The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30

zone cause for complaint against
the colleges to-day Is their lack OF ad-
justment TO our present social and In
dustrial conditions. That Is true OF
the institutions for men as we'll as
those for women. One reason for this
is that in the beginning We aimed at
the academic rather h the practi-
cal. Students were taught facts.
taught by books, not by doing things.
Now we are beginning to realize our
mistake. and we are beginning to teach
how to do.
why. have had girls tell me, Y
have spent four years In college. !
have studied. been taught a great deal.
/ have learned many things. but I
don't know how TO do a thing
THAT was equally true OF the COL
lege a They had been taught
through books and by word Of mouth.
but they had not been taught by do
Ing. JUS as methods In mems colleges
ard in c~oeducational institutions are
being adjusted to present day condl-
lions, so they are IN women's colleges.
THE reasons the institutions OF tho
two first classes get ahead Of the
women's colleges Is because the latter
lack the means. / don't believe any
one who has not Investigated the sub
Ject can have even q slight conception
Of how the women's colleges In the
East have struggled and are still
struggling to educate the thousands
Of girls who apply for admission. In
spite OF this money continues to be
poured In on the mems colleges in the
| To s 0,htla thAaA fnr uyo~nAn mt oon-
paratively mex to nothing.
Compare the amounts given to In
situations for the education Of men
to those given for tho education of
women In any m year and see the
difference. During the year 1928
mems institutions, including Harvard,
Yale. Columbia and Princeton. re-
ceived $5,706,6s4. In that same period
women's institutions, Vassar, Smith.
Wellesley and Mount Holyoke, got
only sS9O.495. This Is n accidental
except that 1918 was especially IA
vorable to women's colleges. In 1911
IL those same institutions for men re-
ceived $5.529,57s, against s267,276 re-
ceived by the colleges for women,
Just think of II, a proportion OF %
to !.
"Yet in spite OF all this difference
the American girl continues Ia
struggle for higher education. And II
l understand the American girl. she Is
Just as determined as her brother tc
think out her W life. and to prepare
for 1t gladly and cheerfully. But after
all --"
Here for the first time DR.. Syke,
showed impatience. He threw out one
hand as though Diminishing all criti.
cism.
What right has any one to fnC
fault with a system Of education thaI
produces a woman like DR.. Katharin,
b. Davis? There sh" il. Th produce
Of a segregated women's college!
I'm not decrying motherhood as &
profession for women. Remembel
that. At the same time don't forge
what such women as DR.. Davis hav,
done and are doing for humanity"
Neither President Nicholas Murra,
Butler OF Columbia University no
Dean Gildersleeve Of Barnard ColIeg,
would comment In any way upon tn,
report Of the Pittsburg University IN
vestigators. Statistics OF Barnard
show that from twelve to twenty
two years after graduation only 4
per cent. OF the graduates are mar
ried. There Is an average of ono an,
six-tenths children TO a marriage
The average length CT time between
graduation and marriage IL bur year,
; These figures closely resemble thos
given In the Wellesley report.
Barnard would seem 70 have an ad
vantage over Wellesley - regard