The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-03
President the Commencement
Day Orator at Bryn Mawr,
Where His Daughter Helen
Is Being Educated.
MISSING SUITCASE
CAUSE OF ANNOYANCE
After That Had Been Found the
Executives 0vercoat DiSap-
peared and He Was Com
PEELED to Leave Without It,
ADDRESS TODAY IN OHIO

n HI.ADELPHIA, June 2.-Presi-
dent Taft today delivered the
annual commencement day ora
ton at Bryn Mawr college, where his
daughter Helen IL "a student. Taking
for his subject Higher Education Of
Women the President said that ecoI-
legc education certainly does not de-
tract from the power of n woman TO
make good companion TO train
CT teach children, while mt the same
time IL makes her independent, and IL
she never meets the man who can
make her happy Rs n husband, she can
become nm Independent and useful
member of society
President Taft reached here shortly
before IL o'clock. After his arrival,
his suitcase. containing his cap and
gown. was mislaid. and he was obliged
to deliver his address wearing his
travelling suit. He left at o'clock
for Ada, o., where tomorrow morning
he will address the graduating class
Of the Ohio Northern university.
The missing suitcase was discovered
shortly before the Presidents depart
ure. but after boarding the train he
found that he had forgotten his over
coat. Secret service men made a hur-
ried search for the missing garment,
but were unable TO recover il before
the departure OF the train for the west.
At the commencement exercises Miss
NJ. Carey Thomas, president OF the col
lege. announced that the fund OF $780,
0oO required to be raised by today in
order 10 Secure the $25O.OO0 promised
by the general education board, had
been secured-in fact. had been over
su Inscribed by $4,000. while further
pledges OF $1,000 had been made by
telegraph and telephone in case they
were needed.
Presidents Address.
President Taft spoke in part as fol-
your president has asked me at
| this commencement TO say something
/ N higher education
| women. 1t is, OF course, a theme most
relevant and germane 20 the occasion,
but IL IS one Of which / hesitate 70
speak in the presence Of those who
have made Il their life study and
whose opinions in regard to the mat
| ter are 0f so much more weight than
The President reviewed the advances
/ made in educational advantages FOR
both sexes since 1900. Continuing, the
4 dissent from the view that an
| academic education units n man OF
woman for business. 1t may be that
| the tastes that lead on to an academic
| education are not those which insure
| business success, but that the menia
discipline. the power OF reasoning. tins
! cultivation and comparison OF IDEAS
! are not OF assistance in business trans
/ actions in which the highest quality
/ Of mind IS acutely in action can hard
| ~ be true
Old Argument Refuted.
1 7
| going into the professions and 50 thai
/ the education necessary ar a basis fol
/ a professional career is not needed by
i those who have a competency or lOOl
| forward TO marriage and motherhood
| as the chief ends of woman.
| ct is even suggested that the higher
| education OF women rather units then
TO discharge the duties of a wife and
| mother. that In some way or other Il
robs them Of a charm and gives then
an intellectual independence that is IN
| consistent with their being the bes
Il wives and mothers.
q utterly dissent from this view
| The companionshlp of married life Il
/ the chief charm and reason for its be
ing. so far as it relates TO the two per
| sons concerned. The enjoyment OF tn
! home. with children, and the training
I Of them are, Of course, among the mos
| important duties and pleasures Of mar
ried life and 81 certainly does not de
| tract from the power OF a woman e
make a good companion or to teacl
and bring her children up 20 higl
ideals that she should have the advan
tage OF the higher education.
1T IS not essential that a woman VIII
/ knows much must conform TO the un
attractive manner and ways Of the con
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