Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-15
FAIL TO EDUCATE WOMEN
JAPANESE GIVE $5O,OO0,OOO
FOR TRAINING MEN INSTEAD
interehurch World Movement Goes to
Aid OF Protestant SCHOOL for
Girls In Tokyo
ny ELSIE ,IcCORMICK.

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crnment," began tho wcll-informcd mis-
sionary,. has just appropriated s22.-
100000 for tho higher education OF men;
local appropriations will bring tho
budget we'll beyond $4,000. 900, all this
money to be spent during the next few
years."
How Interestingly! exclaimed the in
guisitive person, reaching for a note
book. and how much was appropriated
for the higher education of women"
Not one yen" answered the w. l. NJ:
In That brief answer was to be found
the great why" behind the Womans
Christian College Of Japan: Founded
only two years ago. this institution will
become the first college to offer courses
equal to those Of the mems universities
ana to confer the same degrees. AZ
present it has only freshman and
advance a six years course Will be
provided. The plan will follow that OF
the Imperial University. where three
years are given over TO regular col
lcgc. work and three years to post
graduate courses.
Backed by Protestnnts.
sion boards OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Methodist Church in Can
ada. the Reformed Church OF America.
The Congregational Church. and the
Northern Presbyterian Church. the
Woman's Christian College is taking a
leading place among the lntcrchurch
needs are as great as the possibilities
OF its future. Established only in tenn
porary quarters, IL is so hampcrcd for
room that IL will be obliged to refuse
new class next year, if better equip
Incnt is not provided. Land is almost
'prohibitively high in Tokyo, and Il ncw
law requiring that college. in order
10 confer degrees. must have an en-
dowment OF at least $4,000, has added
another financial burden. Tentative
estimates place the budget of the insti-
tuition at $4,000. part Of which will
he raised in japan, but most OF which
~ asked for through the 1ntcrchurch
World Movement.
President Ellen T.. Pendleton. OF wei
lesley College. head Of the educational
commission, is touring the Orient for
The Womcn's. Federation of Foreign
work of the college and attended a
meeting OF It's board OF trustees. 81
believe there is more danger of under
estimating your future than OF ovcres-
timating It," President Pcndlcton de-
clared. MANY colleges in the United
States find themselves hampcred for
think in sufficiently large terms. AS
the first women's college In Japan TO
ADOPT the standards Of the mems uni
rcrsitlcs, there is every possibility that
the institution will some day reach tho
proportions OF Wellesley. You should
take this into consideration In securing
new site Economy in the amount OF
the land purchased may mean the Grip
piinG OF the college in later years"
Leaders Cooperating.
MISS Pendleton was accompanied on
lotte IL. Conant, PRINCIPAL of Walnut
Hili School in Satich, Mass; Miss
bertha Harlan. secretary Of the North
hcld young womcn's conference. and
Miss Ellen W. Martcin. dean OF Deland
University, Fla, all OF whom are mem
bcrs OF the deputation. Miss Conant
,ntttec Of the Woman's Christian Col
lego. in the United States. assured the
trustees that She was deeply impressed
with the work and that she would pre-
hn
urgent need for expansion.
The Initiative of the Japanese in
medical and educational work has
t!an agencies" declared DR. H. r. Ben
n ,n Pres!denl OF the board OF
great Christian University for men a de-
cadc or two ago. mission boards have
lost the opportunity for Christian lead
men. AS japan is not yc, alive 10 the
desirabi!ity OF giving higher education
10 her women. Christian churches stnI
have one field in which they may be
come leaders. Whether the best cdu-
Gated young women in Japan's tomor
row Will DO trained under Christian
or Buddhist influence depends upon the
College"
Has Strong Faculty.
The first two classes of the college
cent of whom are Christians. Despite
It's youth. the institution has an un-
usually strong faculty. many OF the in
structors holding professorships in the
Imperia! University. The president. Or.
1nazo Nitobe. is known as n scholar
throughout japan, and the dean. Miss
Tetsu Yasui. has given many years to
study in the colleges OF America and
England.
Slow as st is to establish schools for
The higher education OF women, the
Japanese government has offered every |
encouragement to the new college. |
Hearing that the institution was
cramped for room, the imperial house
hold presented it with building be-
longing TO the Peeress School. The |
government has also provided for two
partment. Count Okuma, who received
President Pendieron and other members |,
Of the deputation at his home, declared |
his intention of visiting the college. |
The former Premier referred to his |
!ong-continued championship of wo-