The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-04

to these schools so easy" Only In Ba- den. where Heidelberg and Freiburg have been freely opened to women, has there been a counter tendency. At all the universities outside of Baden. wo- men are admitted only as hearers" and are allowed to graduate only by special permission. Berlin University recently declined to entertain petition from it's women students, asking for equal rights with the men.
 A reason given for the reaction in Ger many is that German professors do not like the failure of most of the women to presevere to the end of a course of study. Out of 2.OOO women during the two terms of 1901 only fourteen took degrees, where at % per cent of the total attendance of men take degrees.
 An interesting contribution to the Eu- ropean discussion of coeducation Is that made by Rector Hjedl, of the University of Helsingfors, which has been open to women for thirty years. Only F per cent of the women managed to take any examinations, while the average for the men Is 40 per cent. Nearly all the pro- fessors agree that the trouble with the women is that their zeal lags after few years As far as ability is concerned Rector Heidi says there Is practical agreement that no distinctions can be made between the two sexes As to the effect of the presence of women at the University on the men, Rector Htedl strongly differs from Presidents James and Harper. He says 1t has caused the men to be more faithful and persistent. None of the evil results predicted of CO., education have appeared at Helsingfors. and. fin general, the experiment has been success"
 Many Co-educational Schools.
 There are 253 coeducatlonal colleges in TnEf faA nf them being small colleges. In the small CT institutions the plan seems to be working we'll and there is no fault to be found with 1t. but in the larger univer- stiles there Is a constant tendency of wo- men to outnumber the men. Northwest ern University has been one of the most famous coeducational colleges in the country and large numbers of women have been educated there. From It's ear Hest history 1t has admitted women on an equal footing with men. The Univer- sity was founded in 1850, long before the time when women had assumed such i'm portant figures in the business world as they do today The college has small be- ginnings, but from time to time it has | added professional schools until it is now one of the most important universities in the West. The institution opened it's doors to students in November 1855. The medical school was added in 1869, the law school in 1873, the school of pharmacy in | 1887, the dental school in 1888 and the school of music in 1895.
 In the high schools all over the country
 there has been a preponderance of girls | for several years and this preponderance
 has been carried out, in many instances, | in the colleges and universities. Some | men object to the presence of women in
 the universities and they seek institutions
 for men exclusively. Many women in l like manner object to the presence Of | men in the schools they attend and they
 have the privilege of going to schools | which are exclusively for women. Within | the past few years several important col leges have admitted women to the ad-
 vantages of medical and law schools.
 Requirements for Women.
 All women students at the Northwestern | University who are not residents of 1 Evanston are required to room in one of
 the three dormitories. One of the oldest | of the womens buildings is known as | Willard Hall. named for Frances Willard. Evanstons most famous citizen. who was
 dean of the women's college for several ] years. This building stands but d short 1 distance from the campus entrance and
 affords comfortable home for women. 1 Pearson's Hall is another womens
 building. and the students who desire to economize or work their way through
 college are taken to that hall upon en- trance to the college. This structure is
 across the street from Willard Hall and
 there seventy young women find a conn | fortabie home. caring for their own
 rooms. doing the dining work and other
 services. thus reducing the cost of living
 to figure but little above that of the
 price of actual provisions in bulk. 1 Chapn Hall is the fine new building | for women, erected last year. In this handsome home sixty young women are cared for and are allowed to work their
 way in the same manner as those in the | less pretentious Pearson's Hall The young men of the institution are not so l fortunate in having good dormitories as
 the girls, and this deficiency, 1t is hoped, | will be remedied in the near future. The
 faculty has been taking up the matter
 recently and a dormitory for men has
 been projected, Heck Hall is the only place that affords good rOOming quarters
 on the campus the mems dormitory be-
 ing small and insufficient large num- Der of the men room in the fraternity
 houses and others must seek rooms Iat sk