New-York tribune., 1905-11-09
WORTH OF WOMANLY IDEAL.
President Hyde Defines It at Mount Hol-
yoke's Anniversary.
rBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune.J


South f4adIey Mass Nov. s.-Mount Holyoke Col
Iege celebrated to-day the sixty-eghth anniversary
of it's founding The principal address was by the
Rev William De Witt Hyde, president OF Bowdoln
College who spoke on 1.-THE Worth of the Womanly
Ideal" He said in part: women have PRACTICAL
" won the right to anything they want what
do they really want? What is the womanly idealf
The ordering Of the home. the training Of children
the caring for the sick and aged are womanly func-
tons, honorable as banking or commerce. Inc
five million women of the United States who must
earn their living in the branches attempted
by them without sacrifice of the womanly IDEAL
Productive industry a large scale belongs ex-
cIusively to men, The mental and emotional atti-
tude required by it woman lacks. Her ideal should
be to make life nyable by gentle ministry to IN
dividuals. This is supremely precious that the
woman who forsakes it to initiate the activities OF
men robs the world Of the most valuable contrpu-
ton she is capable Of making.
'In scholarship women have won their rights but
their needs differ from those Of men, They should
be kept to q reasonable standard of attainment
never being subjected to artificial stimulus When
ever woman sacrifices perfect health for aca-
aernc honor or social distinction she is selling her
birthright for what, In comparison, is mess OF
miserable pottage- The womanIy IDEAL In schoIar-
shin is ENJOYABLE consumption and transmission of
knowledge; intelligent conversation. the rendering
of music discussion of social questions, description
or character scenery and teaching are some
of the intellectual services women can render best
Productive scholarship. however. the power 10 grasp
subject. add IT, leaving sS-AoA
ar's stamp upon II. belongs to mans spnere. IN
politics sentiment rules the republic. In the forna-
ton of which is expected to do her snare
The silent modern service making home sacred Is as
useful and honorable the services of men In leg
isIa1iye halls or battlefelds. On the other heno
notcaI production and the adrnlnlstrat1on OF gov
ernment are rough work, best left TO men Woiish.
nv the fneness of their natures, are unHlLeu Iot
sIch tasks All attempts to remodel women SO Ltat
they may perform the same Work as men ILluss
bring ab0rt coarsening OF women, tending toward
MANLY and wornanly ideals are equally precqquSi
we honor them both by emphasizing the oIsulcs
tious between them Each needs to De suppIeLhsnIst
bv traits borrowed from the other But there mp.
be no sacrifice of the manly for the Woilai5IL'
under penalty Of efiminacy. There must oe no os
DartI1rs from the womau1y the part or WoIlltiu
Both are equally essential for Individual cnaracLeF
and for the welfare of the world
At the close OF the services tho new library the
Joint gift of Andrew Carnegie and friends OF MOUNT
Holyoke College, dedicated. the exercises con-
sisting of short address by President Woolley.
PRAYER by the Rev. Judson Smith and the singing
held in the afternoon, and an alunlnse meeting a.
which Mrs Marion Gaylord Atwel OF New-forK'
resident of the General Alurnnae Association, pre-
Sided Later the alunlns gave>a tea &c the guests
NJ the college and the senior class. at which Pres
Senf WooIIey and Mrs. AtweI received Among
others from New-York were Mrs Maoe! Eaton
Strsrf and Mrs Barry, of Passafc. y. j., formerly
-reeident Of the association The evening was oe-
voted 70 a musical programme