The Education of American Girls Part 24

FROM REPORT FOR 1873.

"The number of women who enroll themselves as students in the University continues to increase. Two years ago it was 37; in 1871-2 it was 64; in 1872-3 it was 88. The attendance of women was, by departments, as follows: in the Law Department 4; in the Medical Department 40; in the Academic Department 45. These last were, according to the Calendar, distributed as follows: Resident Graduates 2; Senior Cla.s.s 1; Junior Cla.s.s 7; Soph.o.m.ore Cla.s.s 8; Freshmen Cla.s.s 20; Select Course 5; Pharmacy 2. Of the 35 in the regular courses of study, 14 pursue the Cla.s.sical, 14 the Latin and Scientific, and 7 the Scientific.

Of the graduates, 8 are women; 1 in the Law Department, 1 in the Literary, and 6 in the Medical.

"The history of our work during the past year has only deepened the impression made during the two previous years, of the entire practicability of imparting collegiate and professional education to the two s.e.xes in the same schools. If any have cherished a fear that the admission of women would tend to reduce the standard of work in the University, their attention may be directed to the fact that during the last three years we have been steadily increasing the requirements for admission and broadening the range of studies. Now certainly the women experience no such difficulty in acquiring the studies a.s.signed in the regular curriculum as to call for any modification of the course on their account. Their record is as creditable in all branches as that of their cla.s.smates of the other s.e.x. Nor do I see any evidence that their success in their intellectual pursuits is purchased at the expense of health. On the contrary, I doubt if an equal number of young women in any other pursuit in life have been in better health during the year. I am persuaded, that with ordinary care and prudence, any one of our courses of study may be completed by a young woman of fair ability without undue draft upon her strength. None of the many objections, which are still raised against the co-education of the s.e.xes, have thus been found in practice here to have any force. The admission of women has led to no new difficulty or embarra.s.sment in the administration of the Inst.i.tution. It has certainly brought to a large cla.s.s the benefits of such an education as otherwise would have been out of their reach, and has awakened through the State and the country, and even in foreign lands, a new interest in the University."

ELEMENTARY SERIES.

1. PRACTICAL PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY. By H. Angel, Islington Science School, London.

2. MACHINE CONSTRUCTION AND DRAWING. By E. Tomkins, Queen's College, Liverpool.

3A. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION--STONE, BRICK AND SLATE WORK. By R. S. Burn, C.E., Manchester.

3B. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION--TIMBER AND IRON WORK. By R. S. Burn, C.E., Manchester.

4. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE--SHIPBUILDING AND LAYING OFF. By S. J. P. Thearle, F.R.S.N.A., London.

5. PURE MATHEMATICS. By Lewis Sergeant, B.A., (Camb.,) London.

6. THEORETICAL MECHANICS. By William Rossiter, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., London.

7. APPLIED MECHANICS. By William Rossiter, F.R.A.S., London.

8. ACOUSTICS, LIGHT AND HEAT. By William Lees, A.M., Lecturer on Physics, Edinburgh.

9. MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY. By John Angell, Senior Science Master, Grammar School, Manchester.

10. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By Dr. W. B. Kemshead, F.R.A.S., Dulwich College, London.

11. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By W. Marshall Watts, D.Sc., (Lond.,) Grammar School, Giggleswick.

12. GEOLOGY. By. W. S. Davis, LL.D., Derby.

13. MINERALOGY. By J. H. Collins, F.G.S., Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth.

14. ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. By John Angell, Senior Science Master, Grammar School, Manchester.

15. ZOOLOGY. By M. Harbison, Head-Master Model Schools, Newtonards.

16. VEGETABLE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. By J. H. Balfour, M.D., Edinburgh University.

17. SYSTEMATIC AND ECONOMIC BOTANY. By J. H. Balfour, M.D., Edinburgh University.

19. METALLURGY. By John Mayer, F.C.S., Glasgow.

20. NAVIGATION. By Henry Evers, LL.D., Plymouth.

21. NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY. By Henry Evers, LL.D.

22A. STEAM AND THE STEAM ENGINE--LAND AND MARINE. By Henry Evers, LL.D., Plymouth.

22B. STEAM AND STEAM ENGINE--LOCOMOTIVE. By Henry Evers, LL.D., Plymouth.

23. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. By John Macturk, F.R.G.S.

24. PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. By John Howard, London.

25. ASTRONOMY. By J. J. Plummer, Observatory, Durham.

IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION.

ADVANCED SCIENCE SERIES.

_Adapted to the requirements of Students in Science and Art Cla.s.ses, and Higher and Middle Cla.s.s Schools._

1. PRACTICAL PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY. By Professor F. A. Bradley, London.

2. MACHINE CONSTRUCTION AND DRAWING. By E. Tomkins, Queen's College, Liverpool.

3. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. By R. Scott Burn, C.E.

4. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE--SHIPBUILDING AND LAYING OFF. By S. J. P. Thearle, F.R.S.N.A., London.

5. PURE MATHEMATICS. By Edward Atkins, B.Sc., (Lond.,) Leicester. 2 vols.

6. THEORETICAL MECHANICS. By P. Guthrie Tait, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh.

7. APPLIED MECHANICS. By Professor O. Reynolds, Owens College, Manchester.

8. ACOUSTICS, LIGHT AND HEAT. By W. S. Davis, LL.D., Derby.

9. MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY. By F. Guthrie, B.A., Ph.D., Royal School of Mines, London.

10. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By T. E. Thorpe, Ph.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Chemistry, Andersonian University, Glasgow 2 Vols.

11. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By James Dewar, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., Lecturer on Chemistry, Edinburgh.

12. GEOLOGY. By John Young, M.D., Professor of Natural History, Glasgow University.