The sun., 1910-05-08

and wants me 10 take it': OF
Ny teacher thinks ! ought 10 keep uI
my 0reak al through college
IN general the determining Influences
under which the utndont makes up heI
programme are the fa0t that q subioci
u required. the oxperiance % good Ol
poor training. q wide OF limited Oppor-
tunity Tor CHOSE IN tho preparat0rY
school. the advioe Of parent or tsacheT,
the desire 70 equip hSrssh for q chosen
occupation. the hope of an early peCuni-
aTy return for her expenditure of time,
stfength and money; the desire for an
essy conEee. the popularity Of an in
siructor. general gtudsnt sentiment aa
% tno valus of q course. considerations
% me need9 Of her Bex either ~ general
principle of determination OF with special
retersnce 90 hor own case. and finally
simple aptitude and love for q subject.
-lt must 10 admitted. however,.
supploments Dean Talbot, that there are
many students with whom there do not
seem 10 b. any determining inhuonoes
and who under tho elective system merely
drift through college from term 20 term.
-fhere u therOforS q growing demand
Tor = return % q more or lees fixed cur
riculum In the hOpo Of securing moro
adequate returns IN tho form u intel
iectual discipline and ooondinRted knOWl-
edge.
Z don't care how many times a girl
changes her mind as 20 her goal. provided
only she Keep 9 goal She must direct
hor energies; fewer girls do this than
boys.
Zone little freshman oonaded 20 me
not long ago that she wanted 20 Be a mis-
sionaEy in Burma and that her parents
would not listen 10 such thing. Now
! was treachsrOns TO tho degree that I
told her ! saw no reason why shS should
not train toward that end The child was
tickled to death that some Ono thought
she really might do such q thing. I have
no doubt that aho will change many times
over before she cumplsfas her cOllogo
work. but I'd rather have her obsssssd
by a definite purpose and give it up than
TO have nO purpose at all
Next year We are going 10 begin asking
each girl 20 specify At the end q the year
toward what she is working. In talking
90 girls ! ask them two things: First,
20 In human belnRs, and second, 20 10
citinena, filing q place In the social group.
Thus hope 20 avoid what President Tay-
lor calls placing too much emphasis
on things technical. IN many why's the
high schools are adapting themselves
more readily % changed conditions, baing
in fact retardsd by college rsQuirsmsnts.S
Dean Talbot has complied some inter
osting statistics regarding the scholarship
u Women.
In colleges she aays. -scholarahips
md fellOwHhips are but apaTinsiy granted
10 women, although according 90 every
lest, examinations, class records, Phi
Beta Kappa, women hold at least equal
rank with men. On college faculties with |
raTe exceptions thsy are placed only IN
he lowest ranks.
-Oi the I .Sso women holdinK instrnc- |
tonal positions In the a3i coaducatiOnal /
'olleges and universities very few are of |
RFade. In the announce |
mont for 1000 az tho University Of Wis
'Onsin therO are three women holding pro- |
easorshipe (an. however. Of tho third |
grade. assistant professionally and l71 /
nen. Below the professional grade, in
tructOrs. assistants. Ac.. aro flfteen /
women and ice men. II the proportions l
ycre the amO In both Glasses there
hould be twelve women instead of thrsa /
D the prOfess0rial ranlEs.-
In defence Of the college women Dean
abbot concludes by saying:
1t - not their fault u in many Gases
rhen they leave college they ars not
armed, educated. cultured OF efficient.
Few aims must bo followed and new
Methods adopted II ne college cOurss II
0 b completely justified ~ part Of the
dncatiOnal system.'