wealth and the chance of a happy marriage.  Our American girls
themselves are becoming aware that they need the stimulus, the
discipline, the knowledge, the interests of the college in addition
to the school, if they are to prepare themselves for the most
serviceable lives. 

But there are still parents who say, "There is no need that my
daughter should teach; then why should she go to college?" I will
not reply that college training is a life insurance for a girl,
a pledge that she possesses the disciplined ability to earn a
living for herself and others in case of need, for I prefer to
insist on the importance of giving every girl, no matter what her
present circumstances, a special training in some one thing by
which she can render society service, not amateur but of an expert
sort, and service too for which it will be willing to pay a price.
The number of families will surely increase who will follow the
example of an eminent banker whose daughters have been given
each her specialty.  One has chosen music, and has gone far with
the best masters in this country and in Europe, so far that she
now holds a high rank among musicians at home and abroad.  Another