The courier., 1901-11-09

tiful, humane feeling for animals-eacf
of these asks the school to work out
its great results. One need not seel
farther for reasons why the communi-
ty and the school should cooperate
He has only to realize how surely the
social functions are being passed over
to the schools.
No part of the public has recognized
this obligation more than wOmen's
clubs. Their interest has been eX-
pressed in hundreds of helpful ways
In many a small town they have been
to the teachers an inspiring influence
1t is of course inevitable that as women
draw near to the schools they should
recognize how great are the opportuni-
ties to use what power the school suf-
be disposed to grumble at the meagre-
ness of the grant, the quality of II does.
in some measure, atone. 1t at least
permits women to work where we'll
directed effort yields large returns.
One earnest, united effort can effective
ly rebuke unworthiness in public school
administration; can put in it's place
pure motives and disinterested zeal;
and it surely is no mean privilege to
uplift the character of educational
service"
Following these discussions Reverend
Charles F. Dole of Jamaica Plain ad-
a,
What Good Can Women Do by the
Use of School Suffrage" Among
other things he said: 1T is strange
how much more ready people are to
cry What is the use?' over good things
than over evil things. They do not say
What is the use?' before they drink
millions of dollars worth of beer and
whisky. They do not say What is the
use?' before they rush into war. But
they say What is the USE about go
ing to church, or when you call a
meeting to start a boys club, or ask
their interest for honest government in
their own. town. The friends of nearly
every good thing that has come into
the world have had to hear the cry,
What is the use?' raised against it.
No one needs to waste time in prov
ing that it is of some use for women
to be public-spirited. You all agree
that it is we'll for women to have an
interest in the schools where your own
children are educated. The record of
your clubs proves the growth of pub
lie spirit among you. You have fos-
tered kindergartens, helped develop
manual training. hung pictures in the
schoolrooms, established lunch coun-
ters in the high schools, looked after
the health conditions of schOolhOuses,
besides many other things of public
service. But what is the use?' of yot-
ing, many of you still ask. 1 could
recite plenty of objections. 1 will even
run a risk and go further than some of
the objectOrs and frankly tell you of
certain dangers which l see when wo-
men vote. Is it not a fault in women
that they lack intellectual modesty?
They tend to be self-assertive and
over confident of their own opinions,
whereas modesty is always hOspitable
and ready to learn, even of its Oppo-
nents. This intellectual immOdesty
makes people intolerant and arrogant.
Did l say that women had these
faults? No, They are human faults
whenever men or women enter upon a
new field of thought or action. They
are the faults of amateurs in public
affairs 1 will therefore concede that
there is sure to be some friction when
women take a hand, even In school
politics. There will probably be needles
broken when you let a beginner run
your sewing machine,
Why, then, do l advise women to