The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

| favorable for women. Since the ward of scholarships and honors has been announced in the convocation programs 92o students | have received the junior college certificate, l 496 of these being mon and 433 women. or l 53 .A per cent. men and 46. 6 per cent. women. | Forty three of these men received senior col | lege scholarships, or 54 5 per cent. of all that | were awarded. and thirty-six women. or 45. 5 | per cent. Honors for scholarship based on | class and examination grades were awarded l to ninety-three men and I28 women. If the women had received honors in the same pro- portion to their numbers the men the num- Der of women receiving these honors would have been only eighty-one instead of I2S. Of those receiving hpnors for scholarships upon graduation I45 were men and io9 women. Of those receiving special honors forty-four were men and seventy-three women. If the women had received honors and special honors only in the same proportions to their numbers as the men the number of women would have been only 3 30 for honors and thirty-nine for special honors instead of I9e and seventy-three, Ie- spectively.
 Compete on Even Terms.
 'Tt used to be thought" said President Charles A Blanchard of Wheaton College when asked about the comparative excellence cf men and women students, that painting, music and fine needie-work were the only proper studies for women; but in recent years we have come to recognize that women are able to prosecute the most advanced and difficult work of a university course, and compete on even terms with men. In languages and general literary work women exhibit more accuracy and finish and give more attention to details. They study harder and memorize better. believe that women will average somewhat higher than men, They win orlo per cent. higher grades"
 For six years" said President P. D. Eaton of Beloit College. i've have been graduating young women together with young men, Our young women the average the most painstaking students, and they affect adyaR- tageously the scholarly finish of the class room work. The poorest scholars those who get hardly enough credits to pass arc al- most without exception men. Yet of the ten or twelve highest in each class q majority have usually been men. and in each class the leading minds with the strongest grasp upon the subjects of study have been men"
 Women More Ambitious.
 "In obtaining marks women undoubtedly lead men," said President George F. Mac Lean of the University of Iowa ''"The causes that lead to this are. in my opinion. the facts that the advantages to women are newer and that they are more ambitious to excel. In the Iowa College of Liberal Arts where men and women are nearly equal in number. about three-fourths of those having the highest standing are women. That they lead men in actual scholarship. however. seriously doubt"
 Lawrence University. at Appleton. Wis. is one of the oldest co-educational colleges in the
 
 lS47. President plantz said:
 Our records show scholarship honors to run comparatively even between men and wo- men. This judgment is based upon the aver age of hfty-four graduating classes. In the last ten years such honors have been w. by fifty and forty-slx women"
 "The average standing of the young women students Is above that of the young men," said Gustav Andreen. President of Aogustana College at Rock Island H., the rinclpal Swedish institution of learning fin t is eOun- try. ''The young in college Ia more apt than the young to interest hiIrse If in a variety of things such as sports the social side of college life. Ioungag chatting and smoking and keeping late ours. all of which things keep him from noing his best work. But apart from this. lack of the power of concentration and of sustained effort at studies seems to be constitud1nal at a certain period of young mans devciCpntnt The advantage is therefore with the young woman student. who Is usually no-c Irature at the age when college studies under taken and quicker of comprehension"
 Excel in Languages. Women show greater interest and ability l in the study of languages, both ancient and l modern" said c. r. Nash. President of Lom | bard College. at Galesburg, Ill., though on a broad view of the educational field I am in- | clined to think that men hoId their own. | if they do not show a slight superiority. The | average grades made by and women | students here are closely parallel. with slight advantage. generally speaking for the men.
 President Fl. A Gobin of Depauw Uni | versity Greencastle. Ind, expressed himself | as unable to find any appreclable difference between the scholastic capabilities of men and | women. 'I have known many instances" he said.