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Show J iiilNDS VARY LITTLE SMALL DIFFERENCE OF-THOSE OF MEN AND WOMEN. President of Smith College Has Given Expression to Views Thnt Will !, ' BaRtcelvcd With More or I ' 4 ' .' Less Approval. That thero Is very llttlo dlfforcnco between tho minds of men and tho minds of women, nnd what dlfforcnco thero may bo Is caused by personal-It)', personal-It)', and not by sex, Is tho opinion of Dr. Marlon l.o Hoy Smith, president of Smith collego. -"Tho differenced that still oxlst In tho education of boys and slrls nro not no much duo to psychological differences dif-ferences between them ns to social condltlouoidoclarcd Doctor Smith In dcfcudlng this theory. "They aro bnscd on tho functions that they will fulfill In h world. For Instance, to dato, and probably for somo tlmo to como, ino-o men than women will do tho world'n v.ork ns mechanical engineers. en-gineers. And so thero nro naturally moro institutions to train men for this wprk than thero nro for women. "lluf. already tho Massachusetts In-stltuto In-stltuto of Technology has opened Its doors to women, nnd I don't doubt thnt before long moro conservative professional schools will follow suit, orjhcy will bo duplicated by similar conditions In schools for wotnon. "In Smith college, while thero has been an Increase of 1 per cent In tho proportion , of men employed during fny administration, tho rolntlvo Importance Im-portance of women on tho faculty has Increased, Tho collego now has a wornan dean, a position formerly held by n man. Thero nro sixteen women nnd three men In admlnlstratlvo positions, po-sitions, whero thoro used to bo alx women and two men, and thoro nro a3 many women heads of departments ns thoro ever Mer.e. Ono significant reason rea-son why wo havo not moro women on tho staff Is that there nro not moro adequately trained women. "As to economic Independence, I bo-llcvo bo-llcvo thnt overy woman should bo brought up to earn her own living, if necessary," salj tho college president. presi-dent. "Dut I am not willing to say that a wlfo and mother In a homo docs not earn hers. I bollovo that In most cases she does. Tho nvorago mar-rlago mar-rlago Is a partnership, In which tho wlfo does her shnro In keoplng up tho homo nnd ending for tho children. Tho children belon-: "nunlly to tho man and tho woman, and am a Joint responsibility. respon-sibility. "I certainly do want women to hnvo all . tholr rights. What I look word to Is tho day whqn no woman fhall bo at a disadvantage, becauso of icr ox, and when no woman shall bo nblo to take an unfair ndvantngo because- of It. Doth conditions exist today." |