Evening star., 1911-08-29
EDUCATION.
M-woMEN AND cOEDUCATION.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

being extended to the second years class.
The Cleveland Technical High School
boys and girls are in separate classes
with separate study halih This ar
rAngsment is not altogether for sex
reasons. but because Of the widely differ
ant classes Of work The shop work
work for the girls differ widely Even
those subjects which they study in COM
mon are differently applied.
The trend OF popular opinion now
seems to be ADVERSE to coeducation in
the high r
Trend Of Opinion schools. though
Adverse to System. ".n,,.d = sur, as rec Ss.
sirabls for the elementary grades. The
latest idea is to keep the boy and girl in
the same school 30 as to preserve the
same social environment. but to teach
them In different classes 80 as to adapt
the work to the highest needs Of each.
The privileges now open to women In
the way OF technical and professional
training depend greatly on coeducation
which has grown to q large degree in
America. and 10 constantly developing
along new lines. The University OF Wis
consin has lately made arrangements for
the separation OF students by sex. pri-
marfly for the advantage Of woman stu
dents. Lest this movement be considered
as restricting the privileges Of women. .
that men and women shall be equally
entitled to all classes of the university
and that there shall be no distinction
on account OF sex in granting scholar
partments Of the university The grow
ing demand for the higher education of
women has not been affected by the at
ttude Of any particular institution in
regard to coeducation.
II ID now recognized that vocational
training for women In OF equal impor-
tance with that Of men. but that the
courses 20 be pursued are separate and
distinct in their scope. Columbia Uni-
q School Of Household Arts. II included
o laboratory and studios costing consid-
erAbly over half q mdllion dollars This
school includes certificate courses in diet
ary and other cooking. interior decora-
costume designing and kindred topics.
The University OF Wisconsin has made a
similar recognition of the demand for bet
ter equipment for womanly vocations. II
ing. specially designed for the needs OF
teaching homo economies. the course be-
ing broadened TO include a. many sub
jects as possible.
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for them the women OF America have
don excellent
Credit to Women service In pro-
for Progress Made. cstions, prog
ress Of the nation Since the organization
Of the public schools was practically in
their hands. credit II due to them for al
most every advanced movement. nota-
BILE example Of the influence Of women on
education ID Mrs. Ella F1agg Young. late
president Of the National Educational As
sociation. who IL now serving her second
term a. superintendent Of public instruc-
tion in Chicago. Mrs. Young was elected
tional Association after q vigorous cam
paign. and her influence in directing the
work OF that great organization was quite
as marked as 10 that exerted by har on
take front, rank IN every department Of
educational development.
Aside from the profession OF teacher. to
which women seem particularly adapted
their higher education has led 10 their
admission to the learned professions. all
Of which have gradually become open ia
them. There is no branch OF learning
now IN existence which could not be
studied by the American woman IL she
30 desires Medicine. law and theology
opened their doors to women a genera
tion ago. but lately, in conformance with
the trend OF education toward industrial
pursuits, women art turning their atten-
ton toward technology. mining engineer
ing. electricity and other occupations
supposedly as distinctly masculine as
were medicine and law q quarter Of q
century ago. Quite q number of Amer
ican women have passed rigid nautical
examinations as master navigators. and
only recently . young woman was placed
In charge OF an important wireless tele-
graph station.