The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-22
GIRL STUDENTS ARE
MORE INDUSTRIOUS
Vassar Head Also Thinks
They Are Brighter
Girls More Frivolous.

Chicago, March 22.-Girl studnets
are smarter than men. For instance.
take a thousand girls and a thousand
men from the same homes, put them
In college and when diploma day COM
en- round you will find that a consid-
erably greater percentage of the girls
carry away the sheepskins than the
men.
Why?
I'm tell you." said DIR. James NJ.
Taylor. president OF Vassar college.
the famous girls institution OF learn
ing. who is In Chicago to attend the
Blackstone hotel. He was in his APP
artment there when he uttered the
sentiment.
Womsn's Motive Serious.
THE women" he explained, go to
college to study and learn. The men
are lacking in that spirit. While a
good many men do really strive and
succeed there are many more who are
more Interested In college sport. and
even those who do study and try to
keep up do not take any special pride
In letting the other know that they are
working
Girls, though, are different. They
are conscientious about their work.
They are vastly more Inundated by a
failure than man. ] grant that there
are physiological reasons. a girl de-
velops younger and she naturally
would be kccnor. But it's the woman
OF II. you know 10 be more conscien-
tious.'
But doctor" was suggested how
about their frivolities? Are they con
scientious In social matters and Cos
siping and her ambitions"
Now, that's out of the question OF
intellect" replied President Taylor.
"I'm not discussing that phase of 1t.
I'm speaking of the girl in college. her
siping and their ambitions
Silent About Suffrage.
speaking of ambitions, doctor.
came another interruption. how do
the vassar girls stand on suffrage?"
again ! must ask you to excuse
mo. That is something ! prefer not
to talk about. But take our graduates
our college. our girls. compare us with
any other college in the world. and
tell you we take our hats off to none. u
"Vassar Is considered good fin
fishing school, III IL not?" was sug.
gested.
please do not confuse us in that
way. Vassar Is college-a regular
college with the best talent we can
get on our faculty"
Are Chicago girls ever reported for
mIsbchavior?"
"Oh. tut! tut" President Taylor
laughed.
I'm not telling tales out of school,
he remarked. ~ wouldn't tell you II
they were. II doesn't happen very of.
ten. though. l can assure you. Chica'
go girls are nice girls and they have
been a great credit TO the college"
A. to East and West.
DO you find any difference In the
social breeding of the girl of the east
and the girl OF the west?"
There is n distinction. but il is rap
idly disappearing. As II is. however
would not set the culture Of the one
over that of the other. The eighteen
nOuT tram pet"eeH Sui'"So anu NC"
England Is a great leveler. The ul
tra-conservation Of the east Is being
tempered by the brecziness Of the
west and soon there will be no dis
tinction between de east and the ives,
at all. have lived in New England
most OF my life and think you were
all fasteners not long ago anyway
The telephone bell rang
II am afraid I must so no." said
President Taylor. after answering II
81 am going to a reception and tea al
the college club"