The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-18
THE EDUCATION OF WOMAN.


To the SAT- Lake Herald:
The slavonic reformer, ComeEius who
fiourished in Bohemia in the Fifteenth
century. was one of The first mon to
acknowledge that wemans aspirations
we're as worthy of elevation as were the
aims Of man, in the field of education.
These remarkable words, remarkable be-
cause written hundreds OF years age.
when woman's welfare was not even
thought of, scarcely, fell from mis- pen:
Why indeed, should women be exciu-
aed from the study of wisdom, whether
IN the Latin tongue, or In German trans
iatlonsS For they are equally created
III the image OF God, equally endowed
win an active, recipient spirit. Jf.cn. even
more highly endowed than our own sex
Why, then, should We admit them TO the
b c, and afterward refuse them access
10 books?
Let no one say how would it be II
mechanics, peasants, laooring men, wO-
men and maid servants, were learned and
initiated into philosophy. say that We
would all have cause 10 rejoice al il.
me impertections of nature, IN those
| days, where likened into tho shortcom-
lhes mat man, with the aid Of mental
contortenism, fancied he detected IN the
Intellectual and physical qualities of w-o-
man. One of the ancient writer's Put into
the mouth, of one of his peripatetic peas
ants these words:
That natures imperfect is doubtful to
no man.
The reason is clear-she is only wo-
man..
The function of education" says Froe-
bel, lis 10 develop the faculties oy arou-.
ing voluntary activity" Woman. thanks
to education, is developing her feculues
to such an extent that man is compelled
TO whip up his activities it he wouIu not
surrender his laurels; a case of woman
forcing him TO higher pane. lie has
seid the trump cards for centuries, bui
IS last losing ground now If reliance
may be placed in the figures recently
compiled by DIR. De Korosy The per
ccntage of failures in the Budapest
schools, in the fourth grace was To for
boys and 80 for girls; in tue sixth grade
~ for boys. % tor girls Equality
Here's superiority. The corner en- knowi-
edge has been upset, and woman. in true
japanese fashion is setting mankind
agape as she unloads her stock of qualifi-
cations.
Man, jealous of authority, and warped
by the thought that il was woman who
wrought mankind incalcuable hurt in
the Garden of Eden, has striVen &c con-
vince women that il is sinful FOR her 10
wish for the elevation of her sex. Srrug-
Cling towards the goal she has found
man, as unit Of government, Withholding
sympathy or protection from her she
mas dared, alone, to attack the sacred
rights that clogged the wheels of her
own wei being. She has been and is,
lieI OWN eulelnClpdtOE, ana cldleuBSS al
beliefs that tend to belittle her, The
printing press, education, free thought
and the other instruments that make Tor
civilization are granting hCr their ana,
and she is routing the hosts elamoring
Tor the perpetuatlon of ancient sophlsms-
The state inaugurated a system OF or
gained robbery, and pilfered from women
ali rights of person, the fruits of her in
dHstry, her opportunities OF education,
the exercise of her own Judgment. her
own conscience. her own Will as may be
shown by a perusal Of the laws that fos-
tered celibacy, canon law, Marquette.
witchcraft etc.
Occasionally, in the course of history,
she has afforded us glimpses of her su-
periority. Today she breaches the mod
eTn gospel Of equality between the sexes,
while man is inclined TO give her alleSi'
ance 10 that mediaeval fetch that stands
for all ideas that refuse to recognize
woman as a component part OF humanity,
as a power whose influence upon civili-
zation is at least the equal Of his own
He is tardy in acknowledging that she
is as fully capable of working Tor man
kinds advancement as he Is himself. bef
opinions provoke his smiles. The woman
politician. the new woman. he tickets as
cuTiosities. and parades them about as
mTth enticers. Man is only just begin
ming to relegate TO the graveyard of has
beens the we'll worn stock of lLlehectual
gems that the past has wiiied 10 NM ana
is fathering an idea that woml1 has
right to help mould the laws That gov
ern her life. and that have reduced her
to the rank of inferior in every relation
of life when compared with man.
'Wheu reading was first taught women
in America. said DR.. Clemencc s. Lozier,
II was opposed on the ground that she
would forge her fathers or husband's
name should she learn to read ana write
Geography met with like opposition on
the around OF its tenaencytO make her
dissatisfied with home and DESTROYS TO
travel while the records Of history snow
all a.
men in geometry. 1899 raised a cry OF
disapproval over the whole country
In the field of literature women, occa-
sionally, changed their names, making
use of a male pseudonym, so her works
may gain the same respect that were
shown to writings of men,
Those old days are gene; the He-laea
is gradually dying out. Woman Is con-
tributing towards humanNys spiritual
wealth, and the race steps forward.
JOSEPH ROGERS.