The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-06

N, ,~o~ducatisa To Exert Themselves.
WIN Dr William r. HArp sr acc-p,-d
~. prr~Aicnry u Chicago University.
-, y.ar- ago. n was generally Understood
hat h. was strongly opposed To coedu-
c.,,,n There VERY more or le~ trrt-
xor,hv riinors that at first he ba~ed his
.o,tsancr on the exclusion 81 women
n. Gang dirctly from the faculty of Yale
Tnivrrdty. which occupies n very con--rva-
CIV. nsition on this QUESTION. although
(, ha. vislded 40 far a. Ia admit women
"a is PCT sradhiafe cour<ss and degrce-.
IN. approval Of coeducation IL ~ strong
throughout Ae West. however. that there
wAs rrariirally no thought Of founding
,hl. gr>ai university for men alone. and
pr HarJ-r ~ far overcam. his prejudice
a, 20 tste a position at lite head. II has
even hsen rurored that he had lssoine
converted 70 tle mpten system nom -ee-
ing RS actual effects. but tho~e who are
h~st informed have always believrd that
he WIS only waiting al opportunity 10
ovprthruw It. In ioO there were strong
Indications that IN attempt wa- Ia be made
10 -crsuaie the -exs-. but IL evidently was
dsad-i that the time was not yet np-s.
Now the nevpr-abandoned hut carefully
nurured scheme has been put into oI"ra-
uon.
The struggle 20 secure educational adj
yantaee~ for women has teen long. hard
and p-rdrtent. Al the beginning 81 IN"
century just closed neither state nor mu-
nicpality provided schooling for girls
TIE story Is vouched for that In a Ma
~aachu-s1s town. when some rarely pro-
sr~-sive man prupu~ed to let IN" girls
sttrnd school, ono Of the Trustees exclaimed.
what! Us the public funds To rducat.
shs-? Neveri' Al last a few schools in
the New England States wrrr opened 10
them from ! 20 q In the morning. before
the boyr came. and on Saturday, but 50
many took advantage Of the offer that In
alarm the doors were closed 10 them.
Finally their Admission to the lower grades
tsoAme general. but II ~a- not until about
the middle Of the orutury that the first
high school began to h., them in. Al tho
pr~ent time all 81 These offer the saine
advantages To both -sxes. although II
was not until isas hat tho--H IL Philadelphia
and Providence. r. l.. provided a. ad-
vanc~d a cour~e for girls ~ for BOYS.
Obsrlin. Antioch and Iowa are the only
ooeducatonAl colleges 81 note which eS-
listed before the Civil War. but immedi-
ately afterwards the Stat universities
which then were in operation, and the
many which soon were founded. opened
their doors to womrn. Michigan Cnivcr-
sity, the lArRes, Of these. admitted them IN
1870. Now tho only state untv"rsitles
from which they are excluded are those 81
Virginia. Georgia M Louisiana. Women
entered Cornell on exactly equal terms
with men In 1872. four year~ after Il wac
opened. For thirty wars there has been
a continuous movement toward granting
women the highest educational facilitis-
When In isao the two grsat modern univor-i-
tles ~ Chicago and Stanford were founded
with every privilege freely Nord to
them. the friends 81 o~p~ducation were
filed with Joy and thanksgiving. a. they
believed the principle was now firmly and
forever established. Women are not now
excluded from anv colleges 81 importance
ives, ~ the A~ll"ghcnie- Many Of 'ho-a
In the East admit them wholly or In ysr,.
The old. conservative institutions which
nave not low.rei the bars In the least ara
Princeton. dartmouth, Amherst. Bopdoin
and Williams The last three have only
about tn students each, and ara outrankei
IN Dumlsrr, two to one, by either 81 the
large women's colleges. Na~sar. Smith or
Wellesley. II TO the .2D If IA" tire"
sl"ve m"ntion"d'ar" added Dartmouth'=
- and PrtnOn'on's l 80. the whola number
q 5000 students l. less than are found
m any one ~ eight or ten g the INST prom
luant universities which include women.
over ~ J-r event. q the universities and
colleges In the United Stato- tomitting the
Roman Catholic are C,sStuCatloual Not
orpa which has admitted women ever has
r"~Cinded is action or found n necessary
e. --cgregate- them. Therefore the pro-
posed action 81 Chicago University comes
Ike clap 81 thunder uut II a clear sky. and
People Ia all parts of the country Ar" de-
handing the cause. What has h~hprenai
under DR.. Harper Presidency that never
La occurred at any other institution ur
under any other Management "" had
prui.d ourselves that we were several
CENTURIES away from IN" period when Il
va necessary 20 keep women behind high
walls, and now comes tho announcement
,LAt In this newest - universities. In This
mu-t prpgrs-siv" - cities separate quad
RAJ gle are Ia he con-t ricied on remote
sections e the university grounds, or
m uow grounds Ia ~ acquired. where the
Young women Il the freshmen and sopho-
more wears are Ia h. segregated ia separate
ciAssrpom- and as-smhlie ~ all kinds"
How high arr N. wall- to tsY In what
manner are the gates 20 - guarded WHO
vii carry the keysp Let III know the full
lDF. HNlAhF- ~ NlA- hIlIt TuAl'NfAl lFbNf
WHAT manner - men students arp In at
'"liAnN' NJ Chicago University Ia make II
u.,,.Nsary "a withdraw the girls from all
asAo~iniiun with them until they have
reached an agr when they are supposed Ia
10 ahl" 10 prpte-t themselves What indis-
cr'i0us have ihe~r girls committed that
thew must 10 shut away from he re-t % the
students for two year, Would u not tar
rish the good nam. - the university lrs-
20 7lsyrnd or eNJsl the oNender-i Or. n
~ ono has offended. then why l. this stigma
rlsood on the s,udents' For stigma II
certainly il until some clear and definit"
r"a-,n j. given for this proposed --s,grega-
ton NJ the public preparatory -Chools
i:', arc coeducaiional - for boys alon"
hrI % for girls alone. Therefore. wherever
n'se students came from. boys and girls
vor" educated together until they entered
-. university. Herr. all - a sudden. they
mus To- separated for exactly two years,
nd then they NAV renew the old aS~ocia-
lions lot us have the reason for his
W.~' i~ncungriot- situation.
Y cannot - n question ~ expenses,
~ 'h"N' would ~ greatly increased 10y IN"
building e new class rooms and dormi-
'ur"S and tho additional number ~ pro-
to-s1rs who would H. required. The rumor
that 81 Jn.eo was offered for buildings
'.'s '-egr-gating' plan should 10 carried
ou' l. denied hv President HarJcr. n -
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