The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-23

i based upon a fundamental misconcep
tIOn q this sort, that q girl is a modified
edition of i Boy. 1t i, misConcepiion
that woman Is modified expression
OF man and girl modified form of a
boy Our educational systems are at
fault. There are many things that ought
not 10 be, on account Of this misConcep'
ton. There are differences physically,
Intellectually and spiritually. The boy
is coming man, the girl. q coming
woman.
There is a power of PHYSICAL endurance
belonging 10 woman which men cannot
have. Going to the grOsser and more
palpuble manifestation of physical con-
ditions, we find the same thing is true.
So that if we had 10 make a comparison
at all We should say that a boy is a
modified form of girl. Ieu remember
the record of the creation. 1t is a good
fundamental point at which to begin a
discussion Of this kind. You remember
how God created man and caused him
20 fail into deep sleep, and he took
from the man a rib. Most people read
that he made out Of the rib a woman,
but the book reads, And the rib made
he woman When he had by force
taken the rib from the man, he separated
them. They were two distinct person
alites, 80 that when they should come
together again, it would be under guild
ance Of certain harmonies and forces
which would agree. The physical unit
is dependent upOt the spiritual unit.
She was the crowning work, not he. In
cur system of work We need 10 recognize
her. The adaptation Of manly work intel
lectually, to woman will no more meet
the demand Of her being, than the adap-
tati0n Of the physical work of man will
meet her physical Abilities We must
consult these two characters in questions
Of education,
| have simply this propOs ilion TO make,
and leave to your consideration. Take
year for year, Girl for girl, boy for boy,
with a view to lhc Physical capabilities
Of the girl AlOng every line the girl
will be found 10 tie The boys equal, anO
she fails to get credit fer it. Is girl
equal 10 a boy as Il mathematician, as
lOgician, as reasonel: a man never
goes straight to a point, but proceeds by
a round about way. and always finds that
the woman has been there waiting for
him till she is beginning - grow tired.
In regard to finance. There is not a
poor man who would not be rich to day
il he had had the energy Of his wife.
There are no men who have been great
in finance who do not owe ii to their
wives. This is much to call your atten-
ton to the fact that in our educational
courses, in our educational work we
would be justified in giving the girl the
same course as the boy. But we are not
doing it, There are few schools for girls
that are not humbugs. The curriculum
l. provided for the weaker vessel. You
give the boy a drill Of about four or six
years, with plenty of recreation and you
construct a pole for him to skin the cat,
knowing that he will skin it anyway.
His disposition and habits require him
to 90 out of doors and take plenty Of ex.
ercise and fresh air. You let the girl
stay at home during these years, aud
when the weather is good you send her
to school, but when it is bad she stays at
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her living anyway and does not need an
education. If you look to few places
where they are paying some attention 10
the education Of girls, and Judge all by
that, you make a vast mistake.
Our course for boys is, in the main,
good. But when we come TO the question
for girls, we send the girls off to school
scarcely having acquired the multiplica.
t;oa table They are then to be put
through a course which is fuller than the
boys course. They are to be put through
ten or fifteen books, and besides they are
to take music which requires half hour
two days in the week and an hour :
practice every day, a3 minimum. They
are also to take art, to attend 10 their
own wardrobcs and 10 care for their
r)om5. They are expected TO come out
equal with the boys They work con.
scientiOusly, yet with such a course they
cannot be thorough. Anybody is Lo bier
better person who knows arithmetic
thoroughly from the beginning to the