The Jersey City news., 1902-04-24
MISS MYERS TALK
Tells Literature Department
Why Girls Should Be
Sent to College.

The Womah's Club Literature Depart
ment closed it's season yesterday afte--
noon in room 1. Hasbrouck Institute, wltn
what is known among club women as
Scrap Book Day" Many pretty passages
and instructive clippings with few comic
scraps thrown in were read by the G.ffei :
ent members in response to roll call.
The feature of the afternoon, aoweve
was an address on why We Shou
Send Our Girls to College" Her argument
was from an ethical as well as a purely
educational standpoint. In ii she said
In spite of anything l may say in ia
yor of a college education | believe no
education takes the place of home train
ing in gentle manners in teaching girls the
proprieties and amenities of life ana the
fine art Of housekeeping. These things
properly belong to the mother. At ono
time they were essentials of every youne;
ladies' boarding school.
Today the young ladies boarding school
has developed into the woman's college,
where the reverse is true, religion and de-
pertinent being inc:dentals and the traih-
ing Of the mind everything.
" Shall we send our girls to college,
What are the results of higher education. :.
the stosehouses of knowledge. but the
vast sums of experience gained from the
past are a guide to our actions. The dis
cipline of mind which comes as a result
OF a definite line of thought is one Of the
most valuable factors n life 1t mas
prevent woman from being that charming
illogical creature that affords man 50
| much amusement, but she will be far
better companion for him
'If it is true that lack of compan.onship
is one of the chief causes of divorce then
we nave an argument in favor of eau Z.
eating our girls, for if one couple start
| out with an equal amount of education
the mans mind broadens with his active
, life and SO he outgrows his wife.
Education raises ones ideals, hence ele-
Yates the moral tone. Herein lies one Ct
the strongest pleas for college education
for girls The college Is accused OF max
ing girls dissatisfied with home life.
| believe it to be a far better preparation
| than society can give. 1t is postlveiy
| saddening to see a girl arrive at years OF
| maturity with nothing to occupy her mind
| but dress, dancing. golf, opera ana al
| WAYS the chances of marriage. These are
| the women who care least for the ties OF
! home and family cares. who set that pace
/ for extravaganza and the vices of society
| It is for the girls of the highest circles OF
| society tnat 1 would beg the highest edu-
cation. for with these classes does the
| responsibility lie Of maintaining the sane
| tity of the home, the ideals of virtue ana
| goodness.
The responsibilities of the educated
woman are great, especially in America
| yybere more than in any other country
che has the chance to live her own life to
| be to the utmost what she is capable OF
hacoming. Woman's work in the worA>.
| has only lust begun. Man is just Begin
| ,ine TO find out what a helpmate she car
/ hc NOT only in the home. but in the lar
/ yar interests outside of 1t. The men need
not be afraid We shall never crowd
them out of their places. There are many
things they viii always do better than
we can do, but they need intelligent CO.
,naration and sympathy. They need US
1 "a hold high the torch lights of the true,
the beautiful and the good
| Enllowing this was a debate on whether
| college education did not tend to make
! a girl seiflsh.
| one member said that In the majority OF
| college women she had met-and she had
met a great many, she added-there was
| . lack of politeness, of the niceties Of
| manner. while in It's place was the habis
~ looking out for No. to the exclusion
OF everybody else.
To this Miss Underwood, who is col
;age graduate, replied that in college 4
rlrl had to look out for herself natural
II because there was no one to do the lit
/ tie things for her. but she thought 1t was
mere self reliance. which was very dif-
/ f4rent thing from selfshness'
another member thought there was Z
preat difference between the girl who was
senf to college and the girl who went.
The FORMER was apt 10 be selfish because
rhere was no self denial In It, but the lat-
f.r who would sacrifice everything e
education. MAS not selfish.