The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-21

and will continue TO be the policy OF
the school to look after the moral and
spiritual Rs well as the intellectual
culture of her students, yet nothing
will be done to influence or change the
UNCONVENTIONAL proclivities OF am stu
dent. The students are expected TO
attend the church of their choice on
Sabbath All students are required to
attend chapel service each day at the
college building. These services are In
the interest of spirituality and morali.
ty and are in no sense sectarian Th-
school is a devout believer In Chris
tianity. and makes no apology for this
Education and Christianity have gone
hand In hand. as have also ignorance
and superstition. The school has ever
stood, and shall stand for the highest
development OF man. physically. intel
lectually and morally
III CHARTER AND RANK,
Trinity University is among the old
est institutions of higher learning In
the state. 1t numbers among it's stu
dents and graduates some OF the most
distinguished statesmen. business men.
lawyers, doctors, preachers and edu-
NdAoI6 III k1C QUILL It's hudal6E DaF We
been admitted the leading universities
IN bo.h EIrons anr Amaric1
~. o-EDUcATIONAI.
The university has been open TO both
sexes from the start. The wisdom OF
this policy Is shown by the fact thar
a.. the leading colleges, both North
and South. are beginning to adopt this
policy President Payne. of the Uni.
versity of Nashville. has the following
to say on the subject of education:
Another ground of rejoicing is the
fact that this university 10 conducted
without prejudice to sex. that young
men and young women meet in our
class-rooms on equal terms, and NAV
receive the honors we have 70 bestow
on the sole and simple basis OF merit.
AS school is preparation for life. H
men and women must associate in so.
ciety, sharing It's burdens. and in
many respects becoming competitors as
we'll as companions. why should they
not be allowed to come into wholesome
association and competition during the
formative period of life, while habit
and character are receiving their set
and mold? And as the morality and
good conduct prevailing in society IL
due. in large part, to the fact that each
sex Is bound to maintain its self-fe-
spect in the presence of the other, az
men are forced 10 respect what women
decree, and women are constrained TO
become what men can respect, so, In 0
school, the best state OF morality is OBJ
tainable under the same conditions, by
the natural operation OF this simple
law of mutual respect. A school OF
boys and a school OF girls half-mile
apart would be menace to each 9th.
err; but were they to be brought under
one organization. and the sexes allowed
reasonable freedom of conduct, the
danger of association would be reduced
to minimum.
The late DIR. l., A. Johnson, speaking
of the results of education as observed
in Trinity University, makes the fol-
lowing observation:
Its long list of students furnishes
many names of women who have sue
cessfully competed with men in scho-
lastic studies and in whom such COM
petition has developed no sign of mas
culinity. Our women are more wo-
manly and our men more manly under
the system, so that we are more and
cation OF the sexes can be accomplish
ed only In mixed schools, where, under
prudent and wholesome restrictions.
men and women meet and stimulate
each other In the classroom"
v. GOVERNMENT,
The government of the school will be
kind. yet firm. 1t is the purpose of the
management to make 1t self-goyerning
so far as possible. The best method of
learning is by doing. and this principle
applies In the matter of good citizen
ship as well as elsewhere. All unused
faculties finally perish The fish of the
cave are blind. having lived
50 long In the dark that their eyes
have metamorphosed. Nature has said,
In effect, Il will waste no eyes on fish
that live in the dark" The price OF
eyes is seeing, of ears is hearing; so,
also, the possession OF the faculty Of
self government depends upon the use