The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-01

speaker thought that a member of a
1 school board who prostitutes his position
/ TO such purposes is as guilty as the
man who tramples upon the American
! fay. AT present the ward politician de-
cides the moral status of the teachers and
women of refinement have often to sink
their self-respeet in trying to obtain Z
position in the public schools. The future
| of the country is concerned in the teaching
| of the children Of to-day. a third OF
! million of teachers are engaged in train.
| ing the youth, and it is of the utmost i'm.
| portance that care should be shown in their
selection. Boards of education should
recognize the removal of teachers who are
! incompetent.
Touching the question of subjects, the
speaker thought that cube root and al
zebra and allegations should be dropped
and more attention given TO practical mat
ters. More should be given to plants and
animals, and while teaching punctua-
ton more should be taught about litera-
ture. The unitarian system, she thought,
had captured the American people.
Politics should be divided from educa-
tion," cried Mrs. McRoberts, DISCUSSING
the paper, and the remark was greeted
with applause.
Then lady in the rear got up and spoke
piece Of her mind. There is too much
of this general fault-inding without any
I u
we do not know enough about our schools
Wholesale accusations do more harm than
good. The faults OF the public schools are
our faults and not the faults of the teach
ers. II the reform comes it must come
through u.s."
Mr.. hughes of Los Angeles claimed that
the star OF hope was rising over the public
schools.
caustic and wel-written paper was
read by Miss Margaret Schellenbergar of
Stanford University on "Woman's Dress
as an Expression of Herself" According
| to Miss Schelenberger it is no good
for women to try to legislate until thew
Know now to dress properly. I'VE fancy,
to hear woman talking about her rights -
said she. THAT if she mad them we would
| not need to die in order to reach heaven.
The world knows better than this The
world takes facts, not sentiment, and Judges
by them. The world is right. Until she
is Bile to live her life properly she cannot
achieve such rights. Ii woman wants to
lead strong life why doesn't she get
ready? When boy wants TO play base
ball he gets bat, when girl undertakes
the game she thinks piece of fiat board
will do. That is what is wrong with
woman. She wants to start the ball Of
progress flying with piece of fiat board,
serviceable bat. Woman's weakness.
physical, mental and moral. is much
attributable to her clothes. We can't
breathe comfortably or sit down comfort
ably or walk easily. Woman is not phys
icaly free. She binds herself in letters
while the wise world looks on and laughs.
Woman thinks she can handle big cues
tons with kid gloves on like man whose
fingers are free. How can a woman in
tight corsets or loose one either compete
with a man who is free to breathe? Ones
heart aches Tor the poor shopgirl or house
maid being bound around in that way.
but what snail be said of educated women
who know better? But this thing bothers
us. We put aside the bygienic question
as too hard and proceed to The easier one
of universal suffrage. [Laughterl. Nc. we
know how much i'll comes to children
through mothers wearing unhygienIc,
wicked clothing. Most of our ills come
from tight clothing. Take the teacher
as type. How can she expect
to reach her children with a tight
corset? In comfortable clothing she
would bring directly more ease and
indirectly more power. just imagine
a teacher teaching hygiene in unhygienic
clothes! We don't want mans costume.
ana the fashionable substitute is beyond
the ordinary dressmaker's intelligence
or the average woman's purse, but you
can get result like l wear to-day. 1t is
not model or dress of beauty, but it is
one form OF an easy summer dress. In a
word 1t Is gymnasium dress when You
slip the skirt off. Underneath are Turk
Ism trousers. There are no corsets and it
can De modified to suit individual tastes"