Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

EMMMNM AAA y. 49, "
MV Affirm the proposition that col
Iege educated women make good
kRAA mothers. intelligence and train
Ed5F10I ing leaves It's impress on tho
9 home and family as idelibly as
Couege Women Make Good Mothers.
IN any other sphere or ure. But expounders
OF fads and theories frequently assert the
contrary. forcing recourse to experience to
confOund the prattlers. Mrs. Philip Carpen-
ter. president OF the sorosis club Of New
York City and graduate OF Mn college.
California, asserts in the New York World
hat The coilege educated women OF
America make the best type Of mothers.-
and supports her assertion with these.
among other reasons:
The reason is simple-the college woman,
generally speaking. is the best developed
woman.
college education for woman today does
not mean the evolution Of a race Of sexless
literary blue stockings. II does not strive
70 produce wen trained Amazons. What II
does aim for-and In the main effects-is
ideal physical and mental development
such as only q Few favored women have
ever been permitted 10 attain In the past
The college woman is a grown up
woman. Just compare her physically with
the woman OF fifty years ago. See the
inches she has added 70 height and shoulder
w~idth-nots the fine. generous curves. as
compared with the tiny, pinch Waiated
beauty OF our grandmothsr's, or even our
mothers. day. See how the clear. rich
coloring. hat results from a knowledge
OF outdoor living. has replaced the lny-like
fragility which used to be thought the
essence Of delicacy and refinement
ut is a scientific fact hat for the evolution
Of the best. the best types Of both male
and female are required. Then Il Is only
logic to assume that, other things being
equal. the splendid physical and mental
health Of the college woman viii perpetuate
itself IN a specially fine progeny. That Is,
the college woman must be the best mother
in the sense hat she Is capable Of pro-
ducing the finest children. and thereby OF
definitely assisting In the evolution of the
race.
AS 20 the contention that the college
woman has fewer children than other
II this were true-it should
be quality. not quantity that counts. But
certainly among the college women OF my
acRpaintance the families average as large
as ph5se OF most modern women OF culture
Women OF today are everywhere realiz
ing the duty OF what Mrs. Margaret Delant
has called conscious motherhood They
are beginning 70 understand mat the outy
OF parents does not end with bringing chill.
dren into the worid-only begins there.
Women today are becoming conscious
that every child born Is entitled to a def,
mite share Of money. Of education. Of love
Mothers are learning that they have NJ
moral or social right to be responsible foi
a larger family than they can care foi
properly. 1t isn't playing fair with eithe-
the family or the world. In his genera
movement OF conscious as opposed 4
more instructive animal motherhood, tn
college women, because OF their high av
erage breadth Of vision, are perhaps tn
leaders.
Then the college woman knows how Z
care for her children 50 excelIently-she /
such a perfect methor IN hat sense. sh
has personally acquired the necessary scien
tific knowledge TO look after the physica
side OF her children's lives. She knows tn
laws Of hygiene and many sirnpls medics
regulations. She Is qualified to guide tn
unfolding Of the small minds through he
study Of psychology and snthropoiogy. Eh
Is almost always able to create an atmos
phere OF culture and social charm in he
home-one OF the finest sweetest influence
on growing boys and giriA"