Arizona republican., 1902-10-02

well as an ornamental member of so- Ciety
 Our girls did not need a second invi- tation. They dropped their embroidery, tambour work, and china painting, and took to books. They were no longer content with grammar school educa- ton. They outgrew the high school and the academy. They yearned for the university They wanted to know everything their brothers knew Some of the big universities bade them well
 come. Others hesitated. and were
 finally forged to grant them recogni- ton. Still others, protesting, extended chilling tolera ton. The University of Chicago prepared to make them feel as much at home as if they were of the ! opposite sex.
 But up to this time our girls had l been seeking admission to the universi- ties only in small groups. It was not | expected that in short time they would come in multitudes. Above all 1 things. 1t was not expected that the day was near when they would outnumber | the male applicants. It could not have 1 been conceived then that the question l of segregating the sexes would become | within quarter Of a century one or the most important problems in uni versity management.
 i But 9 .t is. With reference to North
 western. to which female students are
 said to be focking in greater numbers ! than ever just now as well as to the 1 University of Chicago, where the threat ! of segregation does not seem to stem | the tide, the contention is made that
 young men object to co-education; that | this objection is shared by the parents, and that Co-education must inevitably impair the character of these institu-
 tions Speaking of Northwestern, our
 report says:
 Captains of the athletic teams. seek | ing material wore disgruntled looks as | they beheld the beVies of coeds surginS
 about the registration offices, with the incoming male students sparsely scat tered through the crowd. Sorority girls
 viewed the situation with satisfaction,
 while fraternity men, searching for
 prospective freshmen members, drowned
 at the preponderance of girls
 To this it is added that the authori-
 ties of the university are said to be as | sorely troubled over the outlook as the male student body" Down on the Mid
 way. on the other hand. there is intense bitterness of feeling over the alleged
 determination of President Harper to
 carry his segregation plans through at
 any cost.
 | These conditions are attracting atten- | tion in the east, and are likely to be- | come questions of national interest be-
 fore long. The reasons alleged for the
 proposed action are flimsy" says New York Sun correspondent in alluding to
 the segregation project. Then she
 adds:
 If it is true that the girls carry off too many honors let Chicago adopt the 1 Rochester, N. Y, university plan. and
 ehut them out from competition for the most valuable prizes. If boys are
 so coarse or so weak that it is not safe | for them to be associated with girls
 during the freshman and sophomore years let the boys be segregated and rot the girls
 Harsher things even than this are being said. but no good can result from
 their repetition. It is possible that, as the closing words in the paragraph !, from the Sun would suggest. the ques- | toin of the near future will be. not, what shall we do with our girls, but. i what shall we do with our boys in order { to preserve peace between the sexes ?- | Chicago Inter Ocean.