The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-11

Their imperative need Woman
Hall at the University-Why the.
need it-What the League has don,
for the girls-What they propose t.
do-The legislature is asked to help
Money could not be used in bette
cause-i powerful plea for the con
sideration of the men of affairs.
The following letter has beer
copied and recopied throughout thu
state Dr. Jones is well-known al
over West Virginia as a most in
telligent and cultured woman, and ,
physician of superior merit. DIR
Jones is especially interested in wo
men and their work, and as an hon
orary member of the Woman's
League, has been keeping an eye or
the University for some time, to sec
what the girls need.
GIRLS AT THE UNIvERsITY--wHAl
THEY NEED.
The girls of our state only needed
the opportunity of getting liberal
education, to avail themselves of the
advantages offered, and have shown
by tn if presence over hundred
strong. that our University had only
to extend welcoming hand to have
the invitation gladly accepted.
1t is also gratifying, that they are
showing that they mean to be pow
er socially and intellectually The
Woman's League has united the
women students into an organiza
tion whose aims are to promote fel
lowship among the women students
to provide intellectual treats, and tt
enc aurage by prizes those who may
possess talent in various directions
The desire is that the women of the
University receive culture for every
part of their nature. A public en-
tertainment course has been ar
ranged, and Year Book will be
published in the spring for the pur
pose of encouraging literary talent
among the women of the University
With all these advantages, the
girls are laboring under very great
disadvantage, which may be re-
moved by our state legislature
Many parents rightly object to send
ing young daughters to any schoo
where there is no proper home
where they can be protected, and
are under the control of some wise
and competent person, to see thai
they make good use of their time
and choose suitable companions.
The average girl has little thought
of the future, and needs the guild
ance of a wise counsellor. 1t is ne
reflection on the girls of our state
when we ask that this objection b.
met, by giving them a Dormitory Of
Woman's Hall, where they can bt
under proper training and super
vision.
Other states much older than ours
have found this advisable. Almost
without exception, all schools ant
Universities where girls are admit
ted have provided suitable buildings
where the girls can find home, ant
where parents willingly send theii
daughters.
Our state has awakened to thu
fact, that to make real advancement
our girls must be educated and have
the same advantages as our boys
The advance has been made ant
much can be done to hasten the pro
gress of this army of girls and wo
men who will become the teacherl
and mothers of our beloved state
and it lies in the hands of our legis
lature to take another step in thu
advancement of our girls by making
a liberal appropriation for such
home or Hall as may be needed.
Money could not be better spent
and our state will be fully repaid b.
a higher type Of women, who will b
morally, intellectually and spiritual
~, factors whose power cannot b
estimated.
HARRIET b. JONES, M. D.,
| Wheeling, W. Va