Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
An Educational Pioneer.

count of Miss Anne J. Clough, the
real founder of Newman college.
Strange as it seems, this pioneer of
women's education in England was an
American born, and bred throughout
her youth in Charleston, s. c. Taking
up her home in England, she loved to
go into the national schools and talk
to the children, and, as she lived in
Liverpool, it was easy for her, who
loved teaching better than anything
else in life, to cross the border into
Wales and help along there. On Sun
day she taught school of her own
gathering, and always told the chill
dren plenty of stories, for, she said,
They get plenty of dull learning in
their weekdays" When her father
died it became necessary to help out
the family expenses and she had a
home school Mrs. Humphrey Ward
was one of her pupils. For 10 years
her school was at Ambleside. and
during this time her mind Increasingly
dwelt upon the necessity of extending
women's educational privileges. The
Council of Education" with it's lect-
ure course in the principal cities, held
in 1867, was her work, and this ended
in the Cambridge examination for
girls. Prof. Sidgwick, great pro-
moter of this scheme, insisted upon
Miss Clough taking charge of the
home for girls attending the lectures.
When Newman had ceased to be a
dream and was taking shape in bricks
and mortar, Miss Clough superintend-
ed the building and proved herself
capable of managing a strike of the
workmen. For five years she had the
entire household on her hands and ar
ranged the work of each student. Her
old pupils say that she was kindness
itself, full of sympathy, and with a
peculiar gift of knowing the character
and qualities of each girl, and the
best way to manage her.
When she grew old, Miss Clough did
not rest from her labors, but added to
them. She begun and fostered the
University association of women stu
dents;" she organized a university
settlement at Southwark, East Lon
don, and anticipated the university ex-
tension by opening her house during
summer vacation to elementary teach
ers. Her life was not without its
| sorrows. The death of her brother
Arthur Hugh Clough, the poet, who
was her friend and adviser in all her
work, was a blow from whose crush
! ing force she never recovered, but she
steadily maintained a cheerful de
meanor and was always ready to help
and comfort all who needed such
service.
The New ChiIdren's Court.
many as are the efforts made to
help and save poor children, especially
in cities, there are yet not enough, for
they need everything. Where fathers
and mothers would bring them UP
carefully, the necessity for ceaseless
| toll on their part inhibits them. Yet
the upbringing of these children is of
the very greatest Importance. On
| their physical and normal welfare de-
ponds the safety and progress of the
! country, and no money spent, no pains
taken are too great, to educate them
into good citizens. Among the latest
! and one of the very best reforms in
stituted in New York city is the
childrens court, which opened for its
first session on September 2, with
Justice Olmstead on the bench. There
are not wanting in the great cities
kind-hearted and self-sacrificing WON,
en- who frequent the courts when chill
dren are on trial, to watch over their
cases, and at the end do what may be
! done to help the young offender and
comfort the often dazed and fright,
ened girl or boy who has had the sick
| ening experience of arrest, confine.
ment and trial for the first time, and
| is ready to become hopelessly cringing
or brazen, according to temperament.
1t is sad thing that little children
from five and six and upward should
! possibly be accused of crimes, but
since that, with civilization as it is,
| cannot be averted, the best that can
be done is such children's court as
has now been established in New
| York.
Justice Olmstead is said to be a
very kindly man, and possessed of
! great patience and able to gain the
confidence of children, so that they
usually are able to tell their stories
! to him easily. Then the courtroom
which is in the Old Charities building
at &c Third avenue, is large and airy
with nothing about it to designate its
intent, and the children arrested out
of court hours can no longer be placed
in prison or police station, but are
housed for the night in the rooms OF
the society for the prevention of cruel
~ to children, and when brought tC
trial boys and girls wait in separate
rooms until they are summoned into
court The judge takes the part of &
father, rather than Judge, and the
principle underlying this benevolen
departure from the severer aspect o
Justice bring not conviction OF crime
and punishment so much as the effec
lyinIIv ran-aof