The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-03

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south ever ready, it appears now. to
accept t'isms," dogmas. theories. fads
from the great, self-assertins north,
went after the new theory OF educa-
ton land it even invaded some institu-
lions that it might have been hoped
would nave been too conservative, wise,
Independent and resourceful TO nave
yielded to the hot-headed pressure,
We have seen some interesting and in
forming papers in British reviews n
magazines this year that throw light
upon this question Of c~oeducatiou. The
idea expressed is that the two sexes do
not require h same education in pur-
suing the same studies. We may print
some Of these and hereafter reproduce
in part what is urged against educat-
ing males and females alike. 1T is not
believed by thoughtful. observant men
n women in Great Britain and the
United States that h two ind
in this Urgent coeducation theory and
system the best training and the best
culture. They are not alike IN origi-
nal endowments, in physical covers, In
AN ACAu III III VI
Man is a born worker, adventurer, dis
coverer, warrior. builder. inventor, ex-
pIorer. and bis education is not the
same needed for the women OF our
land. Every considerate mind must see
this and understand 1t. The question
of mental quickness. ability to learn,
capability to accomplish even surpris-
inc rocrr1tc do mot onion into fhiG in
quiry. Women may. if you please,
learn all that man learns, but she can
not and does not use one-holf she
learns. A thoughtful. penetrating dis
cussion by Rev. j. a. Quillian, of At
lanta, that appeared some time in July
in a newspaper of that city, We believe
The Journal. attracted our special at
tention. We laid it aside for future
reference. Coming across it within
two or three days past, we turn to it
for some points admirably presented.
He says Of woman's prope sphere and
! the life she must lead, and says it with
admirable precision and force, that her
power is not for rule and not for bat
, tle-her intellect is not for invention;
but for sweet ordering, arrangement
and decision. Her great function is
, praise. Because her functions of duty
and her mind is different, She should
be trained different from man. Her
vocation by birth is one Of love, to be
mans helpmeet, not to increase bat to
Tighten his cares. Her training, then,
should fit her for her duty at home,
whether she serves as a wife or as a
daughter, and her life is a success when
she makes home a pleasure to those
who share it's joys with her. In her
reading, in her planning, i'll ner waking
dreams and night visions. no sweeter
nor nobler epitaph and one that angels
| might envy, can be written for woman,
than simply, she made home happy
"Her mind is formed for a distinct
and different sphere, just as truly as
her body. 1t is universally acknowledge
ed hat mans mind is logical, while
woman's is %intuitive. His is suited 20
scientific and philosophical investiga-
tons and discoveries. Hers to the study
of art and beauty. He is eIninently tine
creator, inventor and discoverer. She
the copyist and imitator."
1t is a fact that the great poets, his
t%orians, orators, philosophers, invent
ors, discoveries, painters, Scientists"
musicians, sculptors, architects, build
ers. lawyers, doctors, literati and so or
ad infinitum, nave been men. In the
rery fields in which 1T would have been
expected that woman would have been
pre-eminent, ahead of man. it has been
to rule, to lead, to occupy by reason of
his masterful gifts and powers, and
woman has been able to really approach
him in but n field-that of litrature.
A few women, like the greatest ancient
! female poet, h splendid Sappho,
of whose finished writings but a few
lines remain, and like George Sand AND
George Eliot (who rightfully selected q
male name by reason of their rigor and
originality and Mrs. Browning, have
produced some fine poetry and some
novels of power and genius.
! Mr.. Quillian says. with Intelligence
and appreciation of conditions and
! facts:
= THE principles Of mathematics AND
optics, the invention Of machinery, the
immense industrial enterprises which
feed millions, systems Of trade. voyage
Of discovery, the art of printing, the
creations of architecture, the great &C.
cumulations of facts IN natural science
marine geography. medicine, j%ur;spr1-
dercc, musical composition. sculpture
creative painting n literature are
with slight exceptions, the work OF men
h only one of these departments tC
which women have considerably con
tributed is literature: here their crea.
lions hav been mostly of poetry and
fiction. In history, philosophy, criti.
ciSm and the drama she has done but
little. The few who have gained any
distinction in either of these belong tC
the-last century Of our history. Then
if her duties are different and her MIND
naturally different. ought not her edu-
cation to be different? h is predes.
tined for a work and sphere different
! from that of her stronger