The sun., 1897-10-03
COLLEGE WOMEN As WIVES.
what Unmarried woman Said to . Class
OF MisHes.

Frorl the Boston Adpertfser.
The following extracts are from an address
made by Miss Clara Bostwick, a teacher at tho
Elms School in Springfield, Mass:
what is the college woman's probability Of
happiness in marriage compared with that Of
her less highly educated sisterf She chooses
her husband later. She is more developed; she
knows better what che is going to be; she stands
in better chance Of not selecting a life compan-
ion whose tastes and hers will prove hclplessly
antagonistic. And this Is of esp cial Importance
In America, where girls and boys are thrown 30
freely together; where they marry when and
whom they wish. and where the parents in
many cases apparently have little else to do
with the matter than to pay tho bills and
try to shield tho oung husband and wife
from the consequences Of their folly. The
man whom girl would have married
when she entered college is probably not
the man whom she would marry when
she Is graduated from college. This may result
in the breaking OF some early engagement, but
an engagement that can be broken would better
be broken. The college-bred woman is also less
likely TO marry from ennui. Even If she Is un-
fortunate enough to have no definite work after
she leaves college she has resources within her
SELF which can not only prevent life from becom-
inE bore, but which can make Il rich and salts:
for the sake OF home. She is better equipped
to support herself, Il & necessary. and she has
had about the unladylikeness of honest. bread
winning work.
much better chance OF keepinR her husbands
love an respect, because she stands better
chance OF interesting him.
hnd their homes entertaining, said n married
woman Of wide experience in he world, in talk:
Ing about the education of her daughter. Il
tell my daughter that II she Is ever to marry she
needs 70 know something for two reasons; first,
10 hold her husbands interest; and second TO
nave WlIhn herself resources that Will make
ne ner hnpPness' 70 certain extent independent
ley 10 n Stay ySh u love SSSs With 4o hsr be much more
The statistics In regard to the marriage OF
college women will not be complete until we
have also the statistics In regard to their
divorce. The statement has been made, whether
truly OF not, Nat as yet no Vassar graduate has
been divorced. or course, all college women
are not interesting, any more than are all
college men; hut the four year, conlpanlonship
WIN hobe thoughts ought W mako one at
Mate the educated woman with the educated
man ana yoq have probability that they viii
continue 70 interest and love each other; that
there VIII he intellectual companionship be-
tween them and that each will have sufficient
respect for the others mental ability and moral
| sanity. To make possible a government of the
home and the children. not by managing
others foibles and prcjudices but by frank and
fearless discusson as 10 what is reasonp bio and
right This is not the condition Of affairs in
The women Of the higher education bring to
motherhOot, 90, better preparation than do
lhoSe OF smaller opportunities. The reasons for
| this are both phys cal and mental. They are as
| = RUE; older physicnlly mature; and the Opin-
ION Is held by some physicians that, for the sake
OF the physical perfection OF the race no woman
| should marry until she is 20. They have a
logical laws-or they have the ability to acquire
| it-which must bring forth benehcent fruit In
the rearing Of their children. They know more
profoundly the responsibilities of motherhood
ahd their realization OF the Importance Of de-
| taiis IN the training Of child dsposes them to
look upon what might, seem drudacry to other
womcn. as gloritied, educational opportunity. I"