New-York tribune., 1905-02-20
COLLEGE GIRLS VIEWS.
4nS1Uers to QUESTIONABLE Sent ont
by Wellesley Club.

That the Wellesley College gid IS q very human
creature. with healthy interest In dancing. men
and such other nice things come her way, and
that she wants in most cases TO marry and have
E home and children, among the cheerful
facts elicited Saturday afternoon by the Welles-
ley Clubs survey OF the answers received 70 the
lengthy and formidable QUESTIONABLE prepared and
sent out by II 70 It's two hundred active members
about TWO months ago. This QUESTIONABLE, which
printed IN The Tribune at the time, fell,
broadly speaking into four groups Of questions.
relating the physical the emotional and artistic,
the social and ethical and the intellectual, eco
7o-aic and general phases Of wornan's experience
at college Forty women replied, and it was their
answers and the deductions TO be drawn from
them by DR.. Luther GuIick that the club
bsd On Saturday at the Wornen's University Club
hear.
We worked over the QUESTIONABLE all SUMNER
Mrs. Charlotte Allen Farnsworth told the club.
"o1e member had conversations with thirty-two
women none Of them less than an hour long. One
q the committee talked with z woman friend two
hours day every day for q week, -, -, .,,..
Of the New-York Wellesley CLUB, received copy
Of the QUESTIONABLE, and some Of the things they
said about Il were amusing, particularly IN the
light OF the answers received
does the ouesIionnaire m conittee good to think
that forty out Of two hundred active members re-
''I don't think any part could well be omitted"
was discounted 6y ':liuch too extended; no mere
man would attempt TO answer It," from another.
HEALTH NEGLECTED.
That personal hygiene IS somewhat neglected by
college girls was one conclusion TO be drawn from
that part OF the QUESTIONABLE relating TO health
Exercise n college varied from mild calisthenics
Two or three times a week to physical training
through the four years for girl the crew.
One said she had mastered complete breathing and
relaxation while at college and any number said
they would have given Up even higher mathematics
or Bible study for the sake Of in personal
hygiene conducted scientifically. The majority
egreed IN considering such course Of the utmost
1r Ffr1G n - 9
q course in home hygiene would have been OF far
other suggested that ventilation could be taught
scientifically language
ing bv the example Of the professors" was the
eeustc remark Of one while Questions as 70 men f
thar of The thirty-eight women replying twenty
entered college or better thirteen not well,
while almost One-third thought their health mad
safeguard for the health ~ Of ts4t1.bF girls II
so-4esei - WLo'e one eI4I1 & - mat viii make
each individual that her chances for uSeIO4ness'
No one Knew whether was sick or Wen, was a
val that found its counterpaTt IN y @ Snoa4q a nave
competent doctor at the college who had not 100
TPeoo sTs vas 70 sweys Se 90 one f Of the
Five acknowledged TO feeling more hopeful Ut than
thus-astc, eleven we're happier. four less happy
me majority thought they were Iess Suo3ecto 20
wrote back that she was "hoPelessss bug whether
tt-s was due 10 college OF not she CID not sUaIe-
LOvE-LIFE STRONG
Is your Iove-Llfe as strong as it was before you
taat brought out some interesting answers Iwen-
ty-!lEe answered Nine said 'As strong sixteen
sslc Stronger No was willing 10 acknoWI-
ecge thar 'IOye-fe'' less strong on account
Of the Greek roots and trigonometry she had put
Into LeT head
Ny l0ve-life IS narrower, but deeper, than II was
voiced CEe W0mau's experience. On the Whole, lhe
eesire for marriage found TO be strengthened
D college course. likewise the desire Tor nome
end children We don't see any children at col
hges get OF the way OF thinking OF thenl
q wanting them was the substance OF several
reIoTTs under this head.
TWeaty-two Of the forty who replied said their
,oye ot -a1ure had been quickened by college life;
ulrIeeL placed literature, particularly poetry ana
nneteeuth century prose. at the head OF the cult
ore courses: three-fourIhs Of all who replied
esnae5 have gained IN social skill through their
Slege training.
There IS 2 great deal Of intellectual and social
snobbery at Wellesley" frank criticism vol
anteered apropOs Of the general theme OF manners
sle social training Influenced by the college.
We are not as truly democratic as we think We
are. Since have been Settlement worker have
realized how artificial the life at Wellesley was"
Nearly everybody who took the trouble 70 an