November 2010
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Women's Education in 1937
The whole trend in the higher education of women has been toward proving that women have intellectual equality with men. We think that has been proved. We think it has been successfully demonstrated also that women can put their disciplined intellects to work effectively at the tasks that are engaging the efforts of men. We are now ready to enter upon a new era in the education of women. We women...
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Senior Skating Party of 1908
On January 22, 1908, Cottey seniors (all 12 of them) were given the special privilege of a rollerskating party in the basement of Main Hall. The night’s activities were recorded in the campus newspaper:
THE SKATING PARTY OF THE SENIORS. More than delighted were the Seniors to receive in capitals round and jovial an invitation to skate in the divinely smooth floor of the college gymnasium to...
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The Quotes Project
Alright, I admit it. I forgot about the project I had been working on for months: a compilation of quotes about the purpose of women’s education and Cottey College through the years. Now I’m enveloped in redesigning the site, so the quotes project must take a backseat. Here’s a quote to make up for the wait:
Men’s cultural values replaced women’s cultural values at Cottey College...