The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-08-25
CO-EDuCATlON.

of learning are co educational. In the
East there il still decided prejudice
against co,educati0n. This prejudice IS
simply relic Of Purit'.nic nediaeval-
ism. The New England colleges were
founded upon the plan Of the English
universities, which were established
during the medieval era when monas'
teriea hourished throughout western
Europe. The English universities were
then thoroughly peryaded bya monastic
atmosphere aud they are still perpetu
ating many OF the medieval traditions,
as ,s clearly evinced by their opposition
to co.education and by the character OF
their courses Of study.
The medieval monks did n great
work 1t was their mission 10 preserve
the treasures of Greek and Roman learn
ing during the dark ages that were in
angurated with the fall Of the Roman
Lord 47G. Had il not been for the zeal
Of the monks all the wOndrous achieve
ments Of the ancients would have been
lost to the world. But for the learning
Of the monks the intellectual darkness
that snperyened after the calamity Just
referred 81 would have been impenetra-
bic and would have continued indefinite
". Because Of the Inonasteries the
80 called dark ages constituted a time
during which the seeds from which
the modern European nations sprang,
terminated A few centuries before
the revival Of learning came, the map
OF western Europe had ~ stunned some
thing Of its modern aspect
But while the Importance of the work
done by the hundreds If medieval
monasteries during the period in ques-
ton can not be oyeresimated, these
institutions perpetuated the traditions
Of the Greeks Romans ana other an
Gent peoples IN discouraging all efforts
at the higher education for women and
in considering the latter unaterably in
feror TO men The one sided education
invariably resulted in ultimate failure
in every ancient nation II has been
the chief obstacle to Chinese progress
for thousands Of years 1t was the
element of weakness in the ancient
Athenian civilization 1t had much to
do with the downfall Of the Roman
nation
The emancipation Of women has been
the chief means Of modern progress
The highest civilization must needs rest
on perfect equality between the sexes
The idea OF woiuan's inferiority is II
relic Of the traditions Of the aneients
and Of mediaoyal follies Perfect social,
educational ana political equality of
the sexes is absolutely essential to true
progress and the highest civilization
Westward the course of empire
takes its way The history of fifty
centuries bears out the truth Of this
statement Since the days when our
ancient Aryan ancestors LETT their prim
tive abode- in western Asia and spread
in successive waves over the continent
Of Europe aud It's adjacent islands. the
standard bearers Of true progress have
ever followed the course Of the sun nm
I'll now their stimulating influence has
rejuyenatea Japan aud thus lit the
torch Of progress IN the Orient
Long before the Revolutionary war.
the spirit IL liberty, equality, progress
and indouitahe activity in this country
place tine Americans on plane far in
advance Of that occupied by the Eng
lish. Aud now the split Of the western
universities in ths country IL far IN
advance Of that characterihng our
eastern uniyer-ltie- whore. ~ stated
above much opposition 10 co-education
rill exists
When The New England college. were
founded me fnfltahs would not per
mn tht glfls % secure ~ much NJ II
high school education The history Of
the earliest female seminarie4 IN this
copntfy y interesting reading Those
who were ~ favor 81 the higher ednca.
ton for women had 4 long aud arduoua
struggle before they met with fair
measure Of SUCCESS They had to face