The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23

IT HE charge made by the Rey. IN =
i Winchester Donald. In a speech a..
ltverea at Abbott academy. Ars,oy,c
Mass. that the methods ~ education Ia.
lowed In nearly ali the female colleges
make pupils nnwomanly and too eyuaIsa
has aroused a storm OF agitation az grya
Mawr. Wellesley and other Institutions Ia.
Guided Ia DIR. Donalis arrsisnmeat.
There may be some basis fer his extra.
ordinary criticism I'm the fact that tie rer.
centage of marriages OF the stuien, slss,
fails below that OF ordinary womea. ana
this may open wide field for though,
among the educators Of this country.
IL may ee that college education aaes
not make young woman self-csnsesei
and THAI the influence 90 marriage snous
the graduates Is merely A coincidence ba,
the following statistics of the Classes ef
80 and ~ at Bryn Mawr would indicate
that there may be more truth than poetry
In DIR. nonalds severe accusation:
Class Ss-Ten years out OF school, aver.
aging now q to So years OF aSe: d mem.
hers; II married: two studied three years
to take the degree OF Ph. D.: neither IL
these has married.
Chss Alive years out Of school, ay.
eraging now q to y years Of age: % Ia
class: three have married: three studied
one year extra TO take degree of A. ":
one stayed three years to take IA. D.
thus shortening time for possible court.
ship.
OF the IS women who have held seglow.
ships. 10 have married, or Is per cent.. Of
le1 graduates ~ have married, or = per
cent: Of rs girls who did not stay TO take
their degrees. IS have married. or Il pr
cent; Of 81 A. R's 20 have married. or a
per cent
Fewer girls marry after taking the A n.
degree than those who do not graduate.
Whether or not the Bryn Mawr students
arc guiitlees Of DIR. Donaid's charge Of un.
womanliness. one thing Is certain. they Are
taught to keep a secret. for everything re-
iating to Bryn Mawr il kept a profound
secret.
When asked concerning DIR. ponald's ~
marks. Miss NJ. Carey Thomas. president
OF Bryn Mawr. declined TO talk for publ
cation. and said: II have no answer or q.
PLANTATION to make"
Justice c. Strawbr.dge. president Of the
board OF trustees. frigsdly declined to dis.
cuss the matter. Each OF the students ap-
preached made q heroic effort TO 30 true
to Bryn Mawr traditions. but their manner
indicated silent Indignation
One OF the young ladies. who declined to
give her name. said: 1T is true that the
proportion Of marrying college women u
lower than will be found In the same num-
Der Of society women. Taking all college
women together. about one-thsrd or them
marry. Not that they are less attractive.
or less desirable as wives. but thsy sss
busy, and the time and circumstances fos
coartship are lacking. Once married, how.
ever. many Of them carry on their work
as before. The General Association ct
College Aiumnae was the first organisation
to take up problems Of the homo and q
domestic service"
Another undergraduate said: "Graduates
leave college at the age OF q or 2. and
are less likely TO rush into marriage They
think longer and look at maternity more
seriously While niust admit thai there
Is q great difference In the percentage o.
married women who graduate compared to
those who do not. do not think that =
girls erudition scares a young man or crs
afes a desire to remain single. but makes
a woman more senshie, and restrains aer
from rushing unheedtngly into wedlock-' :
New York World.