The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11

. theme you could arrange leading though,s
on cards and shuttle them then. that you could
put CA. AZ yS"I ,sS.s on %, I Sgsss u ards . niece "scs.s sns.
Aftefward found out about indexing. u In only
last year that | reached the climax and discovered
ina, all kn9wledge could be put 90 caris ntiange,
way only are notes available. Note books are ior
IN" child. Yet here | have a collection, Of not"
books and only the most nensre collection OF
cards. Had been In the study Of any probes
sot would have seen him refer 70 has caids !
would have asked a question. he would have
explained the system. and would, nav been
well started on the road " Accomplishment
From another point Of view. think 81 the way
men meet Their Instructors IN their clubs var
ward has its classical club, for instance and
its Modern Language Conference. Sometimes
a professor reads n paper, sonnet mes a stuh"nt
Afterward there is an informal debate, iree' quirh,
clever. instructions and students meet on a fine
level, Frequently, they have informal meetings
known as smoke talks. ] don kno" what goes
on al them | only knO. that have heard r.
ports Of wonderful, clever speeches that were
When the students and professors meet, they
talk without afiectation or pose about their work,
How IL 1t with us When We re out 81 the school
room We think wa must not talk shop We AVOID
the subject Of our work and laborously make
conversation on neutral topics, Not one pdrtlcle
Of help ~ st mulus do We get
Women instructors could stand u us IN the
same relation tbst men stand 10 male students,
said Ann, iRterrGltHg.
They might" answered the graduate student.
", under tlp present circumstances, W. hNi
produce women capable Of exerting such ihlu
encr, But, as SAID, there are no women who are
great scholars, So far, Ia spite Of all Their study
ing they do no, succeed IN producing any con
siderable amount Of original work. Then there's
a strange thing alsut women instructors: Have
you notices, that girls prefer L! work under men,
and that they do Their best work under men even
with the present trammels' Have you notlceh,
too, that the women instructors avoid : cial inter
course with the students under then as tley
might the plague? \ few teas each yea and sate
conversation on ~colorless topics * as far az they
dare 60.
Men certainly have no faith in women's future
in schola rshlp. They have no scruples IN throw
ing up positions in vomen's colleges on the one
plea that a professors glory Is his pupils, ana
he has no material worth moulding when h"
teaches girls. lie has no chance u make a Tepn'
tatipn."
The graduate student paused. There Was n
complete silence, for even Jane could not deny
the statements that had been made. Ann was
the first 10 speak,
You are night in what you say about our rr,a
TONS ~ our lnStruCtDrs,' she sad frankly. We
cannot help NEE ting them on n socl6l luutIng'
\ gin Who has an evening lecture always thinks
OF II when she dresses for dinner, She Puts On
a bccuming gown u please the lnstruct, rs eye.
SO, even IN the class room. she Is on a false foot
ing, In every college there are just enough en-
gagements between instructors and students
To- make both self conscious. Mutual safety
demands formality and prevents tina, close inter
course which IL 50 desirable, Sometimes, as IN
this college. YOU get for this reason y rule Tor
Dliulns tl SO'lHl intercourse VAN w instructors.
To b- sire. no one knows what those words,
social iurrcours, mean. In practice, YOU can
skate with an Instructor, but you cannot walk
down 10 The pond with him You can play Eolf
with him. but not tennis. You can entertain him
AT teas and at fudge parties, II yon are properly
Chaprroued, hut YOU cannot, even n you have
. dozen ChapsroneS, ride with him ur 60 u the
theatre with him. That rule, indefinite aS II ~,
does an endless amount ~ harm, But neither
girls nor instructors are a. blame, We cannot,
in the very nature OF things, have all the prlvl
leg's that men have, We do work under din
Cultiae.
Would YOU stop Craduate work for women
asked Jane, win esperIy. According " your
statement nothing Il accomplished by it
Indeed would not stop IT, replied the gradu
ate student, But would like g. have people
realize the tine state 81 affairs, and not eNag
g"ratp tue hitls We accomplish. We do not pre-
tend either ~ rival or eclipse men, as you might
think from some Of the stAtment you hear.
want W see women find out what real scholar
ship is, and then | want to wee them carry il into
daily life. To prove the depths 81 my c0n,ic
tons. !, fresh from my thesis, volunteer 10 wash
the dishes