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SEX IN EDUCATION.

that would produce, sooner or latei, more or less of the sad results we have previously described. A philanthropist and an intelli­gent observer, who has for a long time taken an active part in promoting the best educa­tion of the sexes, and who still holds some sort of official connection with a college occupied with identical co-education, told the writer a few months ago, that he had endeav­ored to trace the post-college history of the female graduates of the institution he was interested in. His object was to ascertain how their physique behaved under the stress, the wear- and tear of womans work in life. The conclusion that resulted from his inquiry he formulated in the statement, that the co-education of the sexes is intellectually a success, physically a failure. Another gentleman, more closely connected with a similar institution of education than the per­son just referred to, has arrived at a similar conclusion. Only a few female graduates of colleges have consulted the writer profes­sionally All sought his advice two, three, or