Show I prejudices of the Germans THE J. J against admitting women into th their ir universities is quite well known for on rare occasions when American Americ n women women succeed in overcoming this deeply deeply- rooted prejudice it is is- considered of f sufficient importance to publish it if in inmost inmost most of the leading newspapers of our country And yet greater obstacles are thrown in the way of of f. f German women who desire to matriculate And the professors show their dislike of women students in a way that admits of no question During last winter Henry von Prussia's Prussia s rox royal 1 h his historian is torian and the most famous living instructor instructor in- in in instructor of the University of Berlin descended from his lecture desk to esc escort rt from the room a young young woman student I 1 decline ne to 10 allow w women men folk in my room lecture ture-roo ture n w was was the Hie professors professor's e explanation explanation ex ex- when he he- returned This This' can can be called nothing but narrow minded stubborn f following following- of out date te customs cus cus uS u'S toms The German universities are are outgrowths of the medi mediaeval monasteries monasteries' according to whose liturgy it w wo woman was r O r I laI m J Jl j creature Yf V t e creature creature of the devil especially created f for r. r man mal mans man's s 's t. t temptation And i And along along with wit th this idea lidea is fostered l the the code of h honor n r and hence the numberless disgraceful disgraceful dis dis- graceful and oft often fatal duels so common com- com mon monin in th the the German universities The admission of women to the uni university will do m much uSh toward ar t. t out both th these evil fallacies e s. s it I |