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THE CAMPUS MIRROR
I he Campus Mirror
‘‘Service in Unity’’
Fditor-in-Chief JULIA PATE
Editors of Men's RUBY BROWN
and Catherine Burris
Editor of Special Features MARY DUNN
Editor of Jokes and Sports
Elnora James
Social Editor JUSTINE WILKINSON
Editors of High School Section
Ida Miller Cora Douthard
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Business Manager ESTELLE BAILEY
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WHAT COLLEGE WOMEN
AND COLLEGE MEN
THINK OF EACH
OTHER
One of the most modern methods of se
curing popular information is by making sur
veys, and sometimes by “surveying surveys.”
Knowing that many ideas have been ad
vanced concerning the opinions which college
young women and college young men have
of each other and believing that their can
did criticisms of each other would be inter
esting and perhaps offer helpful hints to
both, the Campus Mirror, in keeping with
the survey method, prepared two question
naires, one for the women and one for the
men, with the aim of getting both fa
vorable and unfavorable criticisms of college
young men and women. The questionnaires,
with the exception of the w y ords “men” and
“women” were the same. The one for the
men read as follows:
1. Approximately how many college young
women do you know?
2. How many college young women do
you know personally?
3. Give the names of the colleges which
they have attended.
4. Tell as nearly as you can what per cent
of them were freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
seniors, and graduates.
5. Underline the following word or words
which tell most accurately what your experi
ence has been with college young women as
a whole.
Recreational entertainment.
Inspirational.
Educative.
Disappointing.
Disgusting.
Confusing.
6. Make in short sentences or phrases any
favorable or unfavorable criticism which you
may have of college young women.
7. Do you prefer college young women
for companions?
8. Give two good reasons for your answer
to 7.
Before giving the findings of the question
naires, we should like to state the motives
of our questions. The first four questions
were asked that we might learn the number,
classification, and colleges of the young men
and women criticized by the person filling
out the questionnaire, and to find out wheth
er or not the number of men or women
known was large enough to give sufficient
grounds for criticisms.
The purpose of the last four questions w r as
to get candid criticisms—favorable and un
favorable—of college young men and women
from college young men and women, and to
find out whether or not they were preferred
as companions.
Questions 5 and 6 being the most impor
tant of the entire questionnaire, we hope our
readers will pay special attention to the an
swers which we shall quote from them in the
topic below.
COLLEGE YOUNG WOMEN AS
COLLEGE YOTTNG MEN SEE
THEM
Answers to the questionnaire mentioned
above came from 200 college young men, 132
of whom were students of the colleges of
Atlanta, Ga. Of the remaining number there
were doctors, deans, ministers and teachers of
colleges and high schools of Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida, South Carolina, Texas and
Ohio. There was also a probation officer of
New York City.
For the most part the men who have made
criticisms are broad-minded men of strong
caliber. Many of them are leaders not only
in thought but in student organizations, fra
ternities, churches and in their respective pro
fessions ; however, there were a few of the
. younger student-men who gave silly and in
consistent answers. For instance, one young
college junior said that he had found col
lege women to be dumb, and mere book
worms unable to associate ideas, and his an
swer to the question, “How many college
women do you know?” was NONE.
The total number of women considered for
criticism was 2,600; 2,000 were reported as
being upper classmen and graduates of the
leading Negro colleges of the United States
and of a few Northern white colleges.
The following criticisms were copied verba
tim from the questionnaires.
“College women are good entertainers.”
“They have more rounded personality and are
more compatible than non-college women.”
"They know the fundamentals of culture and
refinement. "They study well before social
izing.” “They are more reliable.” “They
have broad ideas and know what brings hap
piness." “They are desirable because of their
intellectual level. ’ “They are inspiring as
platonic friends.’ “I hey are just as versa
tile as men.” “College women talk too
much about petty things.” “They have a su
periority complex. “Many of them inter
pret their growing freedom to give up home
life and compete, rather than co-operate, with
men.” “They are too critical and they ex
pect too much of men.” “They are lacking
in fundamental seriousness.” "They lean too
much toward independence.”
From the questionnaires we learned that
90 per cent of the men had found their ex
perience with college women as a whole to
be inspirational and educative. To the ques
tion, “I)o you prefer college young women
for companions?” 180 men answered “Yes,"
17 gave vague answers, implying “Yes and
No,” three answered “No.” However, neither
of the three men who answered “No” knew
more than 12 college women. We noticed
that the more highly trained the men were
and the wider their acquaintance with col
lege women the more favorable their criti
cisms. Perhaps it means that the better they
know them, the better they like them.
We hope that through these criticisms the
college young women will get a little glimpse
of themselves as college young men see
them. We hope also that they will, through
their daily lives, help to correct some of the
mistaken ideas which a good number of col
lege men still have of college women, for
instance, the idea that a college education
makes women too independent and uninter
ested in the home and family. The college
woman seeks higher education that she may
be able to help raise the standard of living
in the home, establish a well balanced
cultural background for her children, and
be not only a housekeeper for her husband,
but a real companion who can appreciate and
understand all phases of his life. She be
lieves that companionship means living,
thinking and serving on the same level, and
her ambition to help solve the problems out
side the home is not whetted by a desire to
compete with men in professional careers,
but by an inward urge to do and be a part
of the things which make life full and rich
and round.
JULIA E. PATE.
“WHAT COLLEGE WOMEN
THINK OF COLLEGE MEN”
Answers to the questionnaire spoken of
above came from 18o college young women,
110 of whom were students. The remaining
number was composed of teachers, regis
trars, and secretaries. These young women
were natives of the following states: Louis
iana, Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan, Maine, Cal
ifornia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi
and Georgia.
1 he majority of women who made criti
cisms were logical thinkers and gifted with
the power of leadership.
1 he number of men considered for crit
icism was 2.400, of whom 1,480 were upper
classmen and graduates of leading colleges.
Some of the interesting facts noted about
the replies to question number five were as
follows : Of the number of persons who an
swered the questionnaire the greatest num
ber indicated that they thought of men as
being really educative and good recreational
entertainers; another large number who
thought men were inspirational ran a close
second. It might be surprising to know
that the next greatest number indicated that