New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
WHEATON CLUB ANNTAL.
THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS THE TOPIC OF
AFTER DINNER SPEECHES

AFTER DINNER SPEECHES.
THO honquc,-room - the Flfh Avenue Hotel was
crowded yesterday with the members md guests
o, the Wheaton club. which held .ts eleventh an
nuaI breakfast Inviting was tho menu pre-
pnred FOR the iclertaton az the inner woman md
OF tn. men guests who were present. the interest
~ tho occasion centred round tho speeches that
had been promised
Tho report Of the secretary. Mrs. J. r. Carson.
was brief for this reason She said she was un-
willing 70 place her hearers herself IN the con-
diton OF tho farmers boy who one day was
h,rcd. the next day was tired and the thiri day
wns nred'
Mrs Jackson read letter Of greeting from Mrs
wheaton. and Mrs AMMAN read one from tho vice
nres,dent Mrs Caroline Stickney Crcevey. who Is
IN Europe"
Mrs Kate Epson Clark the president then IN
rc.luccd the speakers OF the day saying that with
60 many distinguished people 70 figure on her pro-
grornrnc she was uncertain what order Of prece-
Gcnce 20 follow. but had concluded that 10 call on
them alphabetically would solve the difficulty. A
the subject was provoking much discussion
and ns people were always Interesting when they
got excited over an argument. she could assure
the hoarers that many good things would be said
Most Of her speakers men. and mon she
said usually fancy they know how girl should
be educated but she d,d not believe that they
knew half rs well 90 woman who had been n GIRL
For herself she WAS surc that when n proper ar
there would be less said about n difference in tho
ability OF the sexes. The Rev. s. V. Cole the
president Of Wheaton Seminary was then intro
duced.
Mr. colo said tho question was no longer whether
a yrI should he edurn'cd not: It was How
should that education be carried on He believed
indlvIdunlity should be more considered than II
can be in n large school or college. and FOR that
rca son tho seminary small school was n de-
sirablc institution
pr William HIVES Ward Editor OF THE indie
pcndont" was next called upon. and he began by
saving he dld not know much about this subject
ms his "only girl a boy, and not II sissy
either"
"If understand the subject rightly" he con-
timed III IS held that girls training should he
th, same "a boys and In TINT case wheaton
Seminary should let boys in and every boys coll
lege should let girls IN. The question is called
modern one hut don't call It 80 modern. | know
in 1874 when my mother was At school. girls were
studying such things ~ po'.tical economy. Teach
ing as a profession, Is hard work ana hish prih-
ciple Teach the girls optimism. sense OF the
largeness OF humanity. ana general sympathy
with H."
when pr. T J. Backus. OF Packer Institute. was
sked 70 take the floor he declared that the first
thing he should advise IN the education OF women
WAS q course In study Of tho alphahet "hch the
president in the chair evidently was not acdua'"''u
with.
Nrs Clark here interrupted TO say that the or
der OF speakers was changed 10 accommodate those
vho must leave 10 catch trains. DR.. Backus then
resumed.
zone thing that needs to be educated OUT OF
romon" re said "is the idea that she has m
amazing amount of intuition; she has no more IN
'u NJ clark then saying she would return 10
tho 6rst order Of exercises and begin with the let
ter 4. introduced Or. Lyman Abbott, .-u,,,, .,o
neihod object or topic OF womans education
saiJ Dr Abbott. but | have some strong conVc,
tinns Education for women believe to he sun
IN its formative period: we are yet to learn what
II Is 10 be | can remember In my own lifetime
the radical change that has taken place In this re-