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Converse offers "leadership" training instead of military training--which the Citadel deemed inappropriate for women--and stresses music and the arts as opposed to military related subjects, Vojdik said...
Converse also has few of the grueling routines that have forged the Citadel's reputation as a rigorous training ground for South Carolina's military and business elite, she said...
...like a finishing school, with a few elements of the Citadel grafted on," Vojdik said. "You see silver tea sets and rows of baby grands, where in the Citadel you would see tanks...
Vojdik said a small, newly established school could not possibly offer women an experience of the same caliber as the Citadel...
...Citadel is one of the "most fundamental institutions in South Carolina, a stepping stone to wealth and power," she said. "It's just simply impossible to replicate 150 years of history and prestige...