Why Go to College? An Address
- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 16
About this book
Why Go to College? is an address by Alice Freeman Palmer, formerly President of Wellesley College. The address quotes a successful lawyer in a great city who says, “For the two boys it is not so serious, but I lie down at night afraid to die and leave my daughters only a bank account.” The address says it is not true that all girls should go to college any more than that all boys should go, but that it is nevertheless true that they should go in greater numbers than at present.
The author says she wishes to discuss the larger gifts of the college life, what they may be, and for whom they are waiting. The address describes one young woman who has taken art and another who can earn her living, if need be, by her exquisite jellies, preserves, and sweetmeats. The author recalls a superb girl of twenty hurrying along Commonwealth Avenue one winter morning. The address calls consecrated serviceableness the supreme test of life.
About the author
More from this genre
See all- L Lady Hollyhock and Her FriendsLady Hollyhock and Her Friends
- V Vesper Talks to GirlsVesper Talks to Girls
- D The Determined Angler and the Brook TroutThe Determined Angler and the Brook Trout
- E Every Man His Own UniversityEvery Man His Own University
- L Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and AnswersLuther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers
- D The Dramatic Instinct in ChildrenThe Dramatic Instinct in Children
Books like this one
- L Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College
- L Library Work with Children Library Work with Children
- C Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 1 Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 1
- V The Voice and Spiritual Education The Voice and Spiritual Education
- F Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses
- C College Teaching College Teaching
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- EPUB 22 KB
-
KINDLE Send to Kindle Send
- Download the EPUB file to this device.
- Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)
On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.
You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.
- PDF 173 KB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- Alice Freeman Palmer
- Reading time
- About 35 minutes
- Pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Educational
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online