The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-18
GEORGIA'S COLONIAL DANES.
co-Edueation the chief Topic Dis
cussed.


ing. was, held in the. drawingroom at
the De Soto. There was,a large at
tendance of visiting Danes and Sa-
vannah members.
Mrs. ]. j. Wilder presided. The
session opened with prayer. after
which Mrs. ,Karow as recording secre-
tary read the report of the last an
nual meeting which was held in Sa-
vannah. ss2
The preamble to the constitution of
the National Society was read by the
corresponding secretary, according to
a ruling of the General Convention
that governs the State societies in
their assemblies.
Mrs. ]. j. Wilder, president of the
society, made her annual address, deal
ing in very interesting manner with
the general purposes of the society and
the work of the past year.
The reports of the. secretaries and
of the treasurer, Mrs. Walter G. Charl-
ton. were then read. Mrs. Charlton
has been in Office four years and her
term having expired, a unanimous vote
of thanks was passed by the society,
and the president very gracefully ex-
pressed her personal appreciation of
Mrs. Charlton's services. This was fol-
lowed by the. report of the Finance
Committee, the members of which are
Miss Maria Minis, chairman; Mrs.
Hampton l.. Ferrill and Miss Mary
Ellis.
Officers Nominated.
The nominations for officers were
posted as follows:
President-Mrs. ]. J. Wilder.
First Vice President-Mrs. Louis G..
Young.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Joseph
R. Lamar.
Honorary Vice President-Mrs. I. Y.
Sage.
In appointing the new members OF
the board of managers, it was decided
to select six from Savannah and two
from other parts of the state. The
names posted yesterday morning by
the Nominating Committee were Mrs
A. r. Lawton, Mrs. Frank B. Screven,
Mrs. A. ]. Warning. Mrs. Louis NJ
LeHardy, Miss Maria Minis, Miss
Marie Nisbet. Mrs. George Nc Whor-
ter of Augusta, and Mrs. Reese Craw-
ford of Columbus. The nominations
from the floor were: Mrs. A B. Hull
and Mrs. Orlando Newcomb. Other NOM
nations may. be made from the floor
this morning before the balloting be-
gins. The session this morning will
be at 10 o'clock instead of 1920, and
tomorrow there will be a meeting OF
the board for the election of subsoffi-
GERS.
Mrs. LipscOmb's History.
One of the most interesting features
he oil YaarN Ix,
Mrs. NJ. A. Lipscomb, of Athens, his
torian of the Society. Her subject was
Frederick, the Home of Oglethorpe.
Mrs. Lipscomb gave an interesting his
torical sketch of the state as the home
of the Cherokees and the Creeks, and
later of the friendly invasion of Ogle-
thorpe and his band of colonists. She
spoke briefly of his first settlements,
and then with much interesting detail
of his fourth settlement at st. Simons
and the history of the famous colony of
Frederick.
Co-Education in University.
A. large part of the session was de-
voted to animated and friendly dis
cussion of the question of co-education
in connection With the University OF
Georgia. Several years ago a standing
committee was appointed to consider
this matter, the members being Mrs
Thomas S. Morgan, chairman; Mrs
Lipscomb and Mrs. n. c. White. Mrs.
Morgan opened the subject by asking
Mrs Lipscon1b for an expression of
opinion as the result of her investiga-
ton, Mrs. Lipscomb replied briefly
that she believed public sentiment in
the state to be at present opposed to
the movement and that few of the
members of the faculty or the board of
trustees were in sympathy with it..
This, she added, might be due in some
measure to a lack of complete under
standing of the proposed plan.
The Plan Notfbntfe rstooa.
Mrs. Lipscomb said, to place young
women side by side with the men in
the classroom, but only their desire
that the state should grant to women,
as we'll as to men, the advantage of
higher education. The objections that
are raised to the plan might be an
swered, she said, by fixing an age limit
for entrance to the university, or which
is more to be desired, by building a
woman's annex.
Mrs. H. c. White agreed with Mrs.
Lipscomb in some measure as to the
lack of sympathy in the proposed
certain members of the faculty who
looked upon it with favor. 1t
could not be denied, she
declared, that it is, on the whole, most
and that it would be a great
many years before the society could
hope for positive results. Even those
who approve the. measure realize that
the university is totally unequipped
for such an increase to its work. lack
ing the necessary finances, space and
instructors.
Objects of the Society.
Mrs. Charlton, in this connection,
spoke of the general objects for which
the society was founded, and though
interested in whatever most
advanced the cause of woman, ex-
pressed her opinion that the society
should chiefly devote it's energies to
its own chosen work. memorializing
the Colonial period. and preserving and
restoring buildings connected with the
early history of our country.
Mrs. Morgan asked that the subject
be given further consideration, and it
was decided to hold the matter over
until to-day.
Another question discussed was the
petition received from the state of
Maine to have equal representation in
the general convention. All the states
have state organizations, but the soci-
cites OF the thirteen original states
have a controlling power accord
ing TO the constitution Maine,sas hav-
ing formerly been part of New Hamp-
shire, claims the privilege of the orig
NAL colonies. This question Will be
brought up at the biennial meeting,
which will take place shortly in Wash
incton, and the delegates of the Geor-