THE GIRL OF TO-DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12395, 15 March 1926, Page 11

THE GIRL OF TO-DAY

“The present girl will make a better woman than her mother,” was the opinion expressed to n “Daily Mail” reporter recently by several of the headmistresses of private schools who were in conference at University College, London. Mr Ewart McClure, president of the Incorporated Association of Headmaster®, said that ho thought that the present boy will make a better man than his father. Miss E. E. Lawrence, headmistress of West Heath School, Richmond, Surrey, said: “From marquises’ daughters down to tho girls in the elementary schools, girls are better in every way—physically, mentally, and morally. They are more courageous, and they are going to be very good housewives. I remember the time when girls were ashamed to take out their own babies and to do their own cooking. Thor© is no such falso pride about the present girl.” Miss Judson, of The Abbey School, Malvern Wells, acting chairwoman of the conference, said; “The modern girl as a woman will have sound commonsense, and will bring up her children in a far better manner than her own mother did. She will bo a public-spirited woman, and we look forward to the time when a great deal of our unpaid publio work will be done by the wives of professional and business men who are themselves too busy to_ devote much time to public affairs. Education i 9 helping girls to control their emotions and to act impartially.” Miss A. Fleming, headmistress of Thoresby High School, Leeds, otated at Leeds: “Tho girl of to-dav is more viriie and better developed, both mentally and physically, than her mother.” Miss M. Bellman, headmistress of the Leeds Girls’ Modern School, said: “Few mothers have had the benefits enjoyed by their daughters. It is obvious, thcrefoie, that tho girl is going to be better than her mother.”