The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10

dinate positions. n woman Indian Commits
eloner had been 20 disguised with the incom-
pss pete Of one man as to jump to the eonelu:
thereupon proceeded TO remove all the m ale
snperintendents Of schools. 1t could certainly
anu aracteristically feminine act.
Anovel argument for 90 education ia brought
forward In u recent article by L. L. slosson.
professor OF chemistry In the University Of
wyoming. on educational Marriages"
Contrasting q typical womans college and
typical co-educational college. Bryn Maur and
the State University Of Kansas, Professor Slos-
son points out that OF the graduates OF Bryn
haur up to and including the class Of 1894.
only IA per cent. have married, while Of the
while OF the women graduates OF Kansas Unit
versity. up to 1894. 80 per cent. have married.
Out OF the sixty-nvs women graduates OF the
latter institution who have married. thirty -ons
married fellow-students From this the pro-
lessor infers that propinquity Is the best
match maker" He continues:
1T 10 also noticeable from the examina alton OF
alumni catalogues that not only do the Ms
marry the Ms. as according to the prayer book
they should, but also the s's marry the rs.
and 80 on through the alphabet in those col
leRes whore the students are seated alpha beti-
cally In the class room. In short. II you want
young people to marry. let them be together:
arart It is appar.nt that The opportu n si
Tor the rig hit people to meet and know one an
other are better in college life than anywhere
else In co-educational college 4 young man
makes the acquaintance OF some hundreds OF
young women Of the class most congenial to
MIN by social position, education and ideals.
He is m ore likely to find suitable mate am ong
them than among tho fewer women Of all sorts
lEy; What 10 Of still more importance 10 that
daily association under these circumstances
gives that Intimate knowledge Of the character
n n a - IL
tunl ideals. the equal treatment. the informal
association. the hard work. all together enable
tho sexes to meet and mngle with less solf-
than in any Q, her form OF society
radeshlr becomes possible. 1t IL bad policy to
separate the sexes at any period OF life. but it
I'D IS during +, adolsseenee that the un-
is most essential, The e,riot, ,oeiIiiche
cannot be dispensed with in Intellectual life
any more than In physical and moral II young
passions are strongest and their judgment
least are segregated from respectable mem
bers OF the opposite sex. who can wonder that
they sonnet ines acquire tastes and habits that
who have grown up in o-eduoational college
and who go to mems colleges to take graduate
work. are shocked at the mixture OF igno-
rance and UH!Esrity wheh the there
future OF the human race depends on the
proper pairing OF its young men and women.
and the subject OF how to accomplish this
should not be left entirely to the romancer and
the humorist. as it Is now"
There Is food for thought in these remarks.
one thing Is sure: II Is faot OF observation
that men who have been educated at co-sduoa-
tional colleges generally have more respect for
women than men who have never studied
side by side with them.
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.