The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
. .yoMAs's EDITION" OF 4 ZIG COL
LEgE DdILY PAPER.

Tho "rniversity OF MichiRhh phhy ana
~. symposium on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
49,, professors Think OF the Mattor-Irish
N,ucn Considering Poor Inv Reform
Successful suffrage Bazaar In Boston.
The rnir,ryity o. Michigan Daily, which Is
.,bl,,hsI by the students at Ann Arbor, Mich.
,,,c,y issued woman edition" II contains.
.n,o,y other Interesting matter, a symposium
~. ,hc professors on the question, is Co-cducnuon
r.lr,,a" PROT 49, A. liinsdalc head OF the
pedagogical department answers:
..cr,oiulv sec no reason to think so, but much
.,.,r T., mink the contrary. In 1870 there vero
Women and 4iS men in the literary depart
won't q, the University Of Michigan; in 1880 tho
,,,,,. ,,, ST e. 800 in 1890, 2s4 to 725; in 1893
~, II ,li Moreover, these figures represent
,,,.,.tgb,y NJ icast, what has been going on all
,,,, de, country. So far then, as the number
D., women attending co educational colleges Is
r.,,rrI there is no evidence Of failure. and
100. evidence of success II is the sarno when
-. ,aLc account uf the work Of 10 wCmCn. The
,,,,,rlrnt has been tried at Ann Arbor for
,N,,,, wears and It has been clearly demonstrated
,,,, a. measured by class. room tests tho women
Lac, maintained fully a. high an average OF
t.Nulatship as the men
p-t r. NJ Wcnlcy. head OF the philosophical
Icrs-tmc'it says the popular objections to oo-edu-
,'.,..p have trovcl TO be pure nonsense. but that
tF. ltlll CNC'l tA1HOl uc leAiis eN'''s
ID. middle II the twentieth century. Mean
,rc We cannot go further than the declaration
r.,, ,Ac movement IL III consonancc with our
,c,is Icu added that co education he's achieved
,.,.LrI success II has gone far TO rid us
n ,l, woman Src,arinn-the person who held
mai, 'r a sanguinary, SHINING brute. and yet
&C.. lc,rl,. Disguised that she had not been born
masculine
81 e Person says. ave may object to tho
tr.rut iurcr!crt machinery Of co-cducnton
Y,, rcura!lv however 1t Is not only proper but
t,r.,.r, Woman relation 10 man has been
hanging No longer servant she is his equcl:
r,tpnrcr a burden. she - a co.worker \ mind
,Hr ,a,cr int, the life Of the other mind and
.b,,, f labor II delights in the ideals IL strives
o. AN be dcyri,rrd only by contact with other
,I.t ~. .nds I, cannot BE- realized By the incom.
riot. Development q! q ladies' seminary
IriF = Scott VI the department OF rhetoric
,a,, THE question Is IocducNuon Failure
does not mean anything 70 me Ii lis like asking
whether the sun fails To give light, or bread to
surpor, lie Perhaps tnis is because / have
never known any other state OF things. OF course
i, fails in individual cases But curious Tact
ts that whereas young women come TO the Uni
,rr,ity now anil then who would be better of in
q womans college ! have never heard oil any
young man who would I've in the least better of
In a boy. college"
MIS- E!iyabc,A Powell Bond, dean Of Swarth.
rlurc Coci;C once tod the present writer that
.ar thought co.eiUcaUon on the whole. was better
t1r girls but $40 was sure tlat II was positively
an 50 uy better for boys On another occasion
Gucsu,ils Wcrr addressed 10 large number oil
married women college graduates as ~ whether
they Nuul! prefer g. s"n4 the. sons ~ DAUGHTERS,
90. l.iH n srr4raic ~ to ca educational colleges
lite large aIpTay of those who had themselves
lon rdIcHtS! N C1-ctucauurhl siiGuuhS SEid
they wHg.l prefer cu-cducaEnn Tor bu'a SON, aul
CaIEltcT. but several gave the answer tWhi'h
srrmc! I" many readers very odd that they
U,s lt ,agI % daughter u a separate college
luz tsI tcy wHu!i certainly send their sons 10
t'rrHap, t4c INST interesting article Is by Noah
w. nc,Vcs pu ikr history Of women admission
g. Michigan University. The entire faculty
wc-r upp,~ci a. the new departure and yielded
only under c'mpHIsioa from the Legislature
Z, Is somewhat amusing TO recall the
numerous cbccuoHs made, especially by our
well -rducatri and able university faculty: First
thu, the women were not sCong enough. phys.
cody. a. DO the Nu5D. sr'UnL. that The? did not
r,>.rSs tie Hruiai Qualities necessary 10 master
the H-ac5 branches, th.ri, that II would Cause
urtu!d disaster +, $50 m.ra! atmosphere OF the
l.lrrf,ls. iyar,.. ,.at It would lower tic stan
datI 20! requirements, and turn the university
lul. q r.CTr ."UH.C sCUinsry.
However the woHicn came, and the FIRST com
g. D"lu; mligrc aiG very earnest students, took
snf malu@H"i tic lead IN scholarship IN most
IT the classes The boys at Erst did not take
kindly g. tie inn rvalun but after few IN
soea..y demonstrations, concluded TO make he
hest "i Il AMI follow IN as best they could the
I'hG"Trhlp Of tU"~ progressive women. IL -
curious . note that not single prediction on
lapa" wise and !eaTrcd men IN our university
a'H.ty rfn"i .ut 1" he well founded The
Nonen continued 20 come in increasing mum
tcI>, mt. ENw wc have 800 IN attendance. They
hut bong more usNI u indoor work and being
uniformly Of letter character than the men, they
have snGurcr the hard work as well as Their broth
intellectually they have proved themselves
quite the equals Of the young men in all depart
meats Of study In morals they have shoan
the Highest character and standing in this respect.
H,'houta single exception, from 1870 10 the present
! Hmr aTd By Ias!, inilGsnce have Iaissd Nc
students -. the university AZ least 20 pcF ccnt
la university has not been turned into a
irma!r seminary, and the standard for admis
81 ~ IN. ~" requirements In the courses have
steadily AGvanr
Thor" mas been an occasional growl al them
rom som" rcpfrs natives Of the old togy civil
IANyn II EUROPE but il is admitted on all hands
w, w, ,'"r hayc br"n mentally and mornlly great
could not nov b. induced TO take one backward
sep IN his progressive movement. The moth
efa NJ huS nation have NOR" influence upon tho
young than the fathers, and an educated woman
s sr gTea, power for good IN her own house
h'!l ~ well ne IN the community generally.
This admission OF women into our university
Ean lnr t , Of gea, social a.. Isyouon
noSi rt,"G nSttn" Vii stand s equal With men
In Their hight 10 the higher mental culture, to the
"n4 hs "mi pveses to eqa hi
women ~ this nation occupy a much higher moral
plane than the men In great measure they
d. MS hrcaus" the men demand it, The men
arc able % enforce their demands in this regard
H-rHu%', up 10 the present time. they have pos
trS,ed all the higher education, all the trades
ami professions or bread winning powers and
!t',bIi 4 least the ballot or lsw-making power
n" women for the most part were confined to
w" su'e"a of support, housekeeping and teach
ing district schooi, They must get married or
h'trY" The men, however dissolutc, would
NJ, marry them unless they were up.to tho high
standard Of their requirements When the Yo-
Il'n obtain the higher education and also
ih" trades and Professions or brcad-winnng
po@rrE aud the ballot. they viii then make the
SANE demands Of men In regard 10 q high moral
s,anHlri' and their demands will be duly np-
WHiE'nd and regarded"
The same issue Of the paper gives sketches
~ Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer and other dis
NngNlrh"l Hlumna" among the 1888 women
Whum the University Of Michigan has gradu-
Si"i sine" 1870; also a great deal Of information
ho'i the students clubs the Women y League
men Gymnasium, the Ladies' Library As
trlni,n, &C.
T"r opposition at the Michigan University 10
ne Rdn'H N OF women and the complete col
lhpr' n that opposition after a few years expert
fbp nf II