The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-10

factory, a printing Office, machine
room, are all places where you must
admire mans ingenuity, industry and
power. The mathematics. mechanics,
and technology that have made them
possible are all the invention of men.
The carriage you ride in is his work,
the horses that draw you We're tanned
by him. the giant city has been built by
him. All you buy-meal and bread,
wine and salt-if you follow it TO its
| origin, you will find was worked for by
man. Railways, posts. telegraphs, are
the work of man. There is no social
order in the world which is not his
work 1 should like to assert. after
calm reflection, that since Paradise,
throughout thousands of years. out of
millions of women not one has for q
single day thought over the problem
what the men have done for the world
and what the women. The women
have never even tried to- understand
man."
The author begins his second chap
ter with the threadbare assertion that
women are in the world to bear chill
dren. He continues: There are those
who say, ALLOW women to develop. and
they will work as well as men, This
it is that l will not believe. / am OF
opinion that the woman's soul Is diff
ferent from mans. Women call them
selves illogical, and so they are. They
only, know the silly desire TO live. The
methodical being, the Zoon politikon,
the animal Of culture is man. 1t is a
widespread belief that women have all
the qualifications for studying medl-
cine, and this is one OF the most I'M
considered opinions of the many that
are held. The arguments quoted IN
favor of this belief all show me that
they are qualified TO be good nurses"
Professor Albert quotes DR.. Carl Vogt,
of Geneva, who judges the women medi-
cal students at his university very Sc
verely. Still, he attributes the failure
of so many women to the lack of pre-
paratory studies. He does not seem TO
doubt that if girls and boys had the
same opportunities they would have
the same success. Professor Albert
denies this. He thinks that thousands
of girls will be uselessly tormented, and
that then the impoSsibility of making
scientific creatures out Of them will be
shown. He is particularly indignant
that women should become specialists,
;s.hxx haf hau caf
tie in large cities. God protect us
from them!" he .exclaims. although he
Is not pious man. If they attempted
to settle among the peasants of bleak
mountain regions or in deserted plains,
Professor Albert would still object, but
the thing would not be SO bitter as this /
intention of theirs to settle in big cities
and attempt to take mems bread out of
their mouths. Professor Albert grac- |
iously says he would not exclude wo-
men from the medical profession alto
gether. He would let them be nurses I
and midwiyes, and would even have |
them as trained, but unlearned, assist |
ants of the doctor. IF, after ALL" he |
says in conclusion, there should be |
girls willing to attempt the study of /
happily those who will sue
coed are very few indeed Let them |
be examined with all the severity pos
sfble on the part of the examiner. No
of any kind to them
There is a storm of indignation
against Professor Albert in Vienna, and
q great many protests have been pub
lished already, some from university
medical men aud others.