Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-28

be; she stands in better chance of
not selecting a life companion whose
tastes and hers will prove helplessly
antagonistic. And this if of especial
. Importance in America, where girls
| ana boys are thrown so freely to-
gether; where they marry when and
| whom they wish, and where the mar
ents in many cases apparently have
| little else to do with the matter than
| 10 pay the bills and try to shield the
| young husband and wife from the
consequence 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.
rms may result in 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 unfor-
tunate enough to have no definite
work, after she leaves college she
mas resources within herself which
cannot only prevent life from becom-
Ing bore, but which can make if
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 necessary. 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 a much better chance of
Keeping her husbands love and re-
spect, because she stands better
chance of interesting him.
Men don't stay in their homes
unless they find their homes enter
said a married woman of
wide experience in the world, in talk
ing about the education of her daugh-
ter, l tell my daughter that if she
is ever to marry she needs to know
for two reasons; first to
hold her husbands interest: and sec
0nd, to have within herself resources
hat will make her happiness, to a
n which case he will be much more
likely to stay in love with her
The statistics in regard to the
marriage of college women will not
)e complete until we have also the
statistics in regard to their divorce.
The statement has been made. wheth-
r truly or not, that as yet no Vas
ar graduate has been divorced. OF
course, all college women are not in
any more than are all col
eye men; but the four years compan-
0nship with noble thoughts ought
make one at least less stupid.
Mate the educated woman with the
ducated man and you have prob
bility that they will continue to in
crest and love each other; that there
7ill be intellectual companionship be-
Ween them, and that each will have
Efficient respect for the others men
IL ability and moral sanity to make
ossible government of the home
nd the children, not by managing
ach other, keeping clear of pander-
lg to each others foibles and preju-
ices, but by frank and fearless dis
usion as to what is reasonable and
ght. This is not the condition of
fairs in most homes.
"The women of the higher educa-
ion bring to motherhood, too, bet
" preparation than do those of
mailer opportunities. The reasons
u this are both physical and mental
hey are, as a rule, older, physically
allure; and the opinion is held by
me physicians that, for the sake of
,e physical perfection of the race,
o woman should marry until she
twenty-five They have a wider
nowledge of physiological and psy-
biological laws-or they have the
rility to acquire it-which must
ing forth benefcent fruit in the
airing of their childen. They know
ore profoundly the responsibilities
motherhood, and their realization
the Importance Of details in the
aiming OF a child dispOses them to
ok upon what might seem drudgery
other women as glorifed educa-
nal opportunity. Boston Adver-
ser.