Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-31
WOMEN Tin EDUCATION
THEY ARE EQUAL TO MEN AS TEACH
ERs AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

| who Il Better Qualified Than Mother to
Select Those who shall Teach Her Chill
dren?-A Springfield to) Woman Has
Something to Say ON the Subject.
1t is no longer question for discussion
as to woman's competency to I'LL the posi-
ton Of paid teacher In the schoolroom.
Neither are there any disputants against
her lawful or Inherent right to occupy
such place, nor yet as to the necessity
existing In tho world which calls her SO to
labor
The era Of brute force for the subsection
Of mems lowest passions Is In Its closing
years. The pillory and bastinado, the
stocks and whipping post are considered
relics of barbaric civilization, and the
gallows and electric chair will be number
cd with them soon.
When force ruled only, man was on the
throne everywhere. The world Is learning
that the dominant part OF man Is mind
and that men can be better governed, con
trolled and advanced by influencing mind
than by torturing the physical. This new
Thought or knowledge has made way for
woman with her patience, tendcriicss
faith and responsiveness.
Men WIN inc rou III inc schooirooih art
out of demand. Teachers with tenderness,
appealing TO the divinest instincts and the
noblest reason, are the schoolmasErs called
for. The gentleweman has foufstl'a place
beside the gentleman for tho education. OF
the gentle child. -
Along this line OF advancement OF.
bettermont or improvement woman r. dus
ties, with her opportunities apd possfhili-
La. u
ties, are UNNECESSARILY incrpased. II WON
IN sglu with men successfully educate our
youth upon the inside ct our schools, rs
they do then women can with men, sue.
cessfuliy provide Tor such education from
and upon the outside.
= What is to hinder women from serving
upon boards OF educafions Nothing but
| the mental or moral disabilities that
ought TO debar men from such position,
ssy tho justice and Intelligence OF this
present time Wuineh feed, ciothc and
+ Instruct tho children .sin tho home more
Than men do. HIVE they not the Same In.
lerssst and do they not Nknow enough" to
have voice III the selection Of teachers,
who ara 70 take their places for six hours
Of tho day 70 load the children along Tho
way Of the most approved fnx3oprDent Of
the intellectual. moral atl1 7 jyscal balngi
And by what mcsius P1fahdi In the realm
Of mcntalityor spHoUf have men come ont
OF the same horn where women mainly
direct tho reading OF the Children and on,
OF the same schools from which wonier
now come In greater numbers and Will
higher grades 10 bc better qualified thar
women for the selection Of school text
books
In tho homo women more than men die
tate the means and amount 81 beat, light
and ventilation. Why shall they not he'll
to make provision for the samc In the er,c
ton OF school buildings whore their chill
ircn live so long time. Women USUALLY
select furniture for their homes. Why
canrot they with propriety and to good NJ
suits help To furnish sclsoolrooIass L
docs not take a man brains exclusively Il
discern that i'll shaped and III sized dcsks
and seats cranp, deform and disease It's
young bodies for life
by what hocus pocus In the Palm o;
legislation has n deficiency been ascribec
TO woman by which size is deprived Of
vote In the election OF state superintendent
Of public schools In Ohio, or BY which she
Is found disqualified 10 suporintend tn,
schools of the state herselff
In the dawning OF the new day of mino
in supremacy we arc lear2ff,1 that pena
laws and penal installations should exisi
tor reformatory ends. This is especiall,
and einphaticaily true OF those established
Tor the young. Hence woman's care, love,
mefhodical habits. cleaner life and nothc'
interest in the young flt her for the man
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