Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-20
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY JANUARY 20. 1888.
Ash Appeal 10 Women.

"'s ~PPcNa ~ NOAAso"'
Ddring the special session of the Mich
lg4n Legislature in the winter of 1901
9 o committee on Education and Public
shools -Messrs. Patterson, Fitzpatrick,
and Morrison, after consulting with Mr..
Cover, the Superintendent Of Public
Instruction presented bill which be-
ing adopted without any opposition.
gave us section II of Act No. 1854, found
on Page 1853, Session Laws Of 1881.
This law gives to every woman who is
twenty-one years of age, and also parent
or legal guardian of any child included
in the school census of the district, the
privilege of expressing by vote her choice
concerning the management of the
school, providing she has been for three
months a resident of the school district
or upon any territory belonging thereto.
This law also continues to every woman
who pays tax upon property the privilege
already granted, of voting upon the
raising and expenditure of school mon
eys as we'll as all other questions pro-
viding she has been resident for three
months.
This opens the way for every such
woman (mOther or tax-payer) to bring to
bear upon the school the influence of her
: own convictions, and makes her, as we'll
as any other resident of the district, re-
spOnsible for the choice of school officers
and through that election for the selec-
tiOn of proper teachers, the intellectual
and moral training of the children, and
everything pertaining to school manage
ment. rn
The law also says "That any female
person, of or above the age Of twenty
one years, who has resided in this State
three months, and in the township ten
days next preceding any election shall
be eligible to the office OF school inspec-
tor" and "Any qualified voter in school
district who has property liable to as
sessment for school taxes shall be elig-
ible to election or appointment to office
in such school district, unless such per-
son be an alien.
Our free schools are the pride of this
republic. Do results show them to be all
they should be as cOnservatOrs of the
highest interests of our children?
We desire to call attention to the num-
Der of youths of seventeen years and
under who are confirmed in the use of
bad language, tobacco, and intoxicating
liquors. We need to make our schools
more direct and certain Instrumental
ity for prevention of these debasing hab-
its. Schools should not only be gardens
of intellectual culture, but should second
the physical and moral training of the
best homes.
Physical and moral traiLing, though
an accepted feature of our schools, is not,
of course, the prominent part of our cur
riculum, and the school receiving repre-
sentatives from all classes Of homes, IL
not aided by the best moral elements
of society, fails to sufficiently instruct
and restrain the vicious and untaught.
Our free school system makes it the
birthright Of every child to receive in
structiOns in the rudiments Of science.
Do not the signs of the times indicate
that it Is equally important to instruct
every child concerning the baneful
effects Of alcohol and tobacco.
There are many school districts where
it is desirable that more time and atten-
ton be given to school matters by the
proper officers. In some of these dis
tricts 1t is possible to place in Office
woman eminent for sound judgment,
experience and moral sense. She would
give such attention to the appointments
OF the school room, as to promote the
comfort and welfare of the pupils. Her
efforts would aid the teachers in such
educational and refOrmatOry work as
would counterfeit evil influences.
The State having recognized you as
responsible guardians for the children
whom God has given you, and your par
ticipatiOn in the management of school
affairs being absolutely necessary for
the greatest good of all, we earnestly
appeal to every mother, every female
guardian or taxpayer, to awaken to the
Importance of these privileges and
powers. Remember that the neglect of
these duties will make you personally
accountable for any loss, physical or
moral, resulting thereby to your own or
other children.
We urge all W. G. T. Unions to make
plans for utilizing the educational ballot
and to arouse the women of their several
communities, to make this a part of
their regular work.
VIC, T. u. Com. ON FRANCHISE.