The Washington times., 1906-02-11
SEX BAR PUT UP IN
CHICAGO SCHOOLS
Committee Takes First Step
to Abolish COeducation.
BOYS INTELLEcTS ARE SLOW
Gi.ls Said to Be Retarded by Boys
First Two Years-AfterwaTds
Boys Catch Up.
BOYS INTELLEcTs ARE SLOW

CHICAGO. Feb, 10---SegTegat0n OF
sexes in the Chicago high schools
vet is far from being estab-
ushed. Members of the school man
ageInent committee. which approyed'
the prOpOsed experiment of Principal
janis F. Armstrong. of the Englewood
High School. have suddenly realized
that, they have taken the first step in
a radical reform. IT is cons dered that
the board of education may hesitate 10
authorize the innovation,
Superintendent Z. G. Cooley denied
that. Chicago's schools were girls
schools" and that the boy pupils we're
discouraged Prof George e. Vincent.
dean of the Junior college OF the Uni
versity of Chicago. where segregation
has been in operation for several years,
said no appreciable Improvement in the
scholarship Of either sex could be traced
10 the method.
Boys Don't Get Square Deal,
"Of 1.5o0 OF my high school graduates.
20 per cent of the girls have averaged
above 30 in scholarship, while only OF
3 per cent of the boys have reached the
same high mark" he said. 1T shows
irreAuably that the boys do not get a
fair show in mixed classes They fail
behind IN the first two years of the
ia these two years of high school
life she boy is growing rapidly, physic
allvl and needs more time for sleep and
rest than does the girl. He cannot be
pushed so rapidly in his studies. Lack
of intellect on the part of the boy. COM
pared to the girl. is what troubles Us.
BY the third year he has caught IN
with the girl. his ideas are settled some
what and Coeducation is again feasible,
Girls Don't Need Discipline.
Conduct also IS TO be considered.
Boys are inclined TO be rough and bois-
terous, while girls are quiet and stud
ious. II is waste OF time for girls
TO listen tofleetures on discipline. The
majority of schools in New York and
Boston have had separate boys and
girls schools for years. They DO not
think coeducation at all proper"
TAe EngIewood entering class OF 100
will. be divided into a boys, girls,
and "A mixed class In algebra Latin.
English, and physical geography there
Will be separate and mixed recitation
classes In the less popular studies all
classes will be coeaucaional. Hitherto
the pupils have been divided alpha
betiCally. TIE BOYS and girls Will con-
tiuue TO STUDY together.
Boys Overtake Girls.
As the majority of our pupils are
girls. they naturally affect the tone of
the school" said Superintendent Cooley.
They do not affect the curriculum,
which is similar TO that of boys
schools of the East. The girls average
higher in scholarship. especially in his
tory and lnguistics. In the latter
years Of the high school the boys over
take the girls"
Il do not in the least favor -segrega-
tion, but believe in coeducation. even
in the universities" said Miss Adams
OF the committee However. 1 am not
so dogmatic that when a teacher of
long experience cares to make an ex-
pertinent I oppose him"
Segregation is retrogressive in
eeVTything that is fundamental in edu-
cation" said DR.. De Bey. Anyone who
has taught knows the advantage OF
girls in class Of boys. I prefer "a
bring the minds of men and women
TO the same level"
so far as the system goes, ii Is
satisfactory" said Prof. Vincent. 1t
is applied generally 70 only the fresh
men classes, and then only when the
courses are largely attended. 1t has
some advantages over dividing the
pupils alphabetically"