Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-08-16

scribed as "retined and highly edu
Gated. also. That's one way to ac-
quire NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. beauty
The adornment of the interior of
school houses is no less important than
the improvement of the grounds in
favor of which Il sentiment SO vigorous
and so widespread happily exists. Less
general, but steadily growing. is the
demand for beautiful schOOlroOms.
Much is already accomplished. Local
associations town Improvement sOcie-
ties. patriotic orders. historical socie
ties have willingly co-operated with pri
waite benevolence. There have been be-
quests and memorial presentations: and
Il few schools have funds sufficient to
render every classroom. hall. corridor.
stairway. even cloak room. delightful
to the eye and instructive to the mind.
Few schools can hope for such equip
ment-at least. all at once. There must
be small beginnings and gradual
growth. In many schools Il suitable
and charming custom has arisen of late
years. by which each departing class
" possess illustrative connection with
some course of study. or it may be one
among the masterpieces which repre-
sent the highest reach of nrt in pure
beauty. educative only. although pow
erfully, through innate grandeur or
loneliness. The essential is that it
should he truly tine-the work. not nee
essarly of an old MASTER but of mas
ter. Fortunately. boys and girls are
rs quick to learn how to give as to give.
and the mistakes of class committees
are few. So promising indeed Is the
progress of this movement among our
generous Young students that there is II
good prospect that II few years hence
the month of graduations will bring
AZ great establishment to schoolroons
As Arbor day will bring to the sur
roundings of the buildings.
Certain fundamental differences OF
character seem to exist between men
aud women. and the lord of creation"
AS he sometimes calls himSelf-is apt
to ascribe them to the brain. This the
Ory, he feels. carries with 1t the privi-
lege OF monopolIzing the morning pa
per, and OF answering with an air Of
authority questions Of which he knows
quite as little as his wife. An English
scientist. Alexander Sutherland. has
studied this problem in its physiolog
icai aspects. and his conclusions are in-
teresting to men and women alike
From "A comparison of trustworthy sta
tiktics. it appears that the brain of th"
average man is about one-tenth larger
than that of the average woman: but on
the other hand II the ratio between the
size OF brain aud body be taken into
consideration. mans brain comes out
second best. Happily. however, male
Intelligence has n loophole of escape
from the natural inference from this
fact. The smaller animal always has
the larger proportional brain. 4 cat
has more brain In proportion to its size
than an elephant. and a baby's brain is
five times the relative size OF its ia
TIERS. Woman has. however. other
lines of defense. All mental activity
finds its origin In the thin outer layer
or cortex OF the brain. On every square
inch there are some ten millions of min
ute cells. the instruments OF mental en-
ergy. Might not more just COMPARE
son be hased on Il cOns.,.era ton OF these
cells? Perhaps. hut no observer has
Yet shown that sex makes any differ
ence in the number. development or VI
tai energy OF these brain elements.
When all is said. Il the average man
prefers to regard size rs the correct in
dex OF intelligence. he must admit that
~ per cent. OF the women he meets are
Of larger intellect than he. This will
give him food for reflection. and per-
haps. after little. he will agree with
Prof. sutherland that every year seems
to show with increasing conclusiveness
that there Is in the great mass Of cases
4 practical equality in male and female
minds