The Little River news., 1923-05-26
Prize Essay Written by One
 of the High School Girls

1922-23 class, won first prize. Elizabeth Mobley won second prize. Miss Bishops essay follows:
 THE POSSIBILITIES AND PROBA-
 ELITES OF THE FUTURE WO-
 MAN.
 They talk about a woman's sphere,
 AS though it had a limit;
 There's not a place in earth or heaven
 There's not task to mankind
 given,
 That has a feathers weight of worth,
 Without woman ill it."
 Only a. few years ago marriage was the only sphere" open to girls and the single woman had to face the dis approval of her friends. Not many years have elapsed since the ambitious woman who ventured to study or write would keep a bit of embroidery at hand to throw over her book or manu- script when callers entered. All this has changed, and what change it is! AS Frances Willard said, the greatest discovery of the century is the dis covery of woman. She has been emancipated, and countless opportuni- ties are opening for girls outside of marriage.
 We need not go far to find the req son why the great movements have no counterparts among the women. Civ ing but the briefest consideration to the age long difference in training, in would not be unprepared for the differ ence in results. The man has been free to roam the earth; the woman has been held to the family and the home.
 But the world moves. Economic ne- cessity or the desire for personal achievement has sent into the ranks of the professions and the business world millions of women. Everyone of them who has won for herself a place of respect has done more for women as whole
 The factory system and the inn provements of the twentieth century have had a momentous effect on wo- mans economic position Women have become important in the indus trial world not only as buyers, but as producers. Woman in industry is no new feature. In primitive times woman's activities included preparing products for home use. Now her in- dustrial activities are numerous. Ten million women are wage-earners and they are found in nine-tenths of all the occupations. There are some things women can do better than men and there are many they can do equal 1 ly well. Edison is said to prefer wo- men machinists for the details of his electrical inventions. In his opinion they have a more delicate perception of machinery in one minute than most men have in their whole lifetime"
 While women previous to the nine teenth century, were not in any con- siderable number represented in the world of invention, science and art, they today have attained a command ing position in these and other lines of activity-formerly almost wholly usurped by men. AS inventors women have thus far produced fewer. import ant results than in other fields. This doubtless is due to their environment. their hitherto inferior educational ad- vantages, and their limited opportuni- Les to compete with men. All these rconditions, which have acted as a blight upon the mental productivity of women, are rapidly changing in their favor. After the most heroic strug- gles women have secured their social, intellectual, and industrial emancipa- tion in the United States-all of which was necessary before they could start cn an even footing with the world to demonstrate their ability in the realm of professional and scientific effort. They are now prepared to illustrate he limitations and possible expansion f their inventive genius. The coming yoman has not yet arrived; out she on her way. The more familiar wo- len become with the commercial and ldustrial operations and the needs f the country, the better will they be repared to cope with mechanical con-
 exities The future looks bright
 Id glorious for all womankind
 Study along scientific lines has been
 quietly carried on by women that
 persons are aware either of the
 .mber or the activity of the women
 10 are pursuing special lines in
 fence. Since high schools, colleges,
 .iversities, and laboratories are open
 women their advance in science is
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