Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-16
THE PROFESSOR ON WOMEN

A little while ago we heard of a College Professors Protective Associ- ation, formed for the purpose of pre- venting college professors from being made ridiculous by newspaper men. We presume that Prof. Robert Herrick, of the University of Chicago, will speed fly apply for membershinp in the organ ization when he reads the newspaper comments on his new book.
 The Chicago savant has taken for his theme the foible and frailties of the American woman, and upon his subject he has issued pretty tirade. One may be forgiven for concluding, from perusal of the professor book, that he made small bid for sensationalism. It seems to be practice with a certain class of college professors, when life around the campus pals on their nerves, to bring attention to themselves by air ing their views on the American woman.
 In truth the American woman ap- pears to have given the college profes- sor more concern than she has anybody else. He is forever rushing into print, protesting her, analysing her, dissect- ing her, and pronouncing judgment up on her. Perhaps he has suffered in his affections; perhaps she has shattered his ideals, gleaned from the classics of i'm agitation; perhaps she has toppled over the exalted structure of his personal conceit. At any rate. the college pro lessor rarely loses a chance to gain no toriety at the expense of woman, There are men who view this exercise as near ly as belittling to manhood as that of the coward who shields himself behind woman's skirts.
 Some of Prof. Herrick's charges against American women may be unde- niable. It is possibly true that we have a class of women who answer to all the selfish frivolity with which he charges the sex. But the professor shows him self as either very youthful or very i'm mature in understanding when he charges all woman-kind with the sins of a class.
 At any rate Prof. Herrick has for gotten one thing, and it is the funda- mental point in any analysis of Amer ican women of today. It is that Amer ican women are exactly what American men have made them. If they are sell fish, shallow. over-sensualized creatures, without sense and without responsibili- ty, it is because American men have not only permitted them to become such but by their indulgence have actual ly encouraged it. The women of any country are exactly what the men of that country permit them to be. Wo- | lhah ID aS tiuAy thc saSoai VI shS lords of creation" as any beast that roams the field. Save only that of life, which was given to her by the Creator, she has no rights except those delegated to her by her master, man. If he per mits her indulgence, which she makes the most of and which finally enchain him, it is no fault of hers, but his. Those American women who Are but pampered dolls are but the product of their masters wills.
 It may be that, as Prof. Herrick says, the present age and the present race of men are the most material in the his tory of the world; it may be that this is due to the influence of slave driving selfish women. But if this be so, it is because the American man is no longer master of his home. He has relinquished the reins, but he has the power to take them up again if he desires. The pro lessor should direct his tirade against the responsible. He should remember, also, that tirades never breed reforms, and should be more chary in his speech. It will carry more weight among people