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Show DOMESTIC SCIENCE Mrs. C. J. H. Cowdroy, head mistress mis-tress of one of the principal schools in London has advanced the all too novel theory that girls who cannot cook, sew iron and wash clothing are not well educated even though they hold the degrees of all the universities universi-ties under the sun. Some educators according , to Miss Cowdroy, want girls to be trained like boys with an eye to their future careers, but since ten out of every eleven women marry, this fact ought to be considered in feminine education, educa-tion, j "I depreciate the view some educationalists educa-tionalists hold that a woman can posses pos-ses far higher qualities that those which go to make a wise wife and mother" said the head mistress. "Some think the clever girls too good for that, the dullards being good enough, to continue the race. I understand that in some British schools for girls the pupils are divided divid-ed into sections, the clever half study ing sciences and the dead languages while the duller girls give their time to cookery and housewifery. I also understand the second set refer to the first as the brainy old maids so perhaps they are not so dull after all. "A girl should be proud that she can cook and sew, iron and wash and that she can save some money wisely and well. I hold that a girl who cannot can-not do all these things is not well educated, although she may have been awarded the degrees of all the unicersities in the world." In America we hear a great deal nowadays about the flapper and her inefficiency itn fitegard to (domestic pursuits. Despite popula belief, however, it is a good bet that the average girl of today is just as capable ca-pable of evolving into a good housewife house-wife and becoming a good parent as was her mother before her. Modern invention has taken away a great deal of household drudgery which was formerly regarded as inevitable. in-evitable. It has not however taken away the domestic and maternal instinct in-stinct of the modern girl. If given the opportunity and treated right she will perform her part of the bargain. There is, however, a great deal of food for thought in Miss Cowdroy's remarks on some of the theories of modern education. |