Show erret efret effects is of lle ghe lie heudy hendy of computations upon ubon the ft emmate female mato mate mind the se second cond operation of mankind following upon mutual communication of ideas in ett elt etther either er of the three ways mentioned la is computation of interest or the science of numbers therefore arithmetic is one of the principal branches of instruction As until now woman hab bab been thought incapable of logical methods of procedure in daily life the manipulation of numbers has always appeared unsuited to her and arithmetic has been a subject taught her in a most superficial and dry way but numbers have hava a meaning and arithmetic can be made one of the most agreeable and vivifying vilifying vivify ing branches of teaching even for girls or as we should say particularly for girls notwithstanding all the imme so se mathematical genius in the british nation the science of measures either abstract or concrete has not yet been so formed for begin ners nerr that it should stamp upon the young peoples memory not only methods for N various arithmetical operations but also open their minds minda to those ideas of comparison of interests which underlie al hil arithmetical processes the importance of the study of numbers is as great for woman vroman as for man As provider for the family and dispenser of the fam ilys income it is absolutely necessary nece that a methodical asso elation of notions should exist in wo womans comans manlis brain and thae thac a logical sequence how much cabbe can bo done with a certain amount of monetary means should insult paper arithmetic has been greatly pursued for girls girle in a most desultory mann maun manner mauner r without combination or felicitous application and mental arithmetic which develops thought and strengthens perceptive faculties has hag altogether been left in the abade shade to this form we would direct altet attention tion and we would most particularly impress upon those who are inclined tb ft give female education a higher impulse 11 0 that the old method of drawling 1 1 gt through brough the four cardinal simple and compound rules through some examples of practice through a most moat desultory way of rule of three by putting one member in a mysterious manner in one corner and the others in opposite directions and finally by attempting a few fractions is not arithmetic A great science is that same arithmetic opening out to the giris girls mind visions of reality that may lead her ultimately to comprehend those great operations of nature of which our earth science is but a while widening the mind mindl a prop eert emri reri astruc tion of if arithmetic foree forcel 3 i upon a giri girl girls s attention the value of minu tipa tipe the importance por tance of operations by small sums bums for which certain representative articles are to anti antl the thel fundamental notions that everything in life has a comparative representative monetary price dark blue |