The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-20
Special School Courses TO Pre-
pare Girls for Motherhood?
Education for Fatherhood tie
Crying Need-@H: our Glass
Ideal" for Girls-Girls Spe-
cially Prepared for Mother
hood Overlooked by Suitors.
By Mrs. Kate Epson Clark.

BY Mrs. Kate Epson Clark.
tAuthor Of Bringing Up Boys Up the
Witch Brook Rond," stc.)
lr= He saying Of the prope,t. NY y
IknoYledge, = is just as true to-day
k-1as ever, and perhaps the cla IS
| I0NWNI OF people who most long not 7, TO
fact that there are exceilent 'siepmothers
feels that she perfers to live TO BRING up
her children herself Many dell ha re
this powerful motive She longs als1
to keep her ohildren}allye. It!s computed
by statsticians that at least one-fourth
OF the infant mortality Is due directly TO
tho ignorance OF mothers. In q THOUSAND
ways poets and philosophers have affirmed
quer'our fate. 81 our mothers could only
know what t hey ought8to know the ply
steal history o the would be trans
formed, Ito say nothing Of It's mind and
morals. t3 5sil
But when we are told. as We periodi,.
cally are. that it5 is possible In our girls
schools to have special courses to pre- pre-
pare he pupils for otherl,ood, the
| and reflects upon tile nature o. education
Education,Eas we generally use the term.
means tho right development Of the mind n
! straight,' concerning whatever matter is
in hand II really means the attempt to
construct a good thinking machine, which
Sos ofdnsry n6s pro1ts
common academic foundation up to a
certain age; Then ,specializa ton begins
President Thwlng, In aSrecent article In
is a good age for specialization to begin
with girl. Young men take four years
In college before undertaking I, profe y;
agreement concerning the strong common!
academic foundation before any speclall-5
cation begins s5t n
Now. as there are as yet no clinical y. !, cal
motherhood ~ courses &anywhcrc,f these
numerous p!eadings for the education g
for motherhood must mean that the
academic studies should be given a. ma "a 4
which are universally ackno wledg ed to,
be necessary for both sexes are mastered
by fifteen. Also that "a certain amount
ee,esee as iees hroM hu Them ut
ask, how can we teach the binomal
theorem or the calculus n any different I
ts
moi her and fathers alike. Any particu-
lar motherhood course in ma themaftics
seems impracticable WA f} 81 VII
Rllbicon. Henry Irranois and Charley
met on the field Of The cloth OF gold:
Gustayas Vasa shared In the sthir years,
Which wht ali we elm People ought
know, and yet there does not seem 2 j, 70 TO
be any way in whchts they can IT for
motherhood any more t1an.for "a ne
by in luding only the mothers of history
In the girls course, though the omls,S
sions thus made OF other facts mlgnt .Ie "a
the gain In studying the mothers still
tho course would DO brief. thus leaving
considerable time for learnin n orc dis
tinctly paternal historical data. Mater
iclers.5 Tho poet has told JUS with grace,
i must be confessed butwlt mHicS r mere
p Pc era fenss Is t that Ha res hs
world" but this potent hand has beenS
mostly unhonorcd and unsung saVe5l NIL, Ing
most general way and II Verse rs Mhaat
rillions or more 2f wonderful mothers
lme. Still. " the stickers fer sSs Strictly
course textbooks VII! doubtless DO
forthcoming, Sig. Z. SS 5fa Bt
In geography there might also be pre-
Of the. globe whore mothers prepondderrat!e. \,
patches or bright green. Those. noted for.
the besttmoihers might. be gllt.starred,
and tours might be planned ,1 TO- ], y,st
Education for motherhood. Lands
where corporal punishment prevails
might have az a. symbol a slipper nrinlS
grasped IN a muscular right hand s&5
In grammar The proper Voca bulary and
constructions for mothers, az dlstingisll7
ed from other senticnt beings. might DO
dnicultgto determine, but no doubt these
advocates for tho education for mot ne r.
hood could prepare a N I1nglis as
well as a mathematical, geographical and
hiftorlcal basis for proper course, Y y ~
mp to them, II s
But. seriously, one Is at "a loss to know
Just what these good pc ple mean. mere
20 surely only ono way ~ Which me e. gFeea Ga
branches of Study can be pursued, 50 Tar
az. sex ~ concerned There gis, no more
sex In the human brain than there Y, ~
the human liver. Mon and wolnel !, tilln llis
and digest eat alcen, sun ~ Gpla INV NV
suffer heat alike. Just as tho Jew aln 2,
quently SAYS OF his race and 2thsrss, "
THE Merchant OF yenlce." ana rs MIS- MIS-,
browning says Of the poor and the r'ch
An Aurora Lbigh. . II 4 . { Il.
The education folS,fatherhood IL really
the CRYING need of our lime. YET We Y. nsu ~
little enough said about that, ~ sln l
Dudley Warner makes one of his charhe-
ters say, 'sWo nre afraid TO say thlngss
that are common. and tito deep tnu'Bh "