Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1884 — Women in Colleges. [ARTICLE]

Women in Colleges.

Gen. Eaton, Commissioner of Education for the United States of America, reports 40,000 youDg women in collegiate and scientific study; 29,000 of these are in 227 colleges exclusively for women; 152 of these institutions are authorized to confer degrees, so that nearly three-fourths of all the young women seeking what is usually called higher education have colleges exclusively for their own use. —Toronto Mail.

These is no need of our receiving any idiots, insane persons, or mentally imperfect peop e from foreign countries. We appear to be able to produce enough ourselves. In a total of 91,997 insane 65,651 are native Americans. In a total of 76,895 idiots 72,888 are native Americans. In a total of 48,928 blind 40,599 are native Americans. In a total of 38,878 deaf mutes, 30,597 are native Americans. Louise Michel, the Parisian communist, used to be a school teacher, and wrote some pious hymns while slig was a devout Bornan Catholic.