The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-23

SCSOllIS LGdcDefS, anu ALlAAlS 4-AaALS' AllE university has no desire to produce old maids, and much of the instruction given is with the object of enabling the girl to become a good wife and mother. Home education is the groundwork; no man can escape without more or less of its influence. and this educa- ton is the predominant work of moth- CTS. "The future destinies of the child is the work of the mothers, said Ma poleon, and our educative work is based upon that principle, as well as upon desire 10 make the wife intellec- tually equal to the husband.
 We recognize that it is impossible, as well as inadvisable. to attempt to immediately revolutionze an entire system, but by training the mothers we enable the next generation to start on a much more favorable footing. Grad ual improvement may be said to be oir
 motto. But first of all we turn our at- tention to the practical side of life. Domestic science forms very import ant part of our curriculum, and we fail to see that 1t diminishes from the intellectual possibilities of woman, if che be taught to manage house pro- perly. The dormitory regulations are especially framed in order to promote practical domestic efficiency. The dormltory students are expected to cul- tivate the habit of self-helping and while uniting in theil efforts to promote the spirit of har- mony and cooperation, making the dormitory a place of home-like ideals,
 They are enioined to aspire to gohigher in their intellectual and spiritual at- tainlnents, while not forgetting to be careful about their sanitary WelT-be-
 ing. Such students may desire to learn the ways of Western home life, are allowed to live in special dorrni7 tory of foreign style, under the control
 of a matron. All the students share in vanced classes are required to hold in turn the position of a head woman, and to learn the management of 8 head woman. and to learn the manage ment of a home under the supervision of a matron. All the studnets share ill the varied duties of housekeeping, &C., cording to their ability, The expenses if life in the dormitories are not high, amounting to about 14s. month, The tuition fees amount to between 9S and G4 annually.
 At present there are only three de- partments open. The first and most largely attended is devoted to domestic science; the other two to Japanese and English literature respectively; religious teaching forms no part of the curricul- un, but there is perfect freedom of re- ligious belief allowed to the students.
 Theoretical and practical ethics are taught in every course of study and the duties of citizenship. Too much stress cannot in our opinion be laid up- on the practical instruction of everyday right living. Our object in irlparting higher education to women is to enable them to satisfactorily discharge their duties as women, wives, and mothers, fully equipped with ideas and know ledge in touch with the progress of the nations of the world.
 Physical training also receives spec ial attention Since 1t is national danger, of the future should the floth- CTS of future generations be weak and sickly Hygiene and physiology are taught In all the courses. English forms part of most of the courses, al- though 1t is not compulsory in all the departments. We recognize that ex- animation are not a reliable method of gauging the relative educatien9 and
 knowledge of students, and in deciding whether or not a student may be al- lowed to graduate, the vote of the fa- Iculty is taken, which fully considers the results of the students work and their graduation essays.
 Esprit de corps is very marked
 among the students, and they take the greatest possible pride in their work and the university. The students publish a weekly paper, without the as- sistance of any man, and much of the material of this university paper shows
 that the object of the education has been to a large extent attained. In their endeavors to acquire knowledge and learn arts said Professor Naruse in his presidential address, they should cultivate the habbit so far as possible of trying to study and master by their own effort and think and judge for themselves, thereby freeing themselves of the fault, so common among girl
 students, of blindly submitting to their instructors words and passiveIy yield ing to an authors views. Rather than to be widely informed and variedly &C., complished, they should make efforts at acquiring and fostering the faculty of perceiving relationships of things and affairs, and of grasping the funda- mental principles and acme of art and knowledge. so that after their gradua- tlon from the university they may per- mahently be possessed of the power of free and profitably putting in prac- tice what they have acquired in the classroons.' In other words, we en- deavor to teach our students to think for themselves.
 There is no room for much develop
 rnent in Japan along the lines of tech
 nlcal education and the teaching of agricultural and industrial handicrafts. In Japan women work in the field and in the factories even more do the men, and so there is every reason why we should seek out the most enlightened methods of instruction. Slowly, but