University of Chicago School Review (Volume 7) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1899 Excerpt: ... THE NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND PREPARATORY SCHOOLS The fourteenth annual meeting of the association was held in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., on Friday, October 13, 1899, with President Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard University, in the chair. The attendance was large and representative of all the New England States. The Pres1dent: The subject for our discussion this afternoon is the Advisable Differences between the Education of Young Women and that of Young Men. President Goucher, of the Woman's College of Baltimore, will open this discussion. THE ADVISABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN AND THAT OF YOUNG MEN By Pres1dent John Frankl1n Goucher Of the Woman's College of Baltimore Ideals and opportunity are two essentials of success. In the absence of ideals effort would be without an intelligible goal and achievement would have no proper gauge. An ideal clearly perceived in conditions which make its approximation impossible would be tantalizing if not revulsive. The discussion of "the advisable differences between the education of young women and young men" cannot ignore these two essentials. It should be based upon clear perceptions of the ideals to be sought, the distinguishing characteristics of those to be educated, and the object and nature of education. The terms young women and young men exclude infants and children, as well as persons of maturer years, and include young people who are from sixteen or seventeen to twenty-one or twenty-two years of age. This rules out of the discussion primary and secondary education, also graduate and technical education, and limits our consideration to college education. Graduate and technical education appeal to the student largely as an instrument. College ...