1 668 The Cornell Reading Courses 



The growth of language should be traced, its modifications, its use in song 

 and story among primitive peoples in Africa, Eiirope, and America. 



African myths about "Brer Rabbit" should be followed to the planta- 

 tions in the South. 



PROGRAM 13 



PRIMITIVE WOMAN AS FOUNDER OF SOCIETY 



Roll call. — As a substitute for roll call one member might read the lines 

 from Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustam that tell of the love-making 

 of Sohrab and his oriental bride and of the birth and the care of the 

 baby Rustam. 



Paper. — Primitive woman as wife, mother, and widow. 



General discussion. — Is there romantic love among primitive people? 



Paper. — A summar}' of the political, social, maternal, civil, and religious 

 rights of the Iroquois women of New York in olden times. 



Paper. — Contrast the early Iroquois woman's rights with those of the 

 white woman of New York State to-day. (A study in woman's suf- 

 frage.) 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 13 



The clan system among primitive peoples. 



Birth of a child in savagery. 



Training of the primitive girl and maiden. 



Is there romantic love among primitive people? 



Marriage customs and forms; polyandry. 



Descent in female line ; in male line. 



Divorce among savages and barbarians. 



Provisions for widows and childi^en. 



Abstinence and morality among primitive women. 



Courage and adaptability among primitive women. 



Summary of the political, social, maternal, civil, and religious rights of 



the Iroquois woman. 

 Primitive women in councils and in battle. 



PROGRAM 14 

 THE AMUSEMENTS OF PRIMITIVE WOMAN AND HER FAMILY ^ 



(An evening meeting for the club members and their families) 



Roll call. — Each member should respond by reporting a game that she 



and some of her family will play, or by giving the name of a toy made 



after the pattern of some primitive t03^ 

 Games.- — Games of primitive boys and girls. These should be enacted 



by children of members of the club. 

 Games. — Games of primitive men and women. These should be played 



by club members and their husbands. 



- Substitutes for these games and papers can be found in the moving picture film entitled The Cheva- 

 lier's Return. It shows a group of Iroquois Indians at play. This film is owned and will be lent on appli- 

 cation by the New York State College of Agriculture to any club that has the proper apparatus for 

 using it. 



