Evening journal., 1914-03-17
EDUCATION
OF THE CHILD
Miss ReppIier discusses Sub
jeCt Befsre UrSuline ACa-
deny Students

Interesting, witty, and throughout
entertaining. was the comprehensive
lecture on 1.-THE Educated Woman"
given by Miss Agnes Repplier, a no
ted author and lecturer, at the Ursu-
line Academy, yesterday afternoon.
An enthusiastic and admiring aud
ience crowded the room to the doors,
their attention and interest held by
the lecture from start to finish.
In the lecture, interesting compari-
sons were drawn between the women
Of the past and present, and their
corresponding views and social con-
ditions. Speaking of women gener-
ally, Miss Repplier quoted that al
though every opportunity should be
given them to carve out their own
careers, they could not, In entirety
rank with men, because always they
were confronted with the basic fact
of a fundamental difference between
the sexes, and, continuing, Miss Rep
plier said that there we're few things
more hopeless than a revolt against
natural laws. The modern woman, she
said, feels ill treated both by man
and nature.
Speaking of the education OF chill
dren, of the past and future, Miss
Repplier spoke of the former as en-
bryonic and the latter as educational.
Comparing the close family ties OF
the past, when children helped en-
tertain their elders, with no other
thought but that It was the natural
thing to do, with the family ties OF
the present day when they consider
1t bore If even asked to do such a
thing. Miss Repplier said that in the
childish self surrender Of the former
age. was laid the foundation for that
tact, sympathy, gaiety and under
standing which meant that their fu-
ture possessor bend herself in accord
with her surroundings.
Still contrasting, Miss Repplier
said that, in the past, social pleasures
were not so insistent as in the pres
ent day, and there was more time for
the attaining of those graces which
hespeak Of the cultured woman OF
education. Social service, she said,
was still unborn, and speaking Of
this Miss Repplier contrasted the
Olden charitable methods of person.
ally visiting the poor to ascertain
their needs, with the scientific or
ganization of charitable work of the
present day.
IF each one had helpful personal
relationship with the poor" she said,
there would be no need for organ
ized charities and salaried superin-
tendents, and it is up to US to prove
our neighborliness, for If We had
such relations it would be unneces-
sary for one to live in a Settlement
| House"
Commenting upon kindergarten
work. which she discouraged as not
instilling the proper principles for
the future welfare of the child, Miss
Repplier related an instance of an
outdoor kindergarten in Philadelphia,
a feature of which was a nature
study class. sgt
In reply to a question as TO how
the children spent a stormy. snowy
day. she was told they built snow
1 forts, made snowballs and had q
royal good time.
yes" was her reply, "the children
! did all that in my time, too, but they
did not call it Nature Study" then.
This she told to illustrate the moro
modern methods of scientific educa-
/ ton for the child.
The keynote of agreeable conversation
she said, was a mental familiarity Will
the worlds best writers and she de
plored the fact that in the present dat'
IL is almost unheard Of TO have womeI
quote familiarly and understandingly il