Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-24
Dr.. Aristine P. Munn.Recht
Replies to Dean Turner's
Claim of Male Dental SUI
periority with a Few Clar-
ing Facts.
Written by MiRGERy REN for Inter
national News service.

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NEW YORK. April 20 Women may
cram their weak feminine minds full 1T
mere book knowledge. and pass exam.
nations with higher marks than men.
The poor things are really very patient
and industrious. and thereby are able
20 befuddle many men In this old
world.
But the girls can't fuci Dean Il
Turner, Of the Washington square
branch Of the New York University
He has exposed womcn's weak intel.
lectual powers to the faculty ~ that
institution IN a few well chosen phrases.
His immediate provacatiun Tor the ox'
pose. aud II IL me- secret. may be- traced
20 the alarming fact thut statistics.
both IN his own college and others
prove women pass higher In cyamina.
lions than men students. The dean
eays:
After all. men are more intellectual
than women. examination papers an no
examinations papers Women have get.
ter memories and study harder. that's
all
"In tasks requiring patience and In
dustry women win out. But when q
man IL both patient and industrious
he beats n woman any day.
Take cooking Tor instance. \ wo'
man when she uses the same old stove
In the same old way as she has always
done. A man gets impatient and In
vents stove that viii do the same
work better In half the time
who are the chefs nj the great no
telsp Women No. men, And rs for
sewing. Who are the hes, known cloth
Ing d,Jigncrs and ladies' tailors In
Paris? Men"
women's Champion Replies.
Tut the women 81 New York Cni'
vcrslty are not without u strong cham
plon In their own dean. Dr. Armistine
T.. MunnI,ccht graduate OF Bryan
Mawr and Johns Hopkins University.
doctor of medicine. bachelor II arts,
wife. mother and housckcopcr.
Men more intellectual than women
,sho smiled. Dean Turner said So
1T all depends ON his definition Of
intellect. n one means the ca,ncra plate
type Of memory. which merely registers
facts and puts them down ON an exam
ination paper. that quality may be In
the possession of either man ar woman.
Perhaps u II more common Ia wo'
man, because through centuries she has
been Obliged 10 keep careful track Of
the announcements of her lord and
master.
III intellect means ability to Judge,
reason and deducc from facts woman is
mans superior.
",Nomen hacr mo,r initiative aud do
mot Hike 20 70 through the same routine
day after day.
women and Intuition 10 their Intel.
iegetual powers--thai the comblna
tlon assists deduction. Women thereby
rise 10 emergencies better than men. he.
cause u takes nm agile mind 10 cope
with crisis In affairs.
"Men may fill one calling, such as
that Of engineer or carpenter for In
stance. Woman cooks, scws, nurses, acts
as houscmaid and often has a job out
side her home as well.
matilda. wife NJ William the Con-
aueror. wovc the beautiful Haycux tap
estrlcs. From that day To this all en-
broldcry and lace stitches, which show
exceedingly fertile minds have been
conceived by women.
Women's Standing In Glasses.
"womcn here usually stand In tho
first third ~ the class--ln cocducaiional
classes. That IT, the majority 81 the
women do.
a
why II u that men who have led
their classcs are 80 often never heard Of
after they graduated
"slncc when did literature, language
aud other similar studies require more
concentration and memory than science
and Mathematics
III women excel In the former II " No.
cause those studies possess n human In
tercst and offer chance 10 express per
sonallty which Is lacking In the eat ana
dried sciences
II am not fashion expert hut |
know that many Of the great designers
OF womcn's clothes are womcn-Madamc
paquin, Caliot, soeurs, Vionnct and
Lady Duff Gordon. known M Lucille
"a different situations pcrsonis Itself
u Paris. Tor Instance because there