The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-18
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1914
CONGRATULATIONS TO IDAHO.

During the regular assembly hour at
the university last week, Miss Per-
ed all the women students on matters
relative to their department. dress,
scholarship, and, most particularly,
upon their careful preparation for the
work by which most of them will soon
be earning Il living. 1t was the frank
and friendly talk of a woman dis
tinguished everywhere in the west for
her success in business and in her
profession and for the dignity and
good sense she universally displays
1t was intended solely for the young
women of the university of Idaho and
was calculated to inspire in them the
high ideals of conduct and scholarship
which we all desire to see the young
women pursue. 1t was the sort of
advice that every sensible person will
be glad to know is at the command
of the girls who come here to study.
The talk was not intended for the
press, and and none but women stu
dents were admitted, but a reporter
for paper outside the state was inn
pertinent enough to send garbled ac-
count of what he got second hand
from an auditor; and, as might have
been expected, that paper made use
of only those features of the address
which seemed to cast reflections upon
the accustomed behavior of the young
women attending the university. The
girls who come to school here do not
overdress and they are not slovenly
as was intimated by all the papers
that have copied the original report.
Such a charge was not made or In
simulated by Dean French But girls
in college are pretty much like the
girls at home and they need, as we
all do. to have constantly brought
to their attention those matters in
dress and department, those pursuits
and aims which really count for
something and which. in the long |
run. are worth while. 1t was Miss
French's chief aim to urge upon all
the girls such careful fitting OF
themselves for their life work that
they would be able to hold positions |
by merit and not by influence, when
they obtain them after graduation.
She stated emphatically that she
would refuse letters of recommends
ton to any students who, by their
college work, had not shown them1
selves suited to handle the work APP
piled for.
During her years of service as dean
of women at the university, Miss
French has been the valued counsellor
and the close friend of every girl who
has attended college during that time
Those who are familiar with the his
tory of the office of dean all over the
country know that it is the most diff
ficult position for a board of regents
to fill satisfactorily-th office OF
president not excepted.
IL is HdTu W hiu uhiecu ~ o''o
woman the many requisite qualities. {
The position demands a fine mind, c
excellent Judgment, inexhaustible in I
terest and energy, unfailing tact, and il
above ala genuine and not AFFECT C
ed regard for the happiness and we'll C
being of the girls in her charge. That Ii
Miss French is universally loved and =
admired not only by the girl students :
but by the boys as well establishes for
her a record not equalled in the Uni
ted States.
Miss French is famous for making
her decisions with a cool head and
then sticking to them. Currying favor
with students by constant shifting of
Ter position is not a part of her pro-
yram. as it seems to be of that of
many professors Advisers, chap
irons, and those in authority are not
ordinarily any too well liked by the
young who naturally chafe at re- .
traint. 1t is in accordance with trad =
ton everywhere to regard the dead
f women as the sworn foe of good
ines Miss French is that rara avis
"a popular and respected dean of
omen.