The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-10-06
Women Voting in the School Eelec-
ti0ns In New York.

WOnSA sOAAA9 II the 5cnool Eelec-
tions In New York.
On the 18th inst a new departure on
the woman's rights question will be
taken in New York On that dav wo-
men viii lawfully vote in every district
for school trustees, district clerk, tax
collector, and librarian, upon questions
of taxation, and all other questions that
shall be submitted The law provides
that the following women may vote.
provided that they are natives of the
country, or naturalized American citi
zens, or that since October II. 1874
they have declared their intention to
become citizens, namely: every woman
whose child has attended the district
school eight weeks or more since Octo-
Der II, 1879; every woman with whom
motherless child lives which has 50 at
tended; every woman who hires taxable
land, house, or part of taxable house in
the district; every woman who works
land on shares; every woman who owns
fifty dollars worth of clothing or furni-
ture not required for daily use every
woman who owns stocks or bonds other
than those of the United States, or has
money in bank, or other personal prop
erty, to the value of fifty dollars or more.
If her vote is challenged, she has simply
to swear it in; and if she does so, then,
under section Is of title VII. of the gem
eral school laws, her vote must be re-
ceived.
In this connection, it is not out of
place to say that at meeting in Boston
to consider the question of woman's
work and influence in the public schools,
Mr.. George A. Walton, agent of the
Massachusetts State Board of Education,
reviewed the history of schools from the
beginning of the century, when they
were almost solely in the hands of men,
to the present time, and when eight wo-
men are employed to one man, showing
that the influence of women had led to
the introduction of the better moral sua-
sion of school government. He believed
that women should be given still further
control in school matters, and perhaps
the controlling power in school boards.
They would be more likely to see to it
that the spiritual as well as mental parts
of the children's natures are called out.
1.-The law allowing women to vote, said
Mr.. Walton, SIS not a privilege for
school committee, but necessity
The Equal Education of the Sexes.
The advocates of the equality of ed
ucation of the sexes, have been strongly
reinforced by the accession of President
Barnard, formerly of the Mississippi
University and now of Columbia Col
lege, New York, one of the most
distinguished educators of the age.
Copious extracts from recent report
of his to the Board of Trustees of
Columbia College, will be found on our
first page, The question to which he
addressed himself was the practicability
and utility of the co-education of the
sexes in that Institution. The inquiry
embraced within its range the more
important question of extending equal
educational facilities to the two sexes.
DR.. Barnard states that the subject of
the higher education Of women has
been extensively agitated during late
years in England, and that the cOnclu-
sion which has been reached, is in favor
of tlle proposition. Henceforth the
idea that the education of young women
need be superficial and ornamental, is
to be discarded, and superseded by the
plan of instructing them in what is
substantially valuable and practical in
training them for the various avocations
of life 1t has been demonstrated by
actual experiment that the average
female mind is as capable of mastering
the higher and more obstruse sciences
as that of the male. Woman has fought
her way to this point in spite of preju
dice and preconceived opinion, and it is
the duty of government to confer upon
her the same educa tional advantages
that it con1ers upon the other sex.
Cor. JOHN W. FoRNEY, the eminent
ex-Republican journalist, is not afraid
to ''talk right out in meeting"
"If desire to give reasons for my prefer
ence for Winfield S. Hancock, l have only
to turn to the columns of the Republican
Eapers of America in 1868 if [ desire to
prove distrust of James 4. Garfield, have
only to turn to the Republican Journals OF
February, 1873. have no prejudices.
want to defeat Garfield, because 1 regard |
him today, as a sneak, jobber, an inn
poster
The Magic of Name.
Tnat the name OF Hancock had a |
very wholesome OBJECT upon the voters !