Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-10
From The battle-ground of ought


watching Every university In the
The Girls country is watching the
Darliy. university girl darNy let
there be no more men On
colleges" she seems TO be saying Pres
idcnts boz their annual reports note
with digninCd treuidnton the fact that
sixty per cent OF their students are
now women, a proportion yearly in
creBsinr A let of thirteen western
universities shows the women outnum-
bcring the men ln seven cases Mime
soto, Nebraska and California have
nearly twice as many wumcn as men.
stanford has planted les back fatty
against the wall. like "a creature fac
ing ca pack. und arbitrarily limited the
number of women whu may enter each
year 90 tive hundred And TUFTS is
asking for % gift Of two hundred and
hfty thousand dollars that she may scE-
crognta her women and so save herself
from becoming "a wOman'g college As
"a matter of fact. what the college girl
has done is not just what 10 seems TO
no. No is something different less spoc-
tacuior with its roots deeper I'm the
structure OF modern life. She is GER
taluly not driving mon out Of the CO.
educational colleges. because where are
they golng2 Not % mems colleges. Men
increased seventy per cent. In tho CO.
educational lNaNlANllFllh htAMttn w
and gS. and only half as fast I'm the
mems colleges. Moreover, u ls only
lu one department OF the modern Amer
lean university that women are in the
majority. the college Of liberal arts. In
the technical schools-ongineeri for
estry. aciicultmc-we find stiu some
such proportion az thirty to two thOus-
and. Men ARE going more and more
Into technical courses. and 80 are wo-
u oil ~ HHNenruH hn
become in point Of fact. n technical
school for women. Teaching is the cul-
turcd occupation which the most con-
scrvative girl may enter with self-rc-
spect. and two-thirds " the girls In
colleges are preparing TO teach FIX
ccpt in tho few universities which otfer
pedagogy, the college of liberal arts Is
the only preparation they can ind. As
soon as more professions open 20 WOO
men and universities prepare Tor them,
this congestion in the teaching profess
sion and the college Of liberal arts will
cease --NIadge G.. Jcnison in the April
Dolineator.
Oxygen A wonderful process Of
Melting melting steel and iron, In
Metals. which "a blast of pure oxy-
zen IS the prime factor IS
described with Illustration la the April
number OF Popular Mechanics. one OF
IFS uses IS 10 clear the chilled iron
from the taphole through which the
blast is delivered to the Interior OF
blast furnaces. A chilled tapholo Is
one Of the most serious troubles 70 bo
combatcd with ina a steel mill. 10 can
also be used To great advantage in
cutting sinking heads on castings and
cobbles, In dismantling and cutting up
castings and for piercing steel plates.
The chilled iron that often blocks the
taphole OF blast furnace can be
pierced in a fcw minutes. even though
the mass Of metal has reached a depth
OF two or three feet. The chilled mass
IS first heated to combustion by the
use OF a gas flame and then the blast
OF oxygen is turned on. Under tho
high pressure OF oxygen the molten
mass ia removed almost instantly.
without any damage TO the taphole. All
that Is necessary for the operation OF
the process is tank Of compressed
oxygen and another OF coal gas. The
blast Of oxygen is directed against the
metal through a long pipe-lIke nozzle,
connected with the compressed oxygen
tanks by hose. The heat is so intense
that the operator who handles this
nozzle must be clothed In an asbestos
suit Asbestos gloves cover their
hands, an asbestos face mask and hood,
ntted with an isnglass visor in front
OF the eyes, protects his neck and head,
while a steel shield, placed midway be-
tween his position and the taphole Of
the furnace, helps to break the heat
Popular Mechanics.
Mothers The mother should be- edu-
should BE Gated both IN life and I'm
Educated. the schools. and the solicit
tude and provision for her
education should certainly not be- less
than for that Of the scientific specialist
At the age of perhaps eight the chld's
brain is practically all in; he Is short
only IN experience and practise, He can
understand any abstract principle and
any piece Of literature, from the theo-
~ OF evolution 10 the Hamlet OF Shake
speare, but when he spends his time
with an uneducated nurse or an un-
ideaed mother he goes to school and
even TO college with a mind so barren
that ono Of our great colleges has act