Show Women and LearnIng Statistics collected by the regents of the University of New York shows that in tho secondary schools there are 28 656 girls of academic grade and 18248 boys Last year more than twothirds of the 438 honor certificates went to girls In the colleges there are 292b girls and 4048 in the professional and technical schools Many other young women are studying law medicine painting and music The United States census of 1890 gave the number of women wom-en teachers as 238397 In their report upon these statistics the regents remark The remarkable development of worn ans higher education is due to wid tpread recognition that a college course is needed as tho best preparation for wifehood motherhood and home lifo as much as for a professional life |