The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23

anu never mas asked one, IL never ho
oeived a bequest Of money. and yet IL has
raised and expended for benevolent ,pur'
poses almost two and a half million dollars
In relieving the families Of soldiers II spends
over $780, 900 q year. II decorates ever
year more than 100000 graves Of the nations
heroes, appropriating 10000 for this Pur,
pose. This work Is thoroughly systenatizeo
and sometimes a trip OF ten miles " MACS
just to lay. flowers on n o grave. SeVera
thousand dollars are given every year &c
the q. A. II. to assist It In prosecuting pen,
sion claims. The organization disburseo
In the time 81 the Galveston food 1t fur
nished 40 per cent. Of all the cash contri-
buttons which were sent 70 tho Texas
The W. r. Q. has erected soldiers and
widows homes In twenty States, a national
home In Ohio, valued at SIS 900. and 9 num-
ber Of orphans homes. For some oil these
the Legislature makes a small approprls-
ton. The old Andenonville Prison grounos
which were turned over 70 the women Dy
the O. A. r. they have transformed into a
national park. built a small hotel Tor sne
accommodation OF visitors and beautineo
II In various ways.
The association u divided into thirty,
five departments containing 5000 corps ana
a membership OF about 10000. Through
the influence Of the W. r. Q. fifteen state
Legislatures have declared Flag Day, June
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obligatory the raising Of flags over the
school houses. Patriotic instructors visit
the schools, examine the histories studied,
secure the observance OF the birthday OF
noted patriots, arrange for salutes 70 tne
flag, dc. The president Of this great body
Is selected solely for 6tness and although
there are sometimes 900 delegates to the
National Convention, she never has found
any difficulty In controlling them. No
salaries are paid except TO secretary and
treasurer and all the money raised goes
directly into the work OF the order.
II seems rather singular that so large and
active a body Of women should attract
so little attention, but doubtless there are
two reasons for this-one Is that there IL
nothing OF tho spectacular in their conven-
tioEs, and the oth.r IL that they do not
consider public questions about which
there is a debate or propose action which
arouses antagonism. Thus, like the happy
people who have no history, they go their
war without the applause Of the world
perhaps, but also without it's criticism
The Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton are in session as this Ia being written,
and IL is too early TO know the results OF
their congress. Since a detachment Of
the militia has been detailed as a guard
for 1t during the entire week IL Is mo- likely
there will be n casualties. even though
seventeen amendments TO the constitution
are 70 be discussed and voted on
New York Ia not to be entirely ignored
by the Women, for the most interesting
to the suffrage. convention
the one from foreign countrios-is 10 come
10 this city on March /. The meeting In
Mendelssohn Hall, Fortieth street, near
Broadway, will be under the auspices of
the New York City Equal Suffrage League,
which has been recently formed, and the
national President. Mrs. Chapman Gait,
VII preside. The speakers will be from
many parts OF the world and the entertain
will be complimentary. These dele
gates are very enthusiastic over their re-
In Washing ton. but New York
70 show them that that city Is a mere
In the DAYS before the war New York
was a popular centre for woman suffrage
conventions. Anniversary Week, the first
In May which always brought so many
distinguished reformers 10 the metropolis,
utilized by the sufiragists as they could
secur good speakers who had come 20
the other conventions, especially the Anti
Among these were Phillips, Gar
rison. Pillsbury Douglass, Higginson, Cur
tbs and Beecher, all Of whom spoke on tho
woman suffrage platform. Since the wal
very few of these conventions ave been
held In this city, and during the past twenty
years almost none. IL ought, therefore,
TO be somewhat Of a novelty 10 her citi-
zens 70 hea some interesting address,
this stirring topic
The spectacle which some Of the Co.
University boys are making Of
themselves in trying to drive the girl stu
dents of of the campus and out Of the gym
and swimming pool, illustrates
the mistake OF s~egregattng the girls In q
c~oeducational institution. The last mani
festo in the college paper says:
Our real protest is against the prominence
OF women students. which seems to US de-
cidedly on the Increase In the library,
on the campus, ut public lectures. and meet
Ings. they are. TO say the least. very much
We c~orteinly. cannot feel any particular
proprietorship In a campus that Is overrun
by students OF ne!ghborins colleges for
We DO not object to their using these build
TO n reasonable eXtent-so far as ls
necessary TO their actual workout we re-
sent the efforts OF individuals In various parts
Of the university 10 enlarge the privileges
OK women students TO an extent by no means
necessary. Columbia Is not coeducational
and We have no desire that IL should seem 30.
What further action would he necessary
IN make Columbia c~oeducational2 The
girls take exactly the same entrance ex-
anlinations as the boys: they take exactly
same for graduation, and they receive
exactly the same degrees. The one and
only fact on which the bows can base their
Cldll 10 llldb lnt gus TeClle IN separate
classes The grounds Of Barnard Join the
university campus When the present
dean. Miss Laura d. Gill, was installed
President Low said: THE President Of
Columbia Is ex othcio President OF Barnard
and the lean of Barnard has the
anne educational relation TO il as Ia held
by every dean of the university TO the school
under his charge"
The girls, however, have their separate
in Barnard and only a part Of
their faculty Is composed of the regular
Columbia professors. just 80 long as this
Is the cas- the boys will continue to nave a
OF superiority. to claim the uni
as their own special property and
TO look upon Barnard as an annex. This
Is the case at Harvard and in q much moro
offensive degree. But this spirit Is wholly
absent at Cornell. Michigan, Chicago. STAN
ford and all the great universities where
are no barriers and both sexes have
same privileges. IL is only when the
girls match intellects In the classroom,
themselves equal, II not superior,
then carry OF tho lions share OF the
that tho boys Gun be made TO un-
that they do not possess q title
to the whole university.
IDA Hustled HARPER.
MINDLESS windmins.
From the 81. Paul Pioneer press.