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Show A Woman's Flrn lraty, "The la6t half century, " says Mm Jennie Lozier, ex-president of Soroais, "marks a marvelous advance in the education uf women. From the straggles strag-gles of Mary Lynn of Mount Holyokt and Emma Willard of Troy to the opening open-ing of Johns Hopkins, Tale and Harvard Har-vard to women stretches a period at unflagging effort and brilliant success. There have been many similar movements move-ments in the past when women seemed about to enter into their rightful inheritance. inher-itance. They demonstrated the possibilities possi-bilities of women by their achievements, but the conditions of society were unfavorable. unfa-vorable. Because of the leisure, wealth and freedom of thought which now prevail pre-vail as the results of civilization indispensable indis-pensable to oulture we have now an environment which gives permanency and vigor to any attainments we may make. There is an axiom that the status cf woman is an infallible index of progress. prog-ress. This test ranks our civilization higher than any that has preceded ii Women's clubs have gone into the hom8 and brought the homekeepers into the current of affairs. It has gathered an army of good women whose, misfortune was perhaps to have been born too soon; women whose education, incomplete in the beginning, had been completely buried by an avalanche of shirts and puddings. These women were in danger dan-ger of mental starvation. They needed ome influence to give them an outlook beyond the walls of home and an inlook Into their own mental condition. This influence emanates from the women's club. "A woman's first duty is to make herself strong, intellectual, brave and happy, and then to build her horns, train her children, enlighten public M tunent and maintain social purity. " Company "M," . G. of U .Attention. Let, every member report at 6:30 tomorrow morning for short duty. Full uniform. By order E. W. Hazelgiiovk Captain. |