The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
THE KIND Or GIRL SHE IS.
New England, Southern. Western
Californian and " W Jersey Types.

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From the New York Sun.
80, nobody expects Il girl from New
Jersey to spell correctly"
Such is the opinion of a lady, a mem Der
of the faculty of a well-known institution
in New York devoted to the training of
woman teachers. 1t was delivered dur
ing the progress of commencement exer-
cises recently held.
During the several years l have been
connected with the college," continued
the lady, Il have made little hobby of
noting the peculiaritieS of students from
different sections of the country This
institution affords ample material for
such observations, as young women from
all parLs of the United States and Canada
come to US.
Now the girl from New England is a
well-marKed type. She is the most reli-
able and conscientious student we have
to deal with certainly the most self-re-
liant. She will carry out the instructions
given her with preciseneSs and atten-
ton to detail peculiar TO herself. Con-
sclentious to a degree, rigIdlv consistent
and, if may be permitted 10 say so, she is
almost. exaspera Jingly accurate But the
New England mind seems to lack perspec-
tive; it distresses itself over minute to
so great an extent, the mental view gets
narrow The small things block the way
and broad view cannot be obtained
lake the girl from the south What
a helpless creature The southern girl isl
She has -nouuIng of that hard, practical
nature that marks the New England
girl; she is utterly dependent. Ambition
outside of so ial triumph does not appar-
emily belong 10 the young woman student
of the south. She is particularly lovable
and has her own beautifully indefinite
way of doing things She skins over the
surface in "a graceful way, and abhors
anything bordering on the abstruse.
Perhaps the most amusing type of girl
comes from Washington, ID. G. We have
never had a student from the capital that
had the faintest idea of the value of time.
That faculty is absolutely wanting in the
Washington girl Punctuality is an I'M
known quantity with her. No matter
how strict the discipline, she cannot be
taught that the day is divided into so
many hours in which tasks have TO be
done
For downright and genuine natures [
think the students from the tar west are
most conspicuous We have them from
Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming. There is
a breezy optimism about them that is
very refreshing. They have an abundant
stock of enthusiasm, and do their work
with dash and vigor Their mental grasp
is broad, and, though they do not possess
the sense Of detail. they nave great orig
inalitY.
What | call the combination type of
student comes from the Pacific slope
The girls from California have no strik-
ing characteristics. They are happy
blend of other types, to which is added
sunniness of disposition and vivacity
They make good teachers. They are
blessed with an equable temperament,
which is no spall factor of success in
teaching, factor, too, which western and
southern students frequently lack.
Then there is the Canadian girl.
There lisa degree Of similarity between
her and the New England girl so far as
painstaking goes, but she is more re-
served ana stint. She has an indescrio-
able air of repression which up TO the
present have been unable to analyze.
Alas! yes, IL is a fact that the New
Jersey girl is in constant hot water about
her photography. Double consonants and
silent letters are her betes noires. She
will write climbing without the b.
place but one II. in hurry, and always
put an unnecessary e. in judgment She
is a gooi student in all other respects but
spelling and New Jersey are apparently
antipathetic.
II know some Of my criticisms are
sharp. but Of course they have TO be taken
in general sense, for there are eXcep-
tiong to every rule What 1 have said Is
based simply on mYoeWn observations,
and these may have been fnulty but
they have been made without prejudice.