Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1910-11-30

the demand for protection and chap
| eronsge, and all sentiments in their
| behalf, only subiecting their work to
consideration fron the standpoint of
merit alone.
| "Open-handed comradeship on the
part OF men will never be theirs until
traditions OF Difference and courttsy,
merely to women, have disappeared in
| the recognition of worth and power"
| But SO far our consideration OF the
movement has been confined to either
the cultural side of the educational
subject, or that which is strictly tech
nical and is OF most value to profes-
sional women
|. We have seen the years and years
| that have been required to bring the
world to this stage of progression,
| and new ideas are ever in some stage
of development. We are now awak-
! ening to the realization that higher
education, as it has been conducted
| III the decades past, has not fully met
| the demand
Figures which have been compiled
show that forty per cent Of the wo-
, men are IN positions to profit by the
training afforded, while sixty per cent
are so situated as to make the courses
| in most cases offered almost useless
certainly not of enough vaue ~ war
! rant the expenditure of the necessary
time and money i. such, at their COM
mand
The question narrows down to how
to help the 20 per cent. Among the
many means suggested we cannot
hope to tnd the solution without the
assistance of time, but that the world
| is becoming more and more convinc-
ed fthc need is the most encourag-
ing sign OF the times.
We want institutions that shall give
girls better preparation for the di-
| rectlon OF the home, influences that
shall arm them with a courage to
face the hardships of life. and sur
roundings that shall tend to their
highest development
Rather than to have them come
from the college halls with the idea
that they are only fitted for band
| stand PLAYS, we want instilled health
! ier idea of education-that it does not
consist Oh the possession of great
! numbers of well mcmorized facts. but
tharthe educated person is only that
powers, If we have developed every
faculty we possess to reach the limit
! OF that ability which nature has en-
dowed, then we are trul,, educated.
but only life can complete it.
so many Of our 3. AS pass through
these halls OF culture to bring to their
homes only contempt for small
things and even more distorted views
On what constitutes real failure and
success. We must leave the idea be-
hind that this is education-manv
| things have masqueraded under that
| name.
Delaware seems about to enter upon
serious discussion of the education
OF her girls. A difficult problem faces
! her Preparation in the teaching
| world, for the lack OF which our
J schools are suffering, domestic science.
knowledge of food values and prop
er diets, which promises to make the
medical world in the future. the most
| crowded OF all essions--these, too,
are making mighty demands for con-
sideration.
Let us approach the subject with
| open infndedness and make air
study OF the needs of this particular
| case.
The average woman shows a desire
| for information, and the intelligent
handling Of her problems that is cer-
tanly equal to that exhibited Ivy the
average man, and all fair mindcdness
must recognize the justice of the de-
mand for the chance for that develop
! ment