The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-07
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'hht Mr. EDISON gave II the other DAY.
II had about come to a standstin The
art OF automobile construction was in a
state OF arrested development Wonderful
things had been accomplished and In won.
dcrfully short time, but inventive genius
seemed thoroughly tired out, ana the per-
feet motor carriage yet far from realized.
Mr.. Edison has come forward with what
the automobile world has been waiting for.
a light weight storage battery, and IL sue.
cessiul 1t viii at once make possible au
almost perfect machine for towns and cities
anyway This new battery weighs only
about quarter as much per horse power
as the ones now in use for electric car
riages. II is said that any novice can
operate 1t and that it has great speed
! possibilities
There is steady growth Of interest IN
the automobile, both as means OF sport
ana recreation and as an instrument of
general utility. The Interest In the sports.
man may prove tickle as IN the case or
! eicNcles but the interest based upon the
/ business worth of the machinery certainly
I VIII not
One OF the least satisfactory things about
/ automobiles Is the place where the best
ones are made-for 1t is not in America.
( Ia this field of manufacture the French
nave beaten us. However It Is said that
( hand and that from this time on IT'S
greatest development will be IN American
4 manufactures Even now some of the
machines of our own make excel those from
/ France IN ability to cope With our average
. country roads FrenChmcn do not know
| that there are such roads.
The speed chat the norseess carriage
has attained Is amazing. About the snne
time records serve now for noth the auto
/ mobile aud the railway 'hyor." II Is ye,y
/ wen that the horse was dispensed with
! he would simply get run over So great an
[ authority as Henri Fournltr ventures the
opinion that even the present astonishing
/ speed viii soon &c cclipsed and that record
will be made OF mtlr in hall a minute.
tomohies follows;
/ Ediaons New Storage battery. Liter
Tournier. Mnnsey's 26.C2l. February,
! 3. Scientific American, March !, 1909.
4. Mr. Alfred Harmsworth on the Choice
Of IN Automobile. Harper's Weekly
4G;7Gd. June "A, 1902.
g. Future of the Automobile. lIenrl
Fournlcr. Success, l;25. January, 1902
Z Choosing ain Automobile. Independent.
Easily tho lea ling article in this list "a
numter l. Mr.. Harms worth The writer +
probably the best all round authority
is Invaluable TO any one about to buy
one OF these machines All points of I'M
portancc are covered. and evilently in the
most straightforward way. Another good
article on the same subject Is number !.
Reference Is devoted to the advantages
nnd 20 seihiiltes of the new Edison bat.
terry. Il seems that th.s invocation Is about
ready 10 he put IN the market; Tho Nv,
articles by Henri Fourier numbers ana
Is. are of course. good IN he describes
Inc different Kinds Of motors. and tells OF
dement's
he prophecies. lie does not predict horse
less age" Int he docs fOretcl truck
horscless age anyway for he looks to see
all the traffic work in our cities uone by
motor vehicles.
. Tnmber 8 is a syecial number Of the Sci
enthc American. devoted almost wnoily
the automobile. number Of different
makes are described and well illustrated
MOVEMENT AGAINST COEDUCATIoN
For some time coeducation has been gen
orally looked upon as an established and
permanent system In American college ana
university life. 1t had n long, hard hgh
for recognition, but it won nj last, and
now in nearly all Of our higher institutions
of learning It has place There Is consid
cruble surprise, therefore, over report d
indications that tho day Of coeducaiion j
passing. that the system is already In de
cline.
The most marked of these indications
are strained relation between men and
women students, IN evident reaction In thu
views OF instructors, and some carefully
yelled but ominous signs Of retreat on tho
! part Of some coeducational institutions
rho new movement grows out of changed
conditions. At first coeducarion was sim
ply the admission of women to mems col
.egcs and universities, No change In the
I character Of the institutions was contem
plnted. They were still educational inst
tutions for men, but extending their PRIV
ileses to the comparatively few women
cnoCS!nE to take advantage of them.
/ The comparatively few women proved
| but the en- ering wedge. Women have beer
coming in ever increasing numbers unit
now they threaten 10 constitute the large
part OF tho students, even at the uniyelsl
ties,
This unforeseen development makes al
, Nos . new question of coedncatIon. Tn
cry now goes Mp that the colleges and uni
vcrsliics are becoming 'femnlnizrd' ans
are ccgsiug to be proper training ground
Tor men. 1t Is urged atresh that hare O.
/ IL difference between men and women II
the higher education; that women are no
capable Of original investigation and ere
ativc work, and hat now through the In
fiuence OF numbers they are tending Il
lower the educational standard
AS cinching his argument It is furthe
stated that already men are turning iron
the coeducat.onai instl utions on accoun
OF this baneful effect OF too much Wa
man." and are entering instead he schoo,
for men alone
In reply it Ia claimed that the increased
percentage Of women has not lowered tn
standards. that Il has had the opposite el
feet. If any. as the standards are hlghe
now than over before Not only that, bu
II is also pointed out that women shov
q higher average Of work than men, an
ii is rather ilsinuaic ed that II Is on thi
account that men are showing disposltio
to avoid tho coeducntlonnl schools.
Some Of thls ronhlct Of published state
inents Is due TO careless expression h
general term coeducation doing duty bot
where the writer Is treating chiefly of co
leee work and where he has reference t
the higher fields Of university work
OF course the question Of coeducatlor
once reopened. can not be held down /
discussion of the new phases merely. Th
whole pack Of old issues that made tn
original controversy on this subject Ion
and bitter is let loose again. Are wome
physically able to stand the strain OF put
suing the higher education IN the sam
classes with the stronger sex? In vi-w
the different cnreers Of men and women.
the same higher education desirable fc
both? Does woman lose the charm Of fem
! ninity In her competitive relation to me
. | In coeducation2 DO the social distraction
at coeducational colleges Interfere wit
= good school work? These are all live que
/. lions again
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