They have a debating society, a dramatic club,
and do fine work in the gymnasium. They marry young men of simple tastes
like themselves, start their homes with at least the necessities, they
know how to keep house and they make good mothers.
There are some girls of culture, some of wealth and fashion in the
town, but they do not stamp it. There are some immoral and degenerate
girls in that town but they do not stamp it. It is the average girl who
leaves her imprint upon it. Neither of these towns can get away from the
impress of the _average girl_.
The first town has the licensed saloon and the factory owners have not
the breadth of mental vision to see what good houses, fair wages and
common sense treatment can do to build the character of the average
girl. The second town has never had a saloon, the owners of its
factories and business houses live in the town and they have the keen
vision which sees the value of good houses in which to live, fair pay,
and opportunity for real recreation. They have been able to raise the
standard of the average girl, therefore the enviable record and
character of the town.
It is the average girl in college who determines the character and
reputation of that college. It is not the brilliant girl, it is not the
girl whose earnest plodding barely carries her through, it is not the
failure, it is the average girl.
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