are not due so much to later development, as to the
disgust inspired by our system of education in reflective minds which
refuse to be overloaded with a heap of dry things learnt by heart,
undigested, often hardly comprehensible, or open to contradiction.

It is only on the basis of a just evaluation of man, from all points
of view, that we can found a proper human selection.

=Coeducation.=--It is now beginning to be understood that the
coeducation of the two sexes in schools, not only does no harm, but is
very advantageous, both from the sexual and the moral points of view.
In the universities it is already established. In children's schools
and many primary schools it has always existed. It is especially the
authorities of secondary schools who have raised opposition.

In the secondary schools in Holland and Italy, as well as in some
Swiss gymnasiums, coeducation has been introduced without the least
inconvenience; on the contrary, it has led to the best results.

A native of Finland, Miss Maikki Friberg, has lately made an appeal in
favor of coeducation based on the excellent results obtained in her
country. Some feared that sexual excitement would result; but this is
an error, for the custom of daily co-existence of the sexes diminishes
the sexual appetite. The forbidden fruit loses its charm as soon as it
appears no longer to be forbidden!

It is unnecessary to say that it is not intended that girls and boys
should sleep in the same dormitories, nor bathe together in the
costume of Adam and Eve! Our remarks do not apply to boarding-schools,
but to coeducation in public schools.

When we speak of coeducation, we generally meet with the argument that
the nature and vocation of women differ from those of men, and that
consequently their education ought to differ. To this I reply as
follows: The external objects of the world, the branches of human
knowledge, in fact the subjects for study and instruction, are the
same for both sexes. It is, therefore, both a useless waste of forces
and an injustice to organize an inferior education for women.

=Instruction in Coeducation.=--A course of instruction as interesting
as possible should be organized for each subject, without distinction
of sex. This rule should also apply to things which are generally
considered as the special province of women; such as sewing,
dressmaking, cooking, household work, etc. It will then be the
business of each sex to choose the subject