The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-17


things lhe academic arts she fine
arts ana the technical arts a woman /
whC knows arts and sciences and the
llteratarea 81 the world but who {
knows naught 81 the practical aiae Of
tha sphere til which She X called upon
70 move, IS helpless, yea even an OBJ
jeet Of rldcule and contempt among
a sturdy and sober yeomanry A wo
MAR who knows only the art Of pre-
pairing a meal OF the making Of q gar
ment, as artistic snd aa indlspens
ahlc as both. of these are, Is slave,
and fl doomed to a seryitude as gall i
Ing as that which letters the wrists
and deprives man Of bis personal lib
erty would have my daughters
know how to cook, to sew, and To-
care for the home to paint to sing, /
an to master IN limited way to
saw the least OF 1t, the arts, literature
art the sciences Would you have
yours to know less? Nay. verify"
you answer, and rightly and | warn
yc1 that the womanhood Of this state
and fair southwestland Is calling out
/, powerful accent, and Is demanding
that she have a chance for herself and
VI herself, the Ike Of which she has
never had until these later and more
recent years, and fancy her voice
win be heard.
Never IN the history Of men and
nations has the will Of woman been
50 determiaed to have voice in the
affairs OF iife and Of government and
in the end this means sweeter, purer
and more noble homes. The army Of
an aroused womanhood is without the
gates, and he who does not perceive
tan fact ID either blind or Is perchance
asleep. And with all the upheaval,
and through all the turmoil and con
fusion that invariably attend any
great intellectual, moral or political
awakening, the women of this country
are striving for greater usefulness,
an for the living Of larger lives in
their home environments. For wo-
man, life without a home is empti-
ness. and as the best women Of all
times have always striven for the bet
terment Of their homes, SO may we
depend upon It that the womanhood
Of the present and that which is to
come viii never lower the standards
Of their predecessors, nor trample IN
under foot that which is as sacred ar
life itself.
+ Again, | fancy it may not be amiss
to speak somewhat in detail with ref
!. erence to the policy Of the Oklahoma
! College for Women, as regards Its
' faculty, it's student body, and its alum
i nae In fact, the citizens Of Okla
hcma have a right to know something
!. about he people who teach in thei
state institutions, and the policies
that are to obtain in securing them
! Three considerations, feel con
' virced Of should govern colleg'
!. president in the selection of his fac
1 ulty. First, moral fitness; second
!. intellectual fitness and third loyalt
4 10 the institution, the administrator
# and the governing body. hold it t
IS be both self-evident and fundamenta
i that no teacher can ever become
= great teacher who does not lay frs
" emphasis on the moral side of lif
. and training. TO train and furnis
i. the mind is the same whether it b
fe done In private, state or religious ii
n stitntions, and one never gets ava
of from the fact, or should never 81
away from it, that the greatest ell
40 ment in life. as well as in education
"A is the moral element To know whs
tn is right IN any given situation is
ee lons step in the right direction, but
q. have the moral force and courage
re pur what one knows to be right ini
Ne practice is infinitely better | a
he amazed, as the years grow upon m
-. how many there are who aspire
ID. the professors chair and who plal
,ot little or no store on whether or n
in. student cares for these higher
ICE sues To palrt a picture, or to sii
rls melody, or to master ? sfeat pro
ar. lem in mathematics, science, Ia
ed guage or philosophy to many teac
IN ers is the ne plus ultra Of college
,nt fort However valuable these thin
,re are. and they are Of tremendous i
W. pet, they are not for one moment
Of b. compared with moral and high
a Issues which eclipse mere meni
an gymnastics as far as the sun does t
nal light OF the moon IN splendor- Tru
1a. purity Of life and person, honesty. /
re rightness OF conduct unselfishne
gh. lie BY The principle Of the gold
aur rrle" the glory and beauty of S