Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-17

~ or eighty o,ual,tv !
>. :. nrogress towards an equaii'y
sr ~" p,0S lu many departments Of
man nort than they made in the
! 10 centuries that went IT, before. aOte.
britain this has been note
~ ly', as regards the facilities .naes, 'Vt ~
y ,,ncation and the standard II
Dscted to attain. ! can "a. re remem eno
p' tine when those OF us VINO
,onDding colleges for women
.n,iged to defend their claim TO
:, uOaI : university education at all.
'e.s ~ days people asked what
on wanted with higher teacI
o. IN languages or science II
90 they argued, turn a young
~ ~ into what was then termed
no stocking. Learning wouiu
her vain of her requirements.
r,lc and disputatious, she wouiu
,en the young men away from
she would refuse to marry any
,os. learned than herself, or, II
IA marry, she would neglect her
,.,,c duties and refuse to sew
,ns on her husbands shirt.
none Of these things happened.
,,omen who have received a uni
:, education at Girton and New
near Cambridge, at Somerville
,bo other colleges near oxford,
heen ouite as agreeable mem
q, society as their sisters taught
,overnesses in the safe seclusion
heir homes. They don't display
: attainments. Their husbands
a. we'll cared for as any other
hands and have the benefit of no
intelligent advice.
Il true that the greatest geniuses
not been women. Perhaps
make a better showing against
in the world of affairs than In
world of pure thought, whicf
ms odd when one considers how
om they have had the chance o
wing high craftsmanship. Blu
argument that the greatest mel
e surpassed the greatest womei
lly Is quite beside the presen
sstlon. Colleges and universitie
not intended for Platos, ant
wtons, and Goethes. They are In
ded for young persons of abilit
intelligence above, but not neces
ily far above, the average. II
bugh for us 20 say that, taking a
the few leading spirits of eac
the faculties of men and wome
practically equal and general
hllar. Girls may have more quicl
ss, men more solidity; girls nor
Fceptlve, men more constructiN
wer But this does not affect IN
neral proposition that the inte
tuai training fit for the one is I
the other. -
Is there anything in the society
Ddern countries, and especially
United States and Great Britai
b can suggest any part whi'
men are especially called to pl'
the community for its benefit al
Rlr own?
For myself, | am struck by thr
BIS:
One Is the incessant occupation
Rn In the active business OF III
mmercial and professional. und
growing stress and strain
pdern business competition, as col
Pred with the greater leisure th
pmen enjoy. Another fact Is I
lit growth In America of veal
q OF the habit OF displaying weal'
The third fact Is the growing d
nient here, and perhaps even me
Europe, of many among the POI
part OF the population. Large s.
pms Of the workers view with
lendly eye the luxury of the RI
q ask OF what use is their politi
'Ser II they cannot by means OF
prove their own condition.
These facts suggest to me Il
ere are two fields of work VIII
average educated citizen of
Ne sex does not find time to ent
into which women have M
ne 10 enter. One is the cultivat
a thorough knowledge and a
sic In literature, the habit of re
that which is not ephemeral ;
JOYS what is of permanent liter
llue.
ihe other field includes the ST
those economies and social ?
mena TO which ! have refer
I" 10 mitigate the contrasts
eAith and poverty, how to ad.
pie fairly the burden OF taxat
v 10 deal with intemperance. v
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