The morning call., 1894-05-01

work the speakers of tile evening were in
troduced.
Miss Caroline C. Jackson read a paper
on the Higher Education" The great
movement of the last twenty-five years of
the intellectual emancipation Of women is
only part OF the movement for truth and
justice stirring the heart of nations to-
day. When Mr.. Vassar founded his COL
lege thirty years ago little did he think
that $4,000 young women would be study
ing with thousands more already having
gone through the portals. Most of the
universities have been thrown open to
women, and Yale admits them to graduate
work. Abroad the same thing is visible.
Great Britain, France and Germany are
keeping pac, with America. Oae of the
amusing things in the movement is the
regularly recurring evidences in each coun-
try and the repetition of the old-tiIne theo-
ries and objections. The speaker said it
had been shown that woman's in
tellectual ability is constantly being dem
onstrated while study has often proved
stimulus to her and her physical abilities
have been improved. She disposed of the
sentimental objections in short order.
especially in regard 10 the "unwomanly"
objection which has changed with the
years. College training put a balance
wheel in woman's brain. She sees that
the state of things is not the result of mans
premeditatioD, but the slow growth of cir
cumstaDces. Regarding the marriage"
objection the speaker said that alumn8
statistics showed that large per cent of
the college women were happily married.
as to motherhood only 10 per cent of the
children born to college women die
in the first year OF their birth.
Women should go to college for the same
reason that man should go. and women
are better citizens for the going there and
better fitted TO 60 out into the world.
The gain is as valuable to the life of
woman as it is to the life of man. One
of the best lessons the cO-educati0Dal col
leges are teaching to-day is to the boys,
that the girls are Intellectually their equals.
and to the girls that they can do anything
The boy can do except those things 10
which ne is especially trained.
Opportunities for Higher Education of
Women of This Coast" was the title of
paper read by Miss Millicent w. Shinn,
who thought there was little chance of
sudden ana picturesque change In the al
titude toward women in this State, as there
never has been any very great antagonism
to the higher education Of women here.
The decisive step was when the University
OF California in 1873 admitted women.
There are now about $500 college students
IN this State. of whom 600 are women, be-
sides half hundred more who go Eas:
every year. On the whole the women stu
ueHtS nave mdue DeLleT average showing
than the men.
Miss Elsie Lee spoke on the subject of
the graduate student abroad and The re-
quirements of term study for the different
degrees. She gave an outline of the ad-
vantages of various colleges, such as Chi
cage, Bryn Mawr. Columbia, Yale, Michi-
gan and others. ana the expenses at each.
The young lady spoke of the educational
facilities to the student In Paris.
Work of College Women in Secondary
Schools was the subject of Miss Sarah d.
Hamiin's address. In it she pointed out
the necessity CT teachers being college
bred In order to make the schools prepar-
atory to the universities. The evenings
session was concluded by Miss Lille j.
Martin, who spoke on "The Highest Edn.
cation" The session goes on today. Il
will continue until Sunday, that day in
elusive. The hall was packed last night.
the interest In the congress being wide.
spread.