The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
.v, vOMAN DELEGATE no THE
" onI,T GENERAL CONFERENCE.
,o,dan OF stanford University on
Ps"mcn', colleges aud Their Results They
"~o, "In,c>" Their students Cornell
w -, Itnr, women From its Faculty.

lntNcTNh'
r,o ro,lers o' Hrrpcrs' Bd'dr had a refresh,
,,cbarre IN me i''ne Of May . rom iuS uSua'
ms :, rr,yr woman's inieriorty' DR.
Starr Jordan. in his discussion on me
nm, college Women. touches Il hlHl
"a" ian graduate Of Cornell. President OF
.,. T',y,rs,ty for n number OF years ana
Iu"'' stanford University since lis be-
f' ,.,o wears ago. all co educational In
s,,,. Dr Jordan speaks with the knowl-
~, practical experience ana ms "orus
eN ,,or,, The girl of parts loses moth
W. o., .,,y =. college. he says, all she had
Us Ia ,,I may gain with II much more
''r, rta ,a not an unsexing process, In
.lJorr.. the four years Of serious work.
bs vi. ties u follows
,p,s tine tue Environment most favor
D., ~,ey,,ra mental and moral growth She II
~ w.. ,. n,rrti,n ~ wise teachers, some oI thetn az
49,, ~, most helpful and Inspiring persons 'he WIZ
- she hast the association OF some VI the
,..,es, ms, devoted and most successful young
-, .uW ever meet. n her college lies 10 inc
-..,,,,d n 'Lc Hudson and the Schuyk'l she VIII
abb, also among her acquaintance many iofoe''I'
..,,,ls And >urcr>,ful young men lhef Afeng'h
.,.,.w.>,g,,, vii be an incitement To her " she
;, IN. byut Rirt N eil TO begin with, She VIII gam
,ru a., ,I U,,,anly WAYS She will have A
r'.,,,, t,.i, Il all hex lie, Wherever she may 90.
,,,o,,e.,, viii not be- bounded by the range OF
.,.tt,l.od GOSSIP nor the interests Of the parish
s,.,so,ll have a clearer sense OF right and wrong,
o,,,vs and 'alSe, Of sane and foolish
~ ,bs collage training did no more for women
man Ills, 70 give Thorn a broad outlook, TO htt
,hor, ol, If tire p~ettlneSs Of personalities. 10
.ro hon, 4 clearer sense of the true aud the
s,rs. II vnuld be- worth all the effort 10 secure
e which began nifty years ago and = not yet
eodad III, objection most S~'r"nuouslN made
AGAINST the higher education of women, rs I'M
tsed against every advanced step, IL that II
,,,5s a. inf, them for wifehood and mother
hood on tbs point Or. Jordan speaks
Strongly
There IS ao better guarantee OF a happy home than
,onAr +, sanity. The college woman IS better lifted
tr u'isha1d and motherhood than other women be
es,,r ,he knows more than they do, and has a clearer
zee AID Saluder conscience. Wisdom and sanity
t,iry tho other virtues In their train. The college Is
no, the only means Of securing education, Blu, train
ing and culture must b. gained IN SOM way, IA
.or,n IL 20 reach her best possibilities or 10 mako
h.,S,lf sttra ctlve " the best 81 men. The reddes!
llps hat ever were kissed" promise little happiness u
thdr pnsSrSsor offers nothing Else.
y" ,,,. ,n., IN, coll,V. woman ha, higher Ideals
o,ptr and makes greater demands on manhood than
IN, n~ncultuttd woman. No doubt as a result OF this,
she may marry later or no, marry al all. But surely
mi, is better than 10 be yoRed uneyenly.
The higher culture gives resources for Joy
And action. II gives worth and dignity 70
u,e but it takes away none Of tho
-, res. n,,h,Ue I Inox that tn. idea Is
'"'' ~ .-' - 49, ,,.,., uoror "a sno,,.d
pi'7alen' 'ha' inc euuoaVou ~ona" o 'p'"eN
'' humber duties. tina. she will play the piano In the
psrlor while her mother cooks in the kitchen. that
~. "a ys,p IN n.,vc and rabbv In muscle. les, ntted
IL. r,,,r Az he, n,,, IN
/; Ihan her u~ntrained mother OF her unlet'ered grand
49, M, "a, only ray IL is no, the fact Il may
-. ~. .h.r .dr,,,,or a.,
% uu. u ,'me Wy ,.,.,arnS,. hn.,t,ns ..nno,'
and music THE fashionable boarding sohooI.
These are the candy and swcetmeas Of education,
ia sol,d and nutritious substance.
Yet Until a few years ago sIris were ied eS-
,l,sivelv on these sy,1tmeats, We have had
~. nor,ro,ior ~ COLLAGE hrad woma,
'hiy ono eeheia"oh U 'o'"N"N "on'o"'
( we consider thirty-three years 10 cover a
Il Is Just about that length OF
~. .i.aa ,bo s,a,a universities and the largsr
AIT" s'uco '' a Wv ~ 80
INST ,tItions Of learning began to open Their
door, 10 girl students. Until after our Civil
Va, Oherl,n vas the only large college vhere
"H '"e'"' wa =, ',A'
oredicat!on prevailed ana none OF our
w9rpn's colleges had been established. There
va. practically no nlace where vonon cmi,d
,~ ~ "nv,hiHu 70 rnmpare with tbe edn.
,,,p any linS ~ JTnt'ai" WI "a run
freely accorded to men, NaN~ar. the tirst ade-
Clate.v endowed ana orsanl1'd college Tor
women, was opened IN 1853, Smlth and N,elles-
kv followed in 1875, Bryn MaHr ten years later.
Ne have Ind only two generations OF women
who can la said To be- educated in any consid-
s-obla Jayraa for birh schools had iIst bepnn
IN ba orsnad ,n GIRL in isln Previous ~ lit
,imo rbay Ind no more education than is nj.
lol1ed no" IN me mtermeuiate grades OF our
lIunc SCHOOLS, !erhaps hol 80 nluch' IN many
pace, the public schools were N session only
Tire" months in the year. and If they We're at all
crowded girls were not admitted The highest
point q Girl could reach WAS the Young ladies'
snaitnripg 81 u.aInss oc,onplishpants Tbars
vas a storm of protest when Emma Willard ea-
,ablished Tho .ar1iin1ry NJ Troy, and Mary Ivons
tbs ,na :, NJ, III rhara h,o.us
W., ,I b" tiah't ihoiSohu, "a'a swim
S NV, lr' lugh srnpo's Here hpedeu 10 sitts.
iholhtr storm broke wheh the doors OF The
universities began 10 SWING ana IL ls SPENDING
The ld~t Of ltS force now up in conservative.
loGS'rIboed and h~ide-bound New England.
. The protest and tha denunCiatiOu ia every
in,tanca--.h. onnninp of the girls eemin-
are, 10 the '3Os and ,OS the high schools i'm tha
SIS. the colleges IN the '90. he univer.itias In
the '-1s- ,ara nora vinIent tbon tbosa dirno,
N we 80; and the Dos against admitting women
~ 1ur udI"' OnN. ana ttlt Ioudest, the longest,
.lr most vehement OF all the objections was
,nat u would lnnt woman inr wllehood and
nolherhood. In response 70 this charge Pres
tleht jordan suns up the whole argument when
l'sdv'
Tn, vlc,,ns =, fraud and or,,L.,r -
and prelencp are nImbe rcd among women ,mpOS yan
BY ih, tho.>indN The college women furniSh a yepv
SINAI part o, til, quot. w.
4 llllc Earning without training IS A dangerous
'n'Hs In these day, Of many hooks the uncult1red
woman ', st2o'rd - many new dangers which our
a IT, "" oil,n caught by. passing fad'-medical.