Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-06
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| EDITORIAL SAYS
|,,,..sr in Pennsylvania Asks
c,eater Recognition for
Women Students
GIRLS HIT

,.,,r.ersity Of Pennsylvania needs
Tie Dnt' university ideals and not
.U%b .'.UU%smby pamby giirls, ,,0,,,, r't todov thus
MAN man declared editoriallS uounS, nS,,rtor t"r
yannnaring yanlSri the way for n hcry coum,'r non, ot
pIspJk, ppit.ck from the young women "o" ut
/ ,Se University. ,.... ~ uovorJ
me Tsdo eT,.'d and outlined the. student
n, hooI, oott,tnde toward the feminine un =
|iaily Inaice H, who are lighting their
aerSrs"of 5sr,ns OF learning in Penn's classic
halls. s..on,o nrbIicitv
S,c lns, treatment and greater recog-
{fayo,"G; {1,,, 4, order that less Of the namby =
[nltlonh [n. - rirIs" be attracted to the Uni
pamiT,S < Mr.. Hovde wrote. Penn
yersltIi, needs women Of university
Ideals. -,o.,oo !, ordor
~ .herc er bo legs complaints. The
,n may Students deesrve better campus
VoI.M Vo,.onment. They should have their
,rn 'ccnnncentrated activities in the Ben
cwn WI ISnIlogn located q short distance
neM tho male undergraduate campus.
rVm VW-ntiI I then let student brothers sym =
..,i-o With unfortunate student sis
a.n'nb ,Sbo we're deceived by the Bennett
" - which has hovered over the U nj
nn%t .SIty since the war years and be-
OWvr uovde's editorial opens With n
,,cIorotion that the University is not
s'OJrcotIopal, but he also recognizes
fS,t women students have come to stay
n Pennsylvania.
Women Part OF University
npannsylvanla hns admitted women
.5,nta 70 the classroom. he wrote.
Wisbtlv or wrongly. women have be"
anne n part Of the University, and q
rery intricate part, ae their numbers
indicate. s.,..,
rbe women students do not enter in the
,rtiyties or the classroom Of the COL
Tsss the Wharton. the Towne Scien-
tisc or the School Of Fine Arts De-
Esrtments. The women have their own
|astinct departments, though limited
ks,ching facilities have tended toward
&sn encroschment upon the male UNDER
'rraduate colleges.
HPennsylyania recognizes the woman
trdent properly as woman student.
fTSere are four types of colleges and
Universities in the country: First, the
8EtrIctly male institution; second, the
'women's college; third, the CO. educa-
kional institution; fourth, the larger
md the more prehensivo group, the
University. teaching n wide variety of
Eubiects and admitting all classes of
Students.
"Ppnnsylvania Is Of this latter type.
Grand. glorious md noble, Pennsyl-
Esnia holds the larger, the more cos
mopolitan, the real democratic view of
EDUCATION.
"pennsylvania welcomes tho woman
ktudent. Tho University is not bigoted
IN It's attitude toward the woman. 1t
s magnanimous; it offers woman the
|ame educational opportunities as man.
bet as to purpose Pennsylvania recog-
bizes distinction in educational
methods.
Male Students AlO0f
1.-THE women students at the Univcr.
ki.y recognize this distinction. They
feel that thev are not intrinsically a
part Of the University because the male
Ftudents are aloof from the activities
b the women students. Consequently
hey appeal for greater and greater
Recognition each year, and, falling in
fheir appeal treat the failure as acts
Pt liscourtosy on the part of the male
Undergraduate body.
"Thc male student is termed n bla-
Nnt overload by women synpathizers
because he cNnnot adjust conditions,
The attitude Of the student daily paper
los been always rank and prcjudiced,
p the minds Of tn" women students,
because il il published by and for the
pale und'IgraduaiCS. Its limited press
faclitieS rrOwd"d plant and immense
overhead are not recognized as II legiti-
2nate reason for the policy that it is
ocet to adopt. II cannot branch ont
INTO an ALL nivorsity organ because it
would be assuming a position it has no
lsht 10 assume, and po'ition that
many would resent If r. wore assumed.
"ConSequently the activities Of women
re neglected in the news columns of
hS paper, and n Tnil Of complaints
rises alleging prejudice. But this is
oppyco"k and n rambling from the
meme of the editorial. The policy Of
DC P"nnsylyanian does not need de-
tense.
Womcn students have come 10 stay
Pennsylvania. They are 4 part of
ne University u" matter how bold or
GrWard they appear in demanding
iur'her rights. nor how unw0manly
aey may be in stating their position.
t. why should the prcjudiced male
,Sue the status of women students
ae accomplisnes no end. Women are
ete at Pennsylvania; they are rightly
fetS Sn as part Of great University.
pennsylvania wants women stu.
eu's and women students of the highest
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