New-York tribune., 1901-11-28
MORE OF THE COLLEGE, GIRL
INTERESTING VIEWS OF ONE WHO Is
IN SYMPATHY WITH EDUCA-
TIONAL AFFAIRS.

"one Of the most serious objections 10 ihe pres
.ut system Of college education for women was
admirably stated by Miss Laura ID GlI- oeaA O
p.-na-6 College when she told the Ethical Culture
s,,etv conference on education that many slriS
20 home after four wears in college WIFE lle mem
s4rude Of guests" said a person yesterday VINO
is isiuterested IN educational matters
~as remedy for such a state Of affairs Miss Glh
suggests that after the sophomore year the co4ese
r.rJ <bo,,ld snend 4 twelvemonth at home. perhaps
ryrs,,i-r a course or two IN order to keep up the
habit OF study. This year at home, Il Is belleNe gu
vrould give opportunity for rounding out the gifl
social life in keeping with the traditions ana cn
cursrapces of her family. and would have the ao-
dfional advantage of permitting her 10 return 10
her studies without unsattsfed Ionglhss loF 'n
unknown pleasures Of society
81 await with interest the discussion which this
sureestion is likely TO arouse among educators
but in the absence Of expert opinion oesloes IhaI %
its author certain considerations seem 10 me 10
coumend the deans plan. If the right klno OF
girl having the right kind OF parents, goes 10 the
rg++ Kind % college il IS probable that she will
he all the better for her four year course. and Tor
her there Iced be no question OF year al nome
before she has completed it But the average col
lese girl from the average American home IN the
average woman's college. may may not be I'M
proved by her four years sojourn there under
nresent conditions Much more 10 be deplored is
the lot of the girl who outgrows her home hfe'
its interests and surroundings. than that OF the
boy who returns from college to find himself out Of
touch with his parents and their modes Of thought
Woman is Tot yet so 'emancipated as 10 pass
through such an ordeal unharmed-
IN a home lacking IN refinement it IS conceivable
that the college girl who should return for an ex-
tended period while still engaged in acquiring ho-
era culture might almost insensbly raise the in
telectIlal and social standards so that there need
be no practical separation from her family When
her formal education was closed In families whose
social position is assured that the necessary OF
finishing the education Of their daughters Is not
REGARDED the year a. home would give opportunity
for & modified introduction TO society. ana 1hus
commend q college education for their girls TO
many parents who are no~ more solicltous for the
social than the intellectual advancement OF thelr
daughters g.
The average Of health among young women in
college is higher than formerly, but the girl student
Is sui far more given 10 oVerwork than her
brother This is doubtless because she takes her-
self 100 Seriously characteristic which sometimes
clings 10 her when college doors have closed be
hind her In correcting this too earnest tendency
perhaps the wear Of rest prescribed by Miss GIN,
with its temporary outlook upon the non-scholastc
world. might aid in the great work OF giving the
college woman culture as well as education