The Training Needed By Our Girls

By MARY E. WILLIAMS, Professor of Domestic Science, Teachers' College, Columbia University.

AS THE HOME IS, SO THE STATE IS. THE WOMEN OF TODAY WHO THINK THEY CAN PURIFY THE WORLD AT THE POLLS ARE MAKING A GREAT MISTAKE. Nor can they do it by entering into competition with men in the commercial world. Their work is to train the coming generation of men for the affairs of the world. And this work must be commenced in the nursery and bo continued until habits and character are formed. If we are to do away with the evils of today, we must prepare the future wives and mothers for just this work.

Until this fact is recognized by our school boards, the training of a girl, unlike that of her brother, will be incomplete. For his training aims to fit him for his normal position in life, for his struggle with the world. The training of a girl, as it is now, seems to have the same aim for her; while HER NORMAL LIFE WORK--THE CARE OF THE HOME--IS PRACTICALLY IGNORED.

What is the remedy?

Nothing less than to MAKE DOMESTIC SCIENCE A PART OF THE REGULAR COURSE FOR GIRLS; necessary for promotion from elementary schools to high schools and from high schools to colleges.