Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-14
DR.. LEWIS r. HARLEY
On Education for Women


THAT Philadelphia is doing as much for
i the education Of her women and girls as
any city in the country and that tn" results
being obtained are fully up to the high
standard of Philadelphia education achicrc'
ment is the opinion of DR.. Lewis X. Harley:
principal of the Philadelphia High School
for Girls.
During the few months that have
clapscd since | became principal" said DR..
Harley, Il have been greatly impressed with
the wide range of opportunity opened up by
our style of education. In no branch oil cdu-
cation has there been a greater change in
the public attitude Of the last three or four
decades than in that for women.
1T is cmincntly proper that such should
be the case. Not only does the higher edu-
cation of women confer many benefits upon
those who receive it. but the influence which
this knowledge and understanding exert
upon the coming generations can scarcely be
overestimated. The woman who has received
q good education herself is not the one to
permit her children to enter the battle OF
life without the best education which it Is
pOssiblc for her to obtain for them. In this
manner the spread Of knowledge and the ne
ccssity for educational opportunities receive
an impetus which could hardly be brought
about 80 thoroughly and efficiently in any
other way.
The Heritage of the Child
"Wc believe that all children should be
educated for the enjoyment Of Il nOblcr life.
Thomas Trachcrnc has said: is it not
strange that little children should be tho
heirs to the whole world:' 70 recognize and
properly to enjoy this inheritance an cduca
ton of the best type is Indispensable.
'In what. then, lies the basis Of cduca-
ton ns we conceive 1t: 1t is TO be found
ONLY in the lessons Of age and experience,
both Of which are held too much in con-
tempt today. Experience hands down to MS
all the achievements of the past in which
We find much to warn US. much to guide US
and much TO awaken In MS the divincr mind
and arouse us to II consciousness of what Is
best in others and in ourselves.
''Thc courses of study which we pursue
have this end in view. The only avenues to
real knowledge are to be found in the Ian
guagcs in literature, in the sciences. in
mathematics in history and in art, These
contain the intellectual Inheritance of all
time.
eve need not defend their place in the
curriculum. Time has v!ndicatcd the wisdom
Of our faculty in clinging to the ancient
bond of truth We offer to tho daughters Of
PHILADELPHIA that which hos been tested a
thousand times by age and experience.
"And in Il sense, this efficiency stands
for the highest type of service. Our school
| Is supremcly efficient. Our graduates win
many honors in college. carrying with them
| into the higher academic halls the fine ira .
| ditons which have always characterized our
| work.
And not only in the higher institutions
| Of learning. but in life as well, this knowl-
edge and these traditions stand them in good
! stead They are not only the better stu.
| dents. but they are also the better women
| for the trimming which they have received,
and they do honor 10 their city MS well n.
TO themselves and TO the institution which
! gave them the opportunity to learn these
lessons and acquire this knowledge.
Praise From College Head
'Thc dean Of Bryn MaWr College snys of
! our work that the students from the Phila =
| delphia High School for Girls have the repu =
tation Of coming into college with excellent
examination records, and that when they arc
graduated from that college they are among
| the first ten of the senior class.
This in itself Is m excellent record and
one of which not only the faculty of the
! school but the students themselves are
proud. But this Is by no means tho only
way in which the Philadelphia High School
for Girls has more than demonstrated its
efficiency. We aim to turn out real women
| from thee courses which we teach and tho
element of practicnbility as well as that Of
scholarship has its due place in our work.
''Thc teaching profession Is one of thc
most vital in the economic well being Of tbr
Nation, because the teacher. next tn tho
parent, exercises the greatest Influence ovor
the generation to come. They have NOT onIv
the inolding of the scholarship of their mn. :.