The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-12-11
COLLEGE WOMEN As WIVES.


Glass of Missea.
The following extracts are from an
address made by Miss Clara Bostwick
a teacher at the Elms school in Spring.
field, Mass:
what is the college woman's proba.
billy of happiness in marriage coms
pared with that of her less highly
educated sister? She chooses her hus-
band later. She is more developed; she
knows better what she is going to be;
she stands in better chance of not Sc
lecting life companion whose tastes
and hers willprove helplessly antagon-
istic. And this is of especial Importance
in America, where girls and boys are
thrown so freely together; where they
marry when and whom they wish, and
where the parents in many cases ap-
parently have little else to do with the
matter than to pay the bills and try to
shield the young husband and wife
from the consequences of their folly.
The man whom girl would have mar
ried when she entered college is
probably not the man Jhom she would
marry when she is graduated from coll
lege. This may result I'm the breaking
of some early engagement, but an en-
gagement that can be broken would
better be broken. The college-bred
woman is also less likely to marry
from ennui. Even if she is unfortunate
enough to have no definite work, after
she leaves college, she has resources
within herself which can not only pre-
vent life from becoming bore, but
which can make it rich and satisfying,
Neither will she be likely to sell herself
for the sake of a home. She is better
equipped to support herself, if neces-
sary, and she has probably lost many
silly ideas she may have had about the
unladylikeness of honest, breadwin.
ming work.
Finally, when she has been won. she
stands much better chance of keeping
her husbands love and respect. be.
cause she stands better chance Of in.
teresting him.
"Men don't stay in their homes nm
less they find their homes entertaining,
said married woman of wide expert
ence in the world, in talking about the
education of her daughter. 4 tell nv /
laughter that if she is ever to marry
she needs to know something for two
reasons; first to hold her husbands in.
ferest; and second, to have within her.
self resources that will make her hap
piness, to certain extent. independent |
u him; in which case he will be much
more likely to stay in love with her.
The statistics inoregard to the mar.
'iage OF college women will not be COM
'lete until we have also the statistics in
'egard to their divorce The state
nent has been made, whether truly or
lot, that as yet no vassar graduate
las been divorced. OF course. all col.
eye women are not interesting, any
more than are all college men; but the
our years companionship with noble
thoughts ought to make one at least
ess stupid.
Mate the educated woman with the
ducated man and you have probable
y that they will continue to interest
no love each other; that there will be
lteilectual companionship between
hem; and that each will have sufficient
aspect for the others mental ability
nd moral sanity to make possible
overnment OF the home and the chill.
rem, not by managing each other.
eeping clear OF pandering to each
Tiers foibles and prejudices, but by I
ank and fearless discussion as to what '
reasonable and right. This is not the {
'ndltion OF affairs in most homes.
The women of the higher education &
ing to motherhood, too. a better I
'eparation than do those of smaller q
'portunities. The reasons for this c
e both physical and mental Tbev '
e, as rule, older, physically mature:
ID the opinion is held by some physi. '
ans that, for the sake of the physical
ERECTION of the race no woman should a
'rry until she is rs. They have Fl
der knowledge of physiological and +
theological laws-or they have the I
ility to acquire (which must bring Il
nth beneficent fruit in the rearing Of n
cir children. They know more pro- il
undly the responsibilities of mother. ii
cd; and their realization of the i'm. Il
rfance of details in the training of a G,
I'D disposes them to look upon what T
ght seem drudgery to other women ri
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