El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12
Women Advance Education
More Than 100000 Women Are En-
pIOyed rs Teachers; Supcrin-
fendents Number 4aJ.
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by Freuerl" % n" ; MI

ASHINGTON. u. C. April I2-
I w Since every human advance
/ has been brought about
through education, the great advance
( made by women during the past CEN
fury must be credited TO the increased
| intelligence Of the world. Women them
: selves, although the greatest benefici-
! aries, have aided not only in the work
| OF increasing their own intelligence,
| but hGVe played large part IN the de-
! velOpNent of an educational standard
! which has added to the general wis
| dom Of the entire world as well. In
this way. while the modern woman IS
/ doing important work on the worlds
} education, her work reSultf from the
! TACT that the world has come to reCOE-
! niZe the economic value Of providing
| for a broader feminine education than
I was considered needful in former gem
eTatiOns. The countries in which WOu-
? ems educat ton has reached the highest
/ level are those which have achieved the
( greatest general prosperity and i'm
pOrtance.
Courses for Special Needs.
A radical change in the tendency OF
higher education and for all the edu-
cation OF women. is becoming mark
/ eCly noticeable within the present gem
Grafton. The number of women who
( have Wrested hOnOrs from men in their
own colleges has been sufficient 10
demonstrate that the feminine intel
{ Iect is quite equal to that Of the mas
! culine. Therefore, it has become an
economic necessity that women have
courses of education planned for their
special needs. just as the original col
lege course was planned to fit the
average man for his future work. DR..
ClaXtOn, United States commissioner
OF education. in an address recently.
made before an organization of college
women, urged upon them as their spe-
cific duty the work of pOpularizing Il
q fer Il
be helpful to the average woman in fit
ting her for her future life work. He
reminded them that II is always the
women, never the men. who are re-
garded as goods in colleges admitting
both SEXES and urged that, instead
OF endeaVOrinS TO copy masculine
their energies toward the development
of course OF education which shall
be distinctly feminine in its scope.
Care OF the CHILDREN.
In their desire to prove their intel
lectual equality. and in prOving this
women have accomplished a distinctly
cTeditable attainment. a few women
have seemed TO lose sight Of the great
which never can come to men. the pro-
ductiOn and care Of the children OF the
world Modern education is empha-
sizing this responsibility as essential
in the education OF every girl. and
women educators are working TO in
crease its general recognition Mrs
Chicago schools. contends that even in
the elementary schools 4 distinction
should be made between the education
of girls and boys because So large a
the higher schools
Instruction In Home Building.
Consequently. even in the lower
grades of that city, the girls are being
taught some Of the fundamental prin-
ciples of home building. This will not
lessen their aptitude for any calling
which they may accept but it viii pre-
vent their going int their own homes
at some period in their lives. with alb
GOluteiy no preparation for the duties
of wifehood and motherhood. It also
VIII serve to give 10 the girl OF foreign
birth at least the beginning OF the re-
QUirements OF the modern American
home which differ greatly from those
% her own land. and therefore. would :
nestle instruction her mother might (
give In New York the Little Mothers {
SchOol has become a recognized part /
Of the educational system of the city Z
and the special education for girls be- /
gan there can be continued through the (
college year If so desired.
Degrees for Research Work.
The rating Of a college woman for !!
the course in which she desires to quail I
ify will not be disCredited because she =
substitutes a course in food values for /
Greek verbs or child hygiene for cal !
cUlus. unless she is specializing in a 4
line Of work in which these two sub +
iects are essential. Now il is impOs- /
Sible for a woman to take a degree as :
doctor OF philosophy by research work !
upon some subject which may be of 4
practical value in the DEVELOPMENT OF 4
her home life For instance. DIT. Edna /
Day, member OF the faculty OF the /.
university of Wisconsin. achieved her
dOctOrate from the university OF Chi (
cago with an Investigation into The /
Effect Of Cooking upon the Digesti-
bility of Starch
other women recently have taken
doctors degrees by research work upon !
such subjects as a Precise Method OF !
Food Laws" The Possibilities and (
Economic Value OF Cooperative |
Housekeeping" and others similarly
practical in their scope. Modern edu-
Gators have come TO realize that quite
as high intellectual development is re-
Qutred to conduct research uDOn these
subjects as The Religious Habits OF
PhOenicians," OF The Evolution OF
Government Among the Ancient Cave
Dwellers-' The modern woman has not
risen as yet above the old existing
standards, but she is advancing each
Athletics for Girls.
The complaint was made regarding
the earlier standards Of education OF
women that they paid no attention to
her physical development and that no
exercise was introduced. Then evolved
a system of athletics in which MANY
girls attempted to do the same ath- /
now developing that this exercise may (
be wrongly directed and involve a (
physical strain. which frequently IS
more harmful than no exercise at all
The physical education Of a woman
must differ essentially from that given Z
to men. BOatracing. basketball, lifting, Z
running and other work must be Un- {
dertaken only in proportion to the ]
strength Of the girl and with l
out reference to that which Is accom-
plished by her brother in his gymna- |
rnH T. -
tions the desirability Of having the
physical education of girls under the |
direction of a qualified woman physi- [
clan is admitted
Over 100000 Teachers.
More than half a million women ,
teachers are employed in the public :
schools Of the country. which is about /
four times the number of men teachers.
IN the private schools as well as in the
higher institutions. women teachers
also fill thousands Of positions. al
though the preDOnderance OF women I
over men is greatest in the elementary !
schools since M children Z