The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-24
HIGHER EDUCATION AND MAT
RINIONY.

A question which is being quite gener-
ally discussed at the present time is as 10
what effect higher education has upon
the women OF the country In respect to
marriage. Quite a little investigating has
been goirfs on OF late. not as 20 the young
women who attend boarding schools and
secure the fashionable education which
comprises music, languages and the neces-
sary polish and attainments for high So
ciety, but those who obtain a strictly high
collegiate education at the large institu-
tons which have reached a reputable
standing rs being great factors in the edu-
cational Advancement OF the American
woman. The statistics already obtained
are by no means complete. and many OF
the women OF the younger institutions are
graduates OF only a few years standing,
whose chances for or ln~clinations To mat
rimony can hardly be estimated so soon.
What has occurred may NOT. therefore. be
taken As a safe index OF what VIII take
place in the future. and yet the results
thus far noted lead inevitably % tie con-
oluslon that the proportion Of college
women marrying is much smaller than
that Of their less highly educated sisters.
Il is demonstrated. at least. that those
who 90 give Up single blessedness do q at
"A period OF life considerably later thar
tho average matrimonial period Of tho
woman who 81 not college bred.
Il IS 'un that az Eryn Aiawr only If
teen 81 the young women have married
out Of las graduates. None 81 these grad
uctes. however. are q more than six
years sund.nr. and while Sc brings the
average Of marriages very low. the
chances ara that many moro viii taste
Welded bliss. ana therefore the present
condition = womanly Independence s.
hardly = fair criterion. In Vassar the sit
! ua',on IS different. for that "a an older IN
su,p,on. And yet Il IS hardly possible
q sttain accuracy ~ the recent classes are
taken into account. FOR 4 good many OF The
names q the members q those classes arc
likely % he voluntarily given up within
the nexe few years. Vassar graduated
lts first class IN ISL. The whole number
- graduates is LNe. and q these 40. or
= per cent. have married. But the pro
f-t t.N-k ~ HA7H "a@F1 aA tt~ EsttE HAA-EFE
* much greater than fn the later classes.
o. :he first class graduated = per ceat
married. or the second 90 Per cent. and of
tie third class = per cent. The proper
tious average below ts5se among non
co,leglate womea. but ts seems % ~ shown
| c1ncIuSvely that while the erad-at~s 10
rot, surnp into matr.moav Immediately APP
90 receiving their diplomas. they e~a8u-
a'v drift towards 81. and that she final
surrender q q very la-se majority e.
ther Is only = question q tine.
\ wider survey = tie field. ard ore
from which. perhaps, more reliable cor
illusions can Pc ravn. = taken from a -
cent article IN tae Century. which sums
zap the statistics ,rsm afteco leading eel
Ieses. c,-ed4car-eal ara separate. in this
country. Of 1875 Womtn E-a6ua.ss f~a.n
ai thsse Institutions = rer csat- have mar
r.c3 Fat ID i1e classes be,one elder TIRE
/ proportion q marriages steadily increases
AFTER q years e axe 0. Per cset %
women cei'ege graduates marry. after e.
years 49, per cent. aad after e. wears
5s5 Ter cert, Ana ~ IS co--l1frH tnat @
80 cez- = .4s 4-A--.e probability = a