Evening journal., 1915-03-18

point of view. to substitute for the
youthful oeoistic state of mind the de-
yeioped altruistic vision of the great
est good for the greatest number.
"The present tendency in education
is essentially social, the term social
being used in its best sense 70 ex-
press the interest of men and women
in the welfare of all others of their
kind. In the early days OF the organ
ization OF colleges the guiding prin-
ciple was essentially pagan. A mans
duty to himself and to his Creator
received all the emphasis. Hence the
very meaning of the word college
suggests the isolation and withdrawal
from the world of people of similar
int rests and ambitions to work out
their intellectual salvation sequester-
ed in cloisters. The modern phrase
that a man should not let his les
sons interfere with the real purpose
of coming 10 college expresses some
: what facetiously this universal
Thought that the life is more than the
meat and the body is more than rail-
ment' The development of this idea
has thrown tremendous weight upon
the use that can be made of the mater
ldl given III n iOlitEt tOuInt dliti u
student has left college halls.
ct is difficult to decide what
is practical and what is theoretical.
Every college boy who takes course
in economies, which teaches him the
great principles on which the worlds
affairs are conducted or courses in
literature which quicken his imagina-
tion or broaden his sympathies is
making preparation for fatherhood
because he is learning principles upon
which to administer his home and 1t
is this kind of preparation which our
girls need for motherhood quite as
much as the specific kind which is
necessary to secure the health and
morals of their young children. There
are intellectual and spiritual needs
which a mother ought TO be able to
meet after the period when food and
clothing are the essentials for her
children and no amount Of prepara-
tion is too great to make her ready for
this later and more important work
for her family.
"The sentiment is growing that IL
| Is just as necessary TO allow our
young women to express their ideals
and ambitions in some form OF pro-
ductive labor as il is for our young
men to have such an opportunity.
Teaching is no longer the only dlgni-
fed and decent employment for wo-
men. They have opened practically
every door for themselves and are
now demanding training for the posi-
tions which await them. The idea
that women of means are taking bread
from the mouths of the poor when
they engage in gainful occupations,
is no longer tolerated any moro than
that men must be poor in order to
he allowed 10 exercise their earning
capacity. Simmons College in Bos-
ton has recognized this need of wO-
men for preparation in specific lines
in its very foundation and is prepar.
ing women for secretarial positions
and business occupations, as well as
| Offering the cultural courses in arts
and the practical home economics
, courses.
Recognizing these tendencies tC
, increase the number OF subjects whicl
may be regarded as either cultura
| or practical for women and recOgniz
= ing too the increasing respOnsibilitl
of the college to teach outside III
own walls, two lines OF endeavo
/ must be taken up by the Won'en's Col
( lcge the introduction of courses
D which are especially necessary il
preparation for life in the village
J and rural districts of Delaware an'
second what is known as extension
! work
"The first additional courses whicl
! we hope TO place in our curriculum
, are those i'm poultry raising and othe
) phases of agricultural work. Wcmel
70 have already shown their interest il
= farming. The smallest farm in tn
= United States is a triangular Lit O
0 ground jutting into Turtle Lake. Minr
y II is 1S9 feet long and 3S feet wild
e and on il the owner. Miss Seren
r. Helen Blue grows tomatoes, cabbage
S and clover. Some Of the large farm
- in the West are owned and operate
n by women The name of Mrs. Mar
4 NJ. Vaux is known in this section {
the country as that of a woman VIII
: has managed her own farm on pay
ing basis. In our school garden wOr
girls often make more money tina
boys. The tendency to give motherl
care counts even in raising vegetable
In general i'm that section the state
ncnl may ht maui llldl Elilo hiah
twice as much as boys. Bee-keepin
is subject which might well b
, taught to women. Dairying is
their right as much now as whe
= Queen Marie Antoinette sought Il fC
= its picturesquencss though now it
sober matter of study to see no
many quarts of milk and how muc
butter fat can be produced by ever
COW in the herd in a year. We hor
also to introduce such horticultur;
work as Is now carried on i'm limite
way in the Women's School fC
Landscape Gardening at Amber, Pa
and upon a large scale at the Outcl
ess of Warwick Agricultural Scho'
at Reading. England. Such course
will respond TO need that is felt M
only in Delaware but all over Il
country, and will give our college
unique place among educational il
stitutiOns for women. II is a di
tinct advantage to give such conrs'
in a college where Greek. histol
| and literature are receiving their pr
per attention rather than in a nur
ly technical school for their effe
upon each other, which will give mu
ual balance and breadth.
1.-THE second line OF development f
the Women's College is in the way
extension work University extensi,
was inaugurated at oxford, Englan
in 1856. and was first organized
this country at Wisconsin Uhiversi
In the SOS. The catalogues of that
stitution for 1SSS-S9 has the folio