New-York tribune., 1900-12-01
CONCERNING CO-EDUCATYON
PRESIDENT THWING BELIEVES IT TO BE
SYNONYMOUS WITH GOO

Philadelphia, Nov 80 CSpecian-The session held
here this morning Of the Association Of the Col
leges and Secondary Schools Of the Middle States
addressed by President Charles F. Thwing Of
Western Reserve University. Cleveland. the
question. should the Higher Education Of Women
Differ from that Of Mem" He said that he would
speak concerning the conditions. the methods and
the forces OF education the subject TO be educated
and the aim Of ana content OF education. The
fundamental conditions OF education, he said,
simple time and space. He continued
The time OF education should be the same
Tor men ana women, and this same time
Individual viii allow The desire to shorten the
Sollese course has not touched the college woman
touched the college man 50 Eenerally so deeply
oollege man who proposes to devote himself TO the
Profession either Of law or Of medicine and in par
For the man proposing 10 become physician finds
best professional preparation FOR his career But
ne eoAege woman would rather lengthen than
days OF her college yeurs IS the day Of her gradu-
IN point. too. Of space no variation need be sug-
gesled. Women are more sensitive 10 what con-
70 what conditions them in time Objects in space
are more impressive 10 women. events in time TO
more artistic in arrangement. But this difference
is not sufficient 10 alter the main proposition
SOME DISADVANTAGES
Co-education has the advantage OF economy and
eso o. dTectness Of preparation for certain women
Co-eoncauoa helps the woman who Is obliged 10
gressive Co-education has in my opinion though
OF Iessening mans Instructive respect for woman
hood hood .l II has also the aissdyantage Of making
over into coo-educatiOn possibly there may be 4
osaopahtagel. Co-ordinate education has the ad-
vantage Of university association, and the dis
has the advantage OF solidarity. OF indiytdaality
and Of simplicity Of educational environments. II
EGs the disadvantage In the WOmen's colleges. OF
6icuitg OF getting and keeping the best teachers,
Recently ! =
hundred and fifty members this question: How
many regular teachers have you had in your schools
up 10 the time Of your beginning your freshman
year IN collegeg' The answers varied from ten"
also asked Of them the question: How many Of
which you can now distinctly and consciously ap-
preciate?" The number in the answers ran from
other words as these students judge, ABOUT one
teacher IN seven had had an influence so distinct
Wbs co1I5 mus Siscriminate some infinenee what
was the element in their teachers that Influenced
them. the answer WAS, though expressed under
kind 70 me This teacher loved me-. This teacher
Interested me in good reading Il admired this
essential an answer We was personaity Personality hTst
personality last and personality all the time repre-
se1ts the supreme force In education
STUDIES FOR A WOMAN.
Il is more important for man to think in affairs
of state than for woman. For he moves more
woman 10 think IN anairs domestic than Tor a man
For she moves more in affairs domestic. IL Is
large humauiZing movements, for he has more TO
do with such conditions. II Is more important for
her appreciate the illnesses Of the home, for
she has do with its creation and ordering
u is more important for him 70 be honest In buy
ing and selling. and tell the truth I'm large con-
Germs for he buys more and his concerns are
larger than hers IL f. more important for her TO
be sweet and pure, for sweetness and purity are
the atmosphere Of the home
The woman. a woman. should not take studies
different from those that a man takes. The stud
les should De different, not on the ground that one
j q man and the other woman, but they should
De different on the ground that each is an indi-
Fidual
The most popular courses in the college for both
men and women are the courses IN history, Eng
lsn, economies, philosophy and modern languages.
The humaIitics win be found the most popular
topics and also the best topics, for both men and
women Women's labors are artistic and intuitiVe
meas scientific.
should not like TO have a woman select courses
In domestic science For usually these courses DO
NOT md her Let not the college laboratory be
turned into a kitchen. Let no college girl select
The lighter course of the curriculum, the merely
cultural social courses. for they do not usually
mo her. let not the classroom be turned into a
larur. j would not have the college man take
courses IN psychology on the ground that some
tfue he may Dee "a father. Do not turn the lecture
i"9m OF the laboratory into "A nursery.
according 10 the conditions Of society. man Is a
Ettlhg animal, woman spending animal. Seven
teen per cent Of the members Of our emninymcnts
are women. yet IL g. De said that So per cent
are stll men. Mans mind IS fixed earning the
largest amount, WOma1s 10 distributing the Wisest
man makes the fortune, great, small or moderate
woman uses it-Hnd may use II up on account OF
This condition fittinglY be trained in
lhe knowledge 81 human society and OF social ana
sociological relationships. but for both the eNact
training of the sciences and the nterpretatve ana
1!ioadening training Of The humaniues are OF spe-