The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-15
OF GEORGIA'S HISTORY
Daughters of the Revolution offer Medal TO
University Students


If the American Revolution conference
Yesterday morning at the Lawton Me-
mortal was given up almost entirely
TO business matters. and the discussion
of questions of interest to the society
in the state.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs. Park, and after the opening cere-
monies a committee was appointed to-
respond to Judge Speers invitation to
the Daughters to be present at the
converting of the United States courts,
to Join with the other patriotic societies
in the greeting to the Governor of
Rhode Island. Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan
was named as chairman of the COM
mittee, but declined, suggesting that
the honor be extended to the visitors.
Those appointed were Mrs. Charles w.
Fairbanks, Mrs. William Dickson, Mrs.
Harriet Gould Jeffries, Mrs. J.. NJ.
Graham and Mrs. w. W. Gordon.
They left the conference Immediately
returning later in the forenoon. On
their return Mrs. Fairbanks gave a
short and interesting account of the
reception, speaking very warmly of the
pleasure she felt in the opportunity it
gave her to meet the distinguished
men of the state, and in particular of
her enjoyment of the addresses by
Judge Speer and Gov. Kimball.
The minutes were read by Mrs. P.
". Godfrey, recording secretary. The
first important business was the mo-
ton by Mrs. Morgan, to the effect that
in election of officers nominations
should be from the floor. that votes
should be cast by secret ballot, and
thai a majority of votes should elect.
This law, corresponding as it does to
Article l of the bylaws of the Ma
tional Society, is felt to be of far
reaching effect, and is of particular in
terest Just now, as the annual election
of state officers will be held to-day
CO-Education in the University.
A question that has been of absorb
ing interest to the Daughters for some
time past-that of co-education at the
State University-that came up for
consideration, and many opinions re-
lative to it were advanced. Mrs Park
reminded the society that the passage
of a bill admitting women to the Uni
versity would not necessitate their at
tendance, but would only give the OPP
portunity to those who desired it, and
of the society might be opposed to it
the majority evidently were not and
that the Daughters should stand to-
gether in this as in every matter.
Mrs. Morgan, chairman of the Uni
versity Committee, indorsed Mrs.
Parks suggestion and explained to the
conference the steps already taken by
committee to advance the matter.
reading in addition the petition pre-
sented to the Georgia Legislature
jointly by the state socities, Daugh-
ters of the Revolution and the Colo
NAL Danes. Mrs. Morgan, who was
most appropriately called by Mrs
Fairbanks 1.-The silver-tongued orator"
the first day of the convention, spoke
in her usual finished and charming
style.
Petition to the Legislature.
The petition as presented by her
reads as follows:
To the Honorable House of Repre-
sentatives of the state of Georgia:
We, the undersigned committee of
the Society of Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, and Georgia Society
of Colonial Danes, respectfully repre-
sent to your honorable body that the
bill introduced in the Senate by the
Hon. Thomas Chappell of Columbus at
the last converting of the General AS
this session in the House by Hon. B.
S. Miller of Muskogee, to provide
equal educational advantages to the
white citizens of the state without re-
gard to sex, and to provide money for
this purpose, is designed to be of great
benefit to the individual, the home and
the state.
We beg to call the attention of your
honorable body to the fact that eight
tenths Of the colleges, universities and
professional schools in the United
States are open to women, that from
these institutions there graduated last
year from 1000 to 5000 women, and
unless these young people fail to fol-
low the records of preceding genera
tons, they will take a worthy place in
all the fields of human endeavor.
Every state university in our land
admits women, except Georgia and
Virginia.; Virginia, however, at Ran
dolph- Macon College, gives a higher
education to her daughters. Georgia
alone provides no opportunity for
complete education for one-half its
white citizens.
Education is the great lever that
compels the onward movement of CIV
ilization. When you educate it's wo-
men, you educate a nation.
No state can be strong of growth
which is allo one side one half of
its citizens held back. while the other
is pushed forward.
Co-education is based on PRINCIPLES |
broad, progressive and grand. Under
the tests which universities prescribe |
as proofs of efficiency and expediency |
the arguments of facts destroy the |
theories of the opposition to the right
eous effort to give women-the other |
half of the people"-equal educational |
rights and privileges with the men.
The women of Georgia who own |
property are taxed for the purpose of |
supporting an institution of higher |
learning, but unless these taxpayers |
are the mothers of sons. they go I'M |
represented at this institution. and |
their daughters must ask the generous |
and wise charity of other states, IL |
they desire that university training /
which is freely given only to the male
youth of Georgia.
The women of Georgia do not desire |
higher education that they may do
mans work and do it better, but be-
cause they recognize that we'll
trained intelligence is lifes best equip |
ment; they feel it to be narrow and
unjust to deter their sex from the en-
loyment of any opportunity that would
enable them to do Woman's work In
the best way it can be done.
Thorough mental training and disci-
pine will teach woman to be strong
ef and mere resourceful: to meet her
manifold duties as wife, mother, home-
nj ot4t rph-.- from