longer limited to primary grades. She has steadily won her way through grammar schools, high schools and colleges to chairs in universities, Ib should not be inferred, however, that a majority of the graduates of female col leges are animated with the purpose of pursuing any professional calling. The remarkable development attained of late years by New York institutions for tho higher education of women is due to widespread recognition of the fact that a college course wisely planned and in- dustriously followed affords the best preparation for the intelligent discharge of the functions of wifehood and moth- erhood and the duties of home life.
 The movement to which we have here referred is increasing at a surprising rate. The number of girls in this state who entered college last year from schools supervised by the board of re- gents was S4 per cent greater than it was the year before, and the number of those now preparing to entor will show, as we are informed, similar augmen- tation. The best colleges for women are far from being able to receive all the qualified applicants. New colleges are continually being founded, and, what will prove of even more utility, the old CT colleges and universities are rapidly opening to women their facilities for in- struotion. In American colleges gener- ally the proportion of female students Is considerably larger than 1t was even few years ago. For instance, the at tendance of women at the University of Michigan rose last year from S3 pes cent to S7 per cent. The author of this report expresses the belief that carly in the next century our colleges will grad nate more women than men, just as the academies do now. New York Sun.
 Lady Jeune.
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