The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
PLANT OF THE COED GIRL
DOESN'T HAVE As JOLLY 4 TIME A1
COLLAGE As HER BROTHER,

LimbtatiOns To n GirTs fOssiDtl1ues OF En-
joyment-Petty Annoyances Which the
Boys DO Not Have to Endure-Answey
20 n Pertinent Query on the Matter.
-Coeduoauon is never really coeducAkon Al
all" Tho girl who spoke sighed and looked
out Of her window at q dozen men playing hall
Then she began once more filing up the hole in
her stocking. punctuatng her remarks with
vicious little dabs at her darning egg.
1T begins when we are wee tots, the differ
ence," she contiL ued. Jim and l are twins, you
know" Her roommate nodded And my
family believed in our having The same sdvanr
tages, 50 theoretically We were brought up On
the coeducationd plan. What hapenedf
Really, | don't remember much about the frst
stages. But I remember well enough the day
when | wanted 10 go out niching with jim
Mother found that half the buttons were of my
shoes, and she made me sit down and SOW them
on. BY the time l was through Il Was dark and
| couldn't 60. When Jim's buttons came Of
she put them on for him. That Is Just about a.
far as our equality with men is cfective
Now we've como to college together, how y
il? I darn my own stockings and Jim's, too
while he is out playing ball and taking in a gl-
rious amount Of oxygen TO spend ON his Greek
lesson tonight It's Just as II used to be II
the cook was taken sick, it was, Daughter, I must
have you help me with the dishes this morning,
and the parlors need busting. and the beds have
10 be made. You'd better put of your studying
until this afternoon Jim In the meantime
finished his and went of 10 skate in the after
noon, while plodded away alone.
"We are born into the bondage Of little things
The ,gir, spread out her fingers IN the stocking
and looked al the hole critically. NO she said.
catching the look Of surprise In her romantic
face. This isn't q sudden thing. | haven't
said anything about IL before. but have keptup
an eternal thinking. Jim's the dearest boy in the
world. Il isn't that It's Just that We are diff.
20 his one. He himself comes and coaxes me,
and says, See here, sis; you write home for me
this week. I've got 70 60 to football practice, or
baseball practice, or a fraternity meeting, or some
other thing that seems to. him valid and ample
excuse for the moment Why, see how II is in
such everyday matters as picking up our rooms
his towel under tbs bed. his blankets ovrr the
window sill and his collar into the wash pitcher.
He shuts the door on this chaos When he comes
back, he hnds his necktlc magic9lly returned
his bed tidily made. and in all probability. his
collar in his bureau carefully washed and ironed.
with a collar button in IT, no
"If attempt n leave even my bed unmade,
what happens? il stays that way, We pay the
same rrice for board. That is one Of our eQuali-
ties, But am q glrl, and girls are surpassed to cars
1f t1FT IVOllls, hnu 10 hVut uiu CitdhhJ II
mo" said the coed patiently after listening
To a protest from her roommate NO. am NOT
making a plea for masculine women, l hate
EN-" She broke her cotton in the vigor Of her
feeling. Il am just saying We are different from
mon. You needn't remind me that I stood higher
than Jim in spite Of all the Obstacles It's the
Obstacles that mean pain and discomfort, What's
the use Of il? Jim with his lower grade is happier
than | am. When he begins his fight with the
worli it ,, wqn NTH, make AXE "a a 5 pr 1' d'f Hs Ss, Thsu mIsf 3,
for that fight now.
This is a man $ college for men. II belonged
10 them before girls ever thought 81 wanting an
All why couldn' we get something OF our own
that's Whit | don't like. That's what's bothsring
me this afternoon; That's what that hoTid MI;
don't want us When there Is an athletic game
that we feel as II We must see we 60 in squads
When something particularly nice comes along,
the men get outoi-town girls and we go by ourselves
or We don go at all Collectively, ! mean, u
course. there are individual exceptions. When
we girls get up something We often ask The outoi,,
institution. and We talk about the stim ulatine
effect Of the masculine mind because We happen,
~ raci,c literature and French together. and avoid
each ether all the rest Of the time. It's an empty
I'd rather 20 TO a woman college, and be " nun.
II necessary. but popular anyway"
You're wise, Prunella, said the coed. tuck.
drawer, "Tell, me, why are we here, The men
don't want us and we don't want them. WhaA
did We come tor7"
A knock on the door startled than. The maid
entered with a card, It's Mr. Bruoe, mum
lie said MS how he'd like " Se you In q bury
about something tomorrow night"
The coed went over 10 the mirror hastily,
d,bbed her ewes carefully. and combed up hei
uompadour. The concert comes eog 70 morrow.
] suppose he wants n take me- Are my eyes redy
How foolish | was N show my feelings Thai
belongs 10 the tyranny Of little things, too
She went down tho hall humming a tune Her
DOMINATE smiled sagaciously and wondered how
long IL would take her to find out why shewas here