The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-14

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/ received their degrees, either that of
/ Doctor Of Philosophy or Doctor of
I Medicine. There has been no woman
Doctor of Divinity up to date.
! only three Doctors Of Law and
/ they finished i'm Switzerland There
, are perhaps thirty who hold the degree
of Doctor of Medicine but many of
I these also secured their distinction in
, Switzerland These women have en-
tered actively upon their profession:
; ten or twelve live in Berlin and have
a large practice No woman has Yet
. tried TO preach in Germany, except
those in the Salvation Army. No wO-
man has been admitted to the bar In
| the Berlin university there are six hun
dTed and forty-five women students,
| haiIing from seventeen different coun-
] tries. Among them are four hundred
and seventy-thTee Germans. OF all the
women students forty-nine are study
ing medicine. five law. eighteen theo-
loEy and five hundred and seventy
three philosophy There are forty-niue
Americans in their midst.
Russians Study Problem, How to
Make Their Country Free.
There are many Russians women in
the German universities they first en-
tered i'm 1893. as soon as the doors we're
opened 10 women. In Berlin. at present.
there are eighty-six- They associate
almost exclusively with the Russian
men students. but. after they learn the
German language a most cordial reIa-
tioHShlp exists between them and the
German students. Most Of the Russians
are socialists and are very poor. They
come To the great German universities
10 learn how to make their country
Tree The Self-SacrifiCe they are OBJ
iEed 10 practice in order to accom-
The majority of university women are
OF the higher middle class. teachers.
3 daughters of government officials and
of merchants. Some are of the nobility
who are reduced i'm means. and very
few of the wealthy aristocrats- There
are about one thousand women students
now in Germany; most of these are
compelled to earn their bread. The
number of students Is limited on aC-
count of the strenuous effort required
for preparation. There are scores of
women who are taking special courses.
In earlier days, it was easier for "A
/ foreigner to enter the German universe
ties than for one who was born in the
country. because II was a law that
only those who had passed the gymuaSia
could he admitted. The Russians had
their EymusSia and could come in: but
al that time. the Germans had none.
Now that they have. the German
students stand higher than the Rus
SLAMS. consequently, the Russian
student II ranked lower than the Ger
man. Another reason. il Is supposed.
why foreigners could enter so easily,
was that they did not care for these
degrees as they would be Of no use TO
them in their own country. while the
German students at once stTOve for
them. This logic carried out. meant,
after all. equality between men and
IL in
Germany which give the persons hold
ing them positions in the state employ,
and there was no place for the women
There are different examinations for
those who want to be teachers or
judges or to enter other professions
The latter lead TO the degrees, the
former to the positions
Manifesting Interest in Club Work.
Clubs are beginning to interest Ger
man women. Their first was organized
lasted only very short time-abOut
two years There are now two Ger
man wOmens clubs inthe imperial city;
one was formed chiefly for social pleas
ure- and Is composed of society women.
They have their biIliard-rooms, library,
smoklnG-roOms and salons where pub
lie meetings are held, and a restaurant
where they can eat and drink. This
organization was formed in 1898. and is
called the German Woman's club. 1t
now has four hundred and twenty
three members. The other is the Ber-
lin Woman's club. founded i'm 1900. for
the better class Of working women. 1t
opened with four hundred members and
DOw has eleven hundred. Among these
are painters. authors, siEueTs. piauists.
actresses physicians, dentists libTaT-
lanS. photograph doctors Of the diff
feTeut schools. the better class of the
nil r,f r,F7y~
siCians and of men in parIiment- The
club II principally for women wage
earners- Its object is TO furnish a home
for unmarried women. where they can
have place to get food cheaply. a
library and headquarters for rest and
intellectual enjoyment, There IS no
smoking nor billiaTd-T0OW. 4 good
dinner can he obtained for twenty cents
and supper for from twelve To fifteen
cents The president of the Berlin
Womeu's club is FraUlein Or Thur
thus who was the first woman ply
stefan in Germany and the first woman
Who practiccd medicine there For
thirty years she has been I'm profess
sipUal life She took her course in
medicine at Zurich and has been so
successful in her practice as to make
q possible for other women physicians
10 ind their way professionally into
the esteem of the people. I'm the same
Year li4CJ the tbtftll fluD was rounded
for working women. one was organized
in Hanover which now has four hun
dred and fOTty-fiye members There
are clubs also in Weisbaden. in Halle
and Stettin. Homes have been estab-
iished for working girls where a shell
ter is given them in the evenings to
keep them from the streets. they are
exclusively for the factory girls. When
they meet at night under their hospi-
table roofs. they sing. read aud sew.
one i'm Berlin Is now opened at noon
at very cheap prices. These homes ex-
ist also i'm Dresden. LeipSic and Lin
den-the last is Only little factory
town.
Field Being Broadened for Woman's
Advancement.
Nearly forty years ago when the first
Lette Eereiu was formed. the women
of Germany had only two occupations
open To- them-SeamStreSS and gov
eru sand their wages were very
small. ON one memorial BILE occasion.
there was a call for a gOVeTuesS: in the
course of eight days, there were
answers from ia women The Lite
Nereiu was the first industrial school
tabiished in Germany Since then
they have been placed in all parts of
the empire fashioned after this model
and founded by Women's unions only
Wit him the last few wears are some