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bers in the common relations of life, especially in housekeeping. 

 Great weight is laid upon quick mental computations, but in all 

 grades the choice of problems should be such as especially apply 

 to the keeping of a house." This is the opportunity which is 

 offered to girls by the Government in the department of mathe- 

 matics ! In addition to the two grades of schools mentioned there 

 are seminaries in many of the large cities for the purpose of edu- 

 cating women teachers. The instructors in these seminaries are 

 well prepared for their positions, are mostly men, and the instruc- 

 tion given is very superior to that given in the girls' high schools. 

 Latin and Greek are, however, not studied in these seminaries, and 

 mathematics and science are expurgated, we might say, of points 

 that might prove difficult for the feminine intellect. 



The ability to learn Latin and Greek seems in the German mind 

 to especially mark the dividing line between the masculine and 

 feminine brain. The writer was at one time studying a subject 

 in Greek philosophy, in the City Library of Munich, requiring the 

 use of a number of Greek and Latin books, and it was amusing to 

 notice the astonishment of the men present that a woman should 

 know the classic languages! 



The women who hold certificates from the seminaries are al- 

 lowed, according to a new law passed in 1894, to continue their 

 studies and to take the higher teachers' examinations. This is 

 considered a great step in advance, for a woman who has success- 

 fully passed this latter examination can hold any position in the 

 girls' schools, and can even be director of such a school. 



That German women have long been discontented with the 

 education provided for them by the Government is proved by the 

 fact that the number of higher institutions offering private oppor- 

 tunities to girls is constantly increasing. As far back as 1868 the 

 Victoria Lyceum was founded by a Scotch woman — Miss Georgina 

 Archer — at her own expense and on her own responsibility, and 

 this institution was well sustained from the beginning. It is now 

 under the patronage of the Empress Frederick, and offers courses 

 to women that run parallel to a certain extent with those given 

 on the same subjects in the university. Professors from the uni- 

 versity lecture in the Victoria Lyceum, but a young woman who 

 had listened to the same professor in both places informed me that 

 he (perhaps unconsciously) simplified his lectures very much for 

 the Victoria Lyceum. Fraulein Anna von Cotta is the director 

 of the institution. Among the women who teach there we note 

 the name of the well-known Fraulein Lange, who lectures on psy- 

 chology and German literature. 



There are several girls' gymnasia in Germany which testify to 



