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Of course these possibilities are not immediately excluded in a coeducational institution. Nor are all of them part of Wellesley at present. But they are ideals more easily realized at an institution dedicated to the liberal arts education of women than at one primarily concerned with career and graduate preparation...
Although the main purpose of a school is to provide academic excellence and stimulation, the non-academic part of college life is a large part of a college experience. Many people feel that the atmosphere of a girls' school is "unnatural" and without the omnipresent male is no preparation for...
This does not mean that college is an experience to be avoided just because it is "irrelevant": it is one to be enjoyed. The absence of males makes a college no less "normal" in this respect: it is an even more contrived situation. After graduation most girls will either be...
If no college has a completely "real" atmosphere, then it is essential that the student recognize this unreality, enjoy as much of it as he cares to, and become involved in some aspect of the real world if this is important to him. Boston is an ideal area to do...
OF course it is not necessary or desirable that everyone agree with these ideas about women's education in general and Wellesley College in particular. What is needed is a serious evaluation of a validity of the current trend towards coeducation, especially in relation to Wellesley and its future. It...