Newark post., 1911-11-15
HIGHER EDUCATION FOR
WOMEN
Resolutions passed by STATE Fedora
TIoN OF WoMEN's CLUBS

OF women OF the State OF Delaware
are thereby denied an academic ed
ucation who would avail themselves
OF the opportunity if a College ex-
listed in the State in closer prox-
unity to their homes.
AND WHEREAS, it is to the best
interest Of the State of Delaware to
provide for the highest intellectual
development Of it's womanhood,
AND WHEREAS, a Normal School
course can be given as a part Of the
curriculum of a College, and,
thereby raise the efficiency Of the
teachers of the State, and through
them, raise the general standard of
intelligence in Delaware,
AND WHEREAS. the annual
amount already appropriated by
the State for the training of Della
ware girls in the Normal Schools of
other States might be applied to
the expense of the Normal Depart
ment, thus giving to the State of
Delaware it's own much needed
training school,
AND WHEREAS, it is as essential
for young women as it is for Young
men, who expect to remain in touch
with the agricultural life of the
State to have instruction in the
Science Of Agriculture to enable
them to care for dairy products
and poultry scientifically. and to
learn domestic science in order to
develop better the agricultural re-
sources of the State,
AND WHEREAS, statistics Of the
Women s Colleges of the United
States have emphatically proven
that the percentage Of divorce is
decidedly lower among the gradu-
ates Of Women s Colleges than
among those who have not had
College education. and that infant
mortality is very much less among
College-bred mothers. thereby es-
tablishing the fact that Delaware
should provide for the higher edu-
cation Of it's women who are to have
the responsibilities of the home.
who are to become the wives and
mothers Of the future, and who are
to become the leaders in the social
and intellectual life of the COM
munity.
AND WHEREAS. it is possible to
adopt the Aricultural School and
the Academic Department Of Della
ware College as it now exists to
meet these needs of Delaware
young women,
AND WHEREAS. Delaware College
is State College, partially sup
ported by funds donated by the
United States Government and
partially supported by appropria-
tions made by the State of Della
ware, which appropriations at the
present time are used for the edu-
cation of Delaware young men to
the exclusion Of Delaware young
women,
AND WHEREAS. Delaware young
women are equitably entitled to
share in the intellectual benefits Of
these appropriations for education,
AND WHEREAS, it is desirous and
necessary to save expense in pro-
viding for the higher education Of
young women in Delaware,
AND WHEREAS. an affiliated Col
lege would meet the requirements
Of economy, in that the same pro-
fessors would be employed as are
employed in the men s college, and
the same laboratories and the same
library used and would incur only
the additional expense Of woman
as Dean, who shall have supervision
of the academic work and OF the
social and moral environment Of
the young women, and the expense
of a woman s dormitory, together
with the necessary professors and
equipment for Normal School
work and for teaching Domestic
Science,
AND WHEREAS, an affiliated Col
lege meets any objection which may
be raised against co-education, IN
that in the affiliated College the
women. although receiving the
same degrees as the men, have sep
arate and distinct class rooms, and
in no way are associated with the
men Of the College except in so Far
as they may associate socially,
AND WHEREAS, a building could
be secured at a distance of few
squares from the present College
buildings for a few thousand dol
lars, and be equipped with dOrmi-
tory. recitation rooms, and gym
nasium at very little additional ex-