Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-14
The Education OF
Twentieth Century Women.

Under this title, President Lillian
Johnson, ph. d., of the Western Collegt
for Women. has lately written most
interesting essay. Her ideal is to Ri
women for fulIness of life" in this new
century which demands more of those
living in it than former centuries, be
cause it has so much more to bestoW
And to the question, How can we bring
to the woman of today fullness of life
and how can we lit her for the Lnrgaat
opportunities of service2' the decided
answer Is given, Train her as homes
maker.
1t is an answer backed up by solid
reasoning. Home-building. as the hresi-
dent Of the United States reiterates
whenever he gets a chance, is the great
need OF the state today. The private
home is the public hone" Young men
have great schools OF science, to fit them
To build bridges and railroads. skyscrap-
crS and steamships. Is the Young W0m-
an to be left ignorant of the science of
building home. which is more impor-
tant, III the last analysis. than any of
thcSeF The architecture Of our homes
needs radical Improvement; their sani-
taton is often ignorantly bad; the sci
ence of food and bodybuilding is not
understood by one hOUSekeeppF in hum
dred; the knowledge of soils and Of gar
denlng Is not common among women.
The spending of income economically
and inteiligently. which is the w0man's
part III domestic finance. is forgotten or
neglected. as the bargain-counter rash
and the mounting sale of useless fuery;
cheap and eXtraVagaut, prove to any one
who has eyes to see.
In our present schools and colleges
this observing college president declares
I'VE study physiology under conditions
which break every law of hygiene; we
study the laws of aesthetics and por"
over works of art, while living surround
cd by uginess; we dive deep into sOcio-
logical problems. but do not observe the
simplest canons of good breeding. If
this is discoura ginG, the hope She offers
IS inspiring in larger measure. My IDEAL
IS 4 college which will take the young
girl rs she comes fresh from her home
and high school. and for four years will
surround her with such natural beauty
out-of-d0orS and such harmony Of form.
color and line Within-doOrs that she will
learn to love the beautiful, while at the
same time she is taught how 10 repro
duce such beauty and harmony for her
self; a college so organized that the daily
life and food meet scientifically each
physical need, while Offering. IN it's
courses Of pure and applied science and
practical cooperative housekeeping op-
p0rtumities which will enable her 10
know why and how it is done and also 10
bring about similar conditions i'm her
own home coIeEe Whcre the dominant
note is to know in order that one may
serve. where literature and the Ian
guages. music and art, sociology and his
tory. science and mathematics, are pagcr-
" studied, because through them one is
enabled to do her part in helping on the
great wave Of progress. Frances VIII
lard said, 'Womanliness first of all;
after that. what you viii Ii is by Icing
more Of woman, not less. that fulIness
of life will come to women"
May President johnson have many
graduates of the like mind. America
needs them sadly Harper's Bazaar