Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

lowing states and countries: New York,
Pennsylvania. Maryland, Delaware, New
!. Jersey. Virginia, West Virginia, Geor-
E gia. Alabama, Ohio Indiana, Illinois
! Kentucky. Michigan. Wisconsin; Mime
: sofa Iowa, Missouri Arkansas. Nebraska
= Oklahoma Texas. Colorado. Utah. South
) America. England. Scotland. Germany and
Russia.
s Washington has character of it's own,
different from that of any other commu-
nifty. In the literature of the day this is
becoming recognized more and more
. Washington is becoming widely known as
not only a proper place for young Wom-
an to receive her education, but the best
place.
Washington. as the countrys capital.
offers advantages of educational value
that can be found in no other city. EX-
perience has taught the principals and
teachers that it is a safe city for the
freedom in certain directions that has
been proved desirable.
Health Conditions Good.
Some of the schools have had a phe-
nomenaI health record. that climatic
f.. advantages may be easily claimed. Many
features of social life in Washington are
especially desirable for young women.
Although there are probably more art
=. schools and more art galleries in New
York and Boston, il is becoming known
that neither of those cities offer better
opportunities. With the National Art
Gallery already an assured fact. Wash
ington will leap ahead in art matters as
: il has already done in other educational
: lines.
: 1t costs less to secure an education for
a young woman in Washington than In
/. other cities. 1t does not follow that the
same results are not secured, for the mat
ter is one of plain property values. New
York and Boston schools have to pay
more rent or have bigger expenses;
: Washington schools can be administered
more economically and therefore charge
: less
!, For instance, a school in Washington,
: charging $500 or 500 year for tuition
(: and board, would be forced to charge
81 900 or 81, 200 in New York and not De
able to offer greater advantages.
Views of an Educator.
The principal of a girls school in
: Washington recently said
II think the strongest plea that can
:. be made for Washington as an educa-
: tional center is that, being the seat OF
national government a pupil enjoys I'M
: limited opportunity here for literary and
. scinetific research without cost. This Is
: true, in a measure, of art
"Since daughters must be educated.
why not give them absolutely correct en-
vronment and association In connection
with the best Internationally? That is my
STUCK piITdSe, anu Lidhc d
mistake in giving it away. but Wash
ington exemplifies 1t more than any other
city.
In the first place it is the capital of
the nation and is kept beautiful by the
government. 1t is clean and healthful.
1T has become the social and intellectual
. center of the western hemisphere, and is
becoming more and more a center Of sci
, ence and art
People of means from various other
cities are acquiring homes here in larger
numbers every year. The pursuits of
; the people of Washington are Intellectual
and not commercial This levels sectional
feeling and puts at a minimum the mere
getting of money.
Great conventions and gatherings of
scientific men. international as we'll as
national. meet here. And thus the city.
!; for time. is often the center of> atten-
ton of the world 1t is the scene of
. history in the making.
Surely then, the social life here and
he opportunities TO see and know public
men and their families is Of vast impor-
lance. and must tend to broaden girls
interest and sympathies and give her a
wide outlook upon life.
The. social events In which our girls
are allowed to share act as a stimulant
for better work, for no diversion IS al
lowed to conflict with school duties. U,:-
Ger careful system of chaperonage the
development of the social graces and
ease of manner is of supreme benefit to
girl.
:, And in no city or town can this occur
/. so we'll as in Washington. And in no
. city or town can school girl life be more
attractive tl.an at the National capital