New-York tribune., 1910-06-03

occupations not dependent on physical
strength 20 the female sex.
/ do not think we estimate the enor-
nous advantage that the present generation
has enjoyed and that the future genera
tons are TO profit by in the Increasingly
sound and thorough education OF the moth
ers of families.
I do not think we can estimate the in
creased happiness that men and women
have experienced. who, as husbands and
wives have enjoyed the higher sense OF
companionship that is made possible by
Of ideas between two thoroughly educated
people.
The higher education of woman should
be sought wholly without regard either TO
a professional or matrimonial future. The
mental discipline that Il affords. the men
tai pleasures that IL makes possible, the
enjoyment of reading and study that il in
vites, are enough in and of themselves 70 be
compensation for the effort in securing IL.
As life wears on and the active joys
that wear away with youth and young
uomanhood and young manhood disappear
and the time of quiet leisure extends itself
in ones life, the purely intellectual enjoy
mind trained for use in solving intellectual
problems and in reading the philosophy OF
history, in the study of science. the pur-
SUIT Of art, her life is richer: her means
OF self-entertainment are largely increased.
and the possibility of a serene old age is
made much greater.
College Associations.
Before I close I wish to call attention 10
one advantage that | think. there is in the
independent woman's college. 1t may be
that nv view of this is inspired by that
sense Of infallibiity which DR.. David Starr
Jordan ascribes a result of the training
at Harvard or Yale: but whatever It's
cause I cannot help giving expression TO IT,
n seeun. TO me that there must be close
analogy in the benefits derived from the
associations of life in Bryn Mawr and those
which every graduate of a college and uni
versity like Yale values even more highly
than he does the mental discipline ana tne
learning which he acquires from his col
leee course.
The friendships that are formed In col
lege BY an association of four years at
q time OF life when natures are MALE
able when our characters are being fornled
when we are not old enough to have had
our selflshness indurated, when we respond
more quickly to- the emotions. when our
ideals Of friendship and our actual friend
ships are more nearly the same are more
enduring than friendships formed there
after They are friendships that bear the
tooth OF time and the rust OF absence
They are friendships that can be taken UP
upon a moment after an interval OF twenty
wears and seem fresh ana as fragrant
as the flower of the friendship when II frst
budded
There is one danger of a college education
and four wears life under college lnhu-
ences that il seems wise to warn against
II is the danger of discomfort with the sur
roundings of the home to Whlch collese
girl goes back after graduation ano the
Welding to the feeling that her own town
or CITY does not offer to her the .oppor-
tln!ties which she is entitled TO in the use
of the education which she has acquired
II gives her, after she is settled at home
again nil admirari spirit, longing for
some hing she does not have, a Spirit OF
criticism toward everything which sur
rounds her and a consequent inability 70
contribute TO the happiness Of those with
whom she lives or comes in contact. This
is not the right result Of the higher educa-
ton.
A Young lady with a higher education
has much to learn after graduation. IN the
borneIv details and the drudgery OF ordi-
nary life. and the sooner she learns it the
happier and the earlier she. can adapt 70
its highest use the knowledge and the
mental training acquired in college
NJ Taft was entertained at luncheon at
the Deanery after the exercises. There
we're about $50 guests present. The Presi-
dent spent the afternoon az the college and
eft for Ohio about 5 O'Clock.