The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
BoRg RAPID IMPROVEMENT AMoNG
UOHEN THAN WITH MEN.

While inspecting one OF the oldest and most
famous colleges. during a recent visit TO Eng
land the head master. who was acting as our
es,urt. said American women are the olev-
ere., In the world / nm continually taking
pa,f.rs from all countries through these build
Ing. and there are no women among them who
c,n compare with those of the United States
4, pu,rkun,s Of perception and knowledge OF
t.,,ry Their own men are continually APP
ro,lrg 10 them for information. Even our
English women are far behind hem. Doesn't
uoyrr occur to you, we asked, that the United
hr,rr- il the only nation that permits freedom
NJ Development TO women? Even Great
RETAIN. which stands next to America In lib
.rty 10 both sexes, impedes and restricts women
d, a thousand ways, while in other countries
they have practically no opportunity TO show
mint they are capable of. Give them every
gi.-, "A fair chance and they will surprise the
void H. much n American women do We
did not think II necessary To tell him that our
s',,.sp stll have many Obstacles To overcome.
syd their liberty has a string tied to II We
rp.'r h'ei', a. a. remind our own men OF these
ming. but We were not willing To expose their
sIDrtrnmiugs to our English cousins
"Il.s lead masters observation was recalled
+, .g DAYS ago by an editorial in the Boston
Trrr script on the wonderful record made this
saa.uu by our women gulI players, whl'h
cI~.rd hy saying In fact the. women of TINS
country have really improved faster than tAr
Fua. E-IRIltI IfIt' Fl't wa llth'. ~ hfllf
XII the statement holds good all along the
Irs iAero Ii no class OF people anywhere
who con show such proErrs, during me past
typnty-nya years as. has bcen, made by mo
unrrau OF the United states. This ia not be-
cau,, the present generatlon Is endowed with
any greater ability than those which PRECEDED
women are given a chance suppose. Tor
Instance. prejudice had said 10 them, You
vow -hal. not attempt IL and. when, they III,
Istad upon a trial. suppose inferior Inks ana
lie poorest possible equipment had been illr-
rIshsd them. would Miss Hoyt and Miss triS-
con and the other champions have won their
present remarkable place Ia the game
Yet tlu, il exactly what has been done In the
hIras On mental athletics. For centuries "
was dacla rcd that the brain power Of women was
vastly inferior 10 that, oi man ana she WIS
arbitrarily deprived oi all chance 10 prove
Tho fal-ity ~ this statement. Thor. a few ME
nor schools we're established, and tho o%bstrnc-
tonsts continued to assert that the feminine was
not equal 10 the masculine mind. Al last
however. the great universities were opened
and the Intellectual opportunities became
if,iS more than A quarter OF a century and yet
thu records Ot all those universities show that
The girls have maintained uniformly az hlgh a
class standing and have carried on proportion
steIy - many hunors as the male students,
Tho P5sl-Supddrd said Of the last commence
meni Of Syracuse University. The women
showed Characteristic courtesy In allowing
any honor~ AZ all TO he men. a woman was
The only student IN the medical college 70 be
ss ,In in oh dam rtments- Ton women and
sniy GyS m Ne secured the distinction Of member
chin iw Phi Beta kappa Oh me honor Students
,ig I,.,5. thsrn wore six women and two men.
iLo degree Of inrona cum irud was won by
thirteen women and niUn men"
The rr,ys.-nr nj tho head Of the department
If constitutional history in Leland Stanford
University -ud recently that the finest thesis
ever presented iu his class was prepared by n
woman ,'iao','. ~ the last meeting OF the
American Association for the Advancement OF
read hv V,mon. who proved themselves 10
g. doing yalv7h'p vo-k In every department Of
scieatuar inve-url.on. Miss Erie Hittle. an
Iwerrlr grl Ll- iIst rlssod the d%octor's
examination slr.ur rIw iuid by the faculty
Of pIl,slnhv ~ Un.dalhers. The old. conserv-
at 90 I ]rlver.itv ~ Halle has conferred upon
Mr.. Ay,-~ smith LOWS Of Cambridge the
degre. " doctor II philosophy and muster Of
llbe-r' att. l1ru-i4 .rysr. for her service 10
thoaloC,cpl and oriental science. The ancient
Cuiynr-.rv ~ -. Andrews has conferred the
degrco Of H.. j.. upou Mrs. Nilicent Garrett
Tawoat' President Of the British Woman Suf-
fr1ga association.
Such Instances ~ tho above might he multi
rla fq- havp0d Tho narmittcd limit OF f.
tnace ne an Illustration II what only thirty
yaqrs ~ educational opportunity have accom-
riishod IN the case ~ women. and they nigh
be carried into al of tha various other depart
ne7ts NJ work which have boon open"d To- Them
during This period The world Is lust beginning
10 500 the results Of tho principles of liberty as
snnlei 10 women, but only beginning Tho
eject upon the homes. the schools. the churches,
AH'A Wv III e'A'Hbi - WV NAAHA"A 80 'A
ga7a-a'ion after generation Of educated.
talf-controlled free and independent woman
hood cannot be put into words. As yot IL
sra-cely can be conceived. Those who believe
that even ono more generation will pass before
This tremendous force impresses itself upon
sFalrs Of state are slow - Comprahend the
unnistakable. the inevitable fact that women
cannot much longer fail 10 recognize wherein
les the real source Of mower. And when the
av1kaninu comos-the inside wall viii be
leye.led which leads to the imperial palace.
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President Mckinley Is entirely right when he
,ays i'm his letter Of accordance: There is a
strain Of ill-conCealed hypocrisy In the anxiety
10 extend tho constitutional guarantees 10 the
people Of the Philippines while their nuDihca-
lion il op.nly advocated nj home"
Thesc Co1stitution1l guarantees have bee,
otanIy uuli0pd nlWays in respect 10 women by
every ]poItical party in tho United States. and
without a prntaSt from any of them. II our
Con~ututiou does not guarantee TO the hum
hla,t CITIZEN tho right 10 proteCt his lifo and
liberty bv means Of n voice i'm the government.
wherein las The advantage of n republic Never
has the hypocrisy" of is defenders been 50
painfully apparent to American women as
during the past two wears, when they have
hoard liz declarations shouted from every
lAtform in the land i'm behalf of millions Of de-
graded Philippine savagaS-rghts demanded
Tor these i~ynoraUt and unCiyilized aliens 900
miles away which have beon arrogantly and
ohstinataly denied 10 the native-born women
o. the United states since our government was
founded Ycs. The President has rightly named
it"hypocrsy " and let us congratulate the poll
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