The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-26
NO PLACE LIKE AMERICA.
~'"'ies for Women In TIL.
'o1A'rs That Are Found IN
No Other Nation.


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Dr. Emil Reich, the no,ed H..
sa"aA historian, who spent live wear,
al ihis country as a lecturer i N.
university extension field. i no,x ons
= 'Ae regular lecturers for tn. Ian,
uoh university. He recently d.l;v.
eiea = remarkable lecture ~ ,b,, ~.
stiiutinn and has since elabor.,aa !,
report.
~ ie.ch IS greatly impressed with
"hat Ac calls the immensi,v ., IN.
outer and inner life Of the country :,
" ~ response 10 my questions
MADE comments that VIII be found 10
nav especial interest.
me study Of European history
iong stay in the United States ;.
saiu " lseich. have borne upon mc
the Tact that the American eommon-
wealth offers from Europe in two
essential points. And since one az
those points is probably the direct
consequence Of the other the remark
aoie difference Of the structure and
function ri the United States from
any state IN Europe is. | take n due
20 one great cause of a gco-peliiical
character"
The AMcrican woman. accordion -
~ i'e.'A' y the greatest surprise OF
the nineteenth century. The strong
tendency 20 the supremacy Of women
In America he sSys. Il, probably a
consequence of the military mmun-
Ky 81 the states. Where man.s rrear-
est distinction from woman his mill
tary proves. is not called for. there
~ IS bur natural that he should lose
some. eventually much. Of his -a.e
over the other sex.
"h'ery country in Europe was
made directly and indirectly bv war
or rs constant apprehension. and the
whoir social structure OF Furope i
BASED On the custom that the vom-
ans sphere is not and must not he
thaf of the man. Both these points
are missing in America. The lack az
the former allowed the Americans 70
invest All their energies in practical
ana profitable pursuits: The lack of
the latter has sterili1cd American
beles-leitres. For Just as the French
have 10 good lyrics because the
young girl. the main source of lyrical
is kept in strict s~eclusion
from the young man. even so poetry
anu heiles-lettrcs generally cannot
IN America vic with fine Literature. in
EIIrnn0 NthDrn eIa -
NANNY based both on the aGmira-
ton and on the subjugation of wom-
Even II we grant that there l. lit
tie logic in history we cannot DENY
there is much psychology. and
hence il appears almost certain that
u man IN America may not create
anything distinctly superior 10 what
has done in Europe. oma in
America may create social and intel
Iecfnal phenomena utterly different
from end perhaps superior TO what
have a. vet noticed in Europe
ALREADY the fact thar many an
which j. still unrealized in the
country is fully carried ont in
states may entitlc ms to the hone
that the human capital will
hv means Of a higher womanhood
promoted 10 a stage of reality i'm
possible in Europe. Whether. there
tmerica will or will not be able
70 regulate the international prob
ems - east and west. IL seems prob
'ble that through her women the
American people VIII further the
great cause Of humanity in a manne
impossible i'm Europe. Ideals.
{ Is true. have to lie purchased at
Tcry high prices and sacrifice. and
the sacrifices he paid nv the
Americans will be remains to be
cen.
AT any rate. IL is safe 70 say that
immense process Of hellcnization
We call universal history will
n all likelihood be advanced a step
n two by the social and intellectual
Of the United States"