Let us trust woman with the torch of learning as we trust ourselves. Let us give her all the means of guiding her life that her brothers possess. It is no longer doubtful.

It is no longer doubtful - it is plain that woman ought to be enfranchised that the right to cultivate her intellectual nature should be hers, and that she should be the judge of how far she may go in exploring the mysteries of the natural world, the intricacies of the mind in its varied lines of action, and, in short, every branch of human knowledge.

It is chivalric for the stronger half of the human unit to give to the weaker her full opportunities in this respect, - it is just for man, trained through the ages in the use of his argumentative powers, to award this privilege to woman.

It is patriotic for the American to train his wife and his daughters in such a way that they can cultivate in their brothers and sons the highest traits of the noble citizen.

It is Christian for man to furnish to woman every opportunity for the improvement of her God-given talents, and to At her as well as himself for immortality.

AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. DAMRELL & UPHAM, BOSTON, AND G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK.

EDITED BY

F. B. SAN BORN,

GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION,

CONCORD, MASS.

Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 141 Franklin Street, Boston.

CONTENTS OF JOURNAL No. XXV.

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V

INTRODUCTION, .

GEN ERAL MEETING OF 1888,

CONSTITUTION AND List of OFFICERS,

PRES I DENT ADAMS ON HIGHER EDUCATION, .

JUDG E DEXTER's BUILDING AssociaTION MANUAL,

I.

The GROWTH AND PURPOSES OF BUREAUS OF Statistics of

LABOR. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, CARROLL D. WRIGHT,

1-14

15-97

15-20

20-27

28-42

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II. PAPERS AND DEBATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH :

1. ADDRESS ON REQUIREMENTS FOR A MEDICAL DEGREE.

DR. H. H. CURTIS,

DEBATE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION,

2. How FAR CAN LEGISLATION AID IN MAINTAINING A

PROPER STANDARD OF MEDICAL EDUCATION? W. A.

PURRINGTON,

3. THE VALUE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION ANTECEDENT

TO THE STUDY OF MEDICINE. SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL,

REMARKS OF DR. GRACE PECKHAM,

FURTHER DEBATE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION,

4. UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN COUNTRY HOMES. DR.

LUCY M. HALL,

DEBATE,

5. THE WORKING-WOMEN OF NEW YORK: THEIR HEALTH

AND OCCUPATIONS. ELIZABETH Stow Brown, M.D.,

DEBATE ON DR. BROWN'S PAPER,

6. THE STRUGGLE FOR SUBSISTENCE: How CAN IT BE MOST

EFFICIENTLY AIDED? HENRY Dwight CHAPIN, M.D.,

DEBATE,

III. PAPERS OF THE FINANCE AND Social Economy Depart-

43-53

54-56

56-58

59-74
74-77

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78-89
89-92

93-96
96-97

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2. SAVINGS BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES. JOHN P.

TOWNSEND,

3. CO-OPERATIVE Building AssociATIONS. REPORT OF

THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE, .

112-124

4. REPORT ON SAVINGS BANKS AND BUILDING ASSOCIA.

TIONS OF ILLINOIS. Prof. J. W. JENKS,

125-138

5. Co-operative BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS IN

THE STATE OF New York. SEYMOUR DEXTER, Esq., 139-148

THE DANGEROUS SIDE OF BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.

MR. C. F. SOUTHARD,

149-151

7. Notes

ON PROVIDENT INSTITUTIONS IN ARKANSAS,

TENNESSEE, AND TEXAS. PROF. ROBERT T. Hill, 152-157

8. LIFE INSURANCE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE,

158-163

HEBREW PROVIDENT INSTITUTIONS,

163-164

9. THE EARLY History Of SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS IN

THE UNITED STATES. J. H. TURY,

165-177

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