Our New-Comers

EDITORIAL. 27

studying history for three years we may hope, in some degree at least, to study it in this way; and hence we rejoice that this opportunity bas been given to the students of our College.

We might go on enumerating other improvements, such as the enlargement of the department of Moral Philosophy, but we have already made this longer than we intended it should be. However, we cannot omit to mention a very important improvement that is "in the wind "-our new science building. Our eyes (of faith) already see this beautiful structure ornamenting our campus. We are assured that work is to begin on it " at once," and we sincerely hope that before another session opens it will be completed and thoroughly fitted.

OUR For several years the question of admitting NEW-OOMER3, women to Richmond College has been agitated, and it could be seen that the advocates of such a course were steadily gaining ground. Now we have to announce that the fair co-eds. are among us. (Not in great numbers 'tis true, but yet they are here.)

We must confess that we have been opposed to their admission from the very beginning. Ask us just why we were opposed to it and it would be hard to give a satisfactery answer-satisfactory to an advocate of the court:!e, we mean. Some of our views come to us a priori while experience leads us to hold some others. We would be obliged to fall back upon the former, if pressed to give our reason for opposing co-education, and simply answer we do not know exactly why, but we do not believe it wise. Our opponent might produce a long list of figures to show that it has worked well where it has been tried, and we could not produce others to disprove his theory, and yet there would be that same innate belief that our position is the right one.

We hope no one will uuderstand us as opposing the higher education of women. In this we believe most .firmly. We defer to them as our superiors in many things; we respect and reverence them for the many virtues they possess-virtues