Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-07-06

thought to these poor fellows who have
to toll their way to an education tina:
at commencement day all stand equal
In opportunity. The memories of hard
ships fade behind them. The world does
cot know or care Who can teach?
Where is there an orator? Who is able
to perform tbs operation? That is the
only question the world asks
Something About College Girls.
Speaking OF girls. 1t is amusing what
a great number of people have watched
co-educatfon here for years and have
not decided yet whether they approve OF
It, 1t is the policy of the university.
and is Landed In public; but private con-
versation with even professors shows
that some have their grave doubts.
and other supposed friends of the sys-
tenn send their girls to strictly female
schools. Probably the most valid argu-
ment against ii is that the girls may
not stand the physical strain. To do the
course thoroughly should call for the
best energies of a man: yet the weaker
girls must to the same work. There are
times when a woman should be free
from exaetions of effort; but the course
runs remorselessly on with no Difference
has the cor rage to apply for immunity.
The girls acauit themselves as well as
the men, and are more faithful workers.
1t Is said that some of them show the
effects of the strain in the years follow
ing gra5uation-that is the physicians
version. Certainly If parents would In
sist that their daughters take five years
to do the work usually done in four 1t
would be a sensible thing to do.
Education Helps the Boys.
AS to the social effects of boys ana
girls studying together here again there
is difference of opinion. although, OF
course, the old prejudice has largely
faded away. The common way of sum-
ming up the results of co-education
INCLUDING the consideration OF health)
is that ii is a good thing for the boys
and less so for the girls The boys are
supposed to chiefly benefit by the re-
filming influence the girls bring into their
lives
AS for the girls they acquire a con-
fidence and dash of independence that
Is in marked distinction to the helpless
ness and the ignorance of men that
characterize their sisters secluded in
girls schools" There Is certainly a
visible difference In the manners of
girls according as they are educated
alone or with boys. The former have
a shy. timid helpless way-that the
world used TO call pretty and asso-
ciate with feminine loveliness. The
coed" after seeing men at close range
FOR years, reciting with them,
eating with them. sharing their
sports, etc, understands them
and is not a Bit afraid. She be-
comes independent; she can find her
way about In a big city. or carry on
bargain with a hack driver to her per-
feet satisfaction. She loses the tradi-
tional manners and air of a protected"
maid, and takes on the self possessed,
confident bearing of an American citi-
zen. I am inclined to think, too, that
this added knowledge, this shattering
of some illusions as to men must help her
when she comes to select a husband
But as to that, 1t is a well-known fact
that educated girls as a rule marry
wisely. They are older and know more
Their standards are high. i never knew
a college-educated girl to figure in a
divorce case; il Is certainly very rare.
Univcrsity's Big Race Thursday.
The university is forty five years old.
The first class graduated with two
members. That was in 1854. Nov
there are nearly 1900 teachers and stu
dents connected with the institution.
Students are free from many of the re-
strictions that bound their fellowsin the
old-fashioned college. They may go to
church or stay at home. Some of the
students have their wives and families
with them. The literary societies have
large memberships and nowhere is de.
batting more cultivated, Glass feeling,
and with it hazing, has largely disap-
peared. To this the secret society and
literary club feeling contributes, maxi
ing intimates Of students in different
classes. About third of the stu
dent body are members of these or
ders.
In athletics the big coming event Is
the race at Saratoga On. Y.) lake this
week (Thursday) in which the Wiscon-
sin crew participates. The Cornell crew
will be there fresh from it's victory at
New London over Yale and Harvard.
The other two contesting crews are
Columbia and Pennsylvania. OF course
il O'Dea's boys should chance to beat
Cornell it woul. be an international
sensation. ORLANDO BURNETT.